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NORTHWEST HISTORIAN HEARD ON SEATTLE'S MORNING NEWS

Feliks Banel

Great Northern Railway's old number 1246 was moved to the Woodland Park Zoo, via Aurora Avenue, in June 1953; after 43 years in Oregon, it's now coming home to the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie. (Courtesy Martin E. Hansen via Northwest Railway Museum)

Seattle's most beloved old steam locomotive, Great Northern Railway's Number 1246, is on its way home after 43 years in Oregon. (Courtesy Northwest Railway Museum)

Seattle’s beloved and long-lost steam locomotive is heading home