The locomotive on display in E. P. Ripley Park was built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo) out of Pittsburgh, PA in January 1911 as #48642 for the Kansas City Mexico & Orient Railway.
The KCM&O numbered the class 2535 2-8-0 locomotive as #212. In 1928 the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroad purchased the KCM&O and the engine was re-numbered to 2546. They later donated it to the City of Marceline, and it was dedicated on December 20, 1955.
Before Walt and Roy Disney visited Marceline in 1956 and took the photos below, the engine was painted with “Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad” as a homage to Walt’s latest accomplishment, Disneyland.
