2716 was donated to the Kentucky Railroad Museum in Louisville, KY upon its retirement in the 1950s. In the late 70s, it was leased to the Southern Railway for their steam excursion program and was rebuilt under the command of Bill Purdie. It operated as the main excursion engine in 1981 and 1982, just prior to the release of N&W 611. While this period of operation was brief, the locomotive was used rather extensively and racked up a good number of miles. Upon its removal from service, it was stored in the Birmingham Steam shops in Birmingham, AL, where it remained until NS ended the steam program in 1994. In 1995, it was moved to the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in Fort Wayne, IN, who performed enough repairs on the locomotive to bring into operable condition once again. Once again, however, its period of operation was brief as it only ran a few excursions over the Toledo, Peoria and Western in the summer of 1996 (When the above photo was taken) before once again being placed into storage at FWRHS' site in New Haven, IN. At the conclusion of these trips, the locomotive was to return to the Kentucky Railroad Museum at their new location in New Haven, KY, where plans were to operate it on excursions over their mainline. This move did not take place until early 2001, and today the locomotive is sitting under a shelter at KRM. Its operational prospects do not look bright, at the moment, as it would need another overhaul before becoming operable again. Given the relatively short route of KRM's mainline, and the cost of maintaining the locomotive, there is currently no impetus to restore it.
Here are two relatively recent photos of the locomotive. The first was taken in 2007, while the second was taken earlier this year, after the construction of a shelter to bring the locomotive out of the elements. The second photo also features the pride of KRM's fleet, L&N 4-6-2 #152.
