 It was imported new to the Knox and Kane, (one of only six steam engines imported from China after the end of steam in the States).The K&K had a much older 2-8-0 steam locomotive, Knox & Kane 38, built by Baldwin for the Huntington and Broad Top Mountain Railway 38 had not run since the 1980s, but was under restoration to be returned to steam.A new tender tank had been built.