Wisconsin Power & Light #3

Plymouth 30-tonner, serial #5622, 1952

Wisconsin Power & Light #3 at Circus World Museum. July 26, 2019. MCRM photo.

#3 was built in 1952, serial #5622, model M.D.T. type 2, by Plymouth Locomotive Company of Plymouth, Ohio and is powered by a Caterpillar D337 inline 6-cylinder diesel engine. It weighs 30 tons on two axle drivers. The locomotive was donated to Mid-Continent by Wisconsin Power & Light in 1987. The locomotive is currently on loan to the Circus World Museum, at Baraboo, Wisconsin where it is used for switching.

WP&L #3 at North Freedom, c. 1993. MCRM Collection.