KMR #3 was a Baldwin 2-8-0 Vauclain compound built new for the WPRy as No. 7, renumbered as 57 then sold in 1906 to the KMR as No. 3. This was evidently intended to handle the heavy freight loads which never materialized. Because of this, KMR 3 sat mostly unused until 1910 when it was finally put to use hauling firewood. It joined Nos 1 and 2 at the Dawson City Museum in 1961.
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My Accucraft K-27 will fill the role of KMR #3. The two shots here are not of my engine, which like KMR #3 has sat unused for a long time because it was unsuitable for the intended purpose due to its unexpectedly large scale. My own K-27 has only been run on two occasions for a few minutes each time. It has been completely out of service since 2001 when it first arrived here and is not expected to go online until 2010--exactly 100 years after KMR #3 finally was able to go into use for the KMR. It will even be at about the same time--May. That highly special event will undoubtedly call for a celebration of some kind because of the double significance of it all.
