!!!*THE CASCADE & COAST IS FICTIONAL ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IS FABRICATED AND CANNOT BE FACT. THE C&CRR AND IT'S 4-8-4s NEVER EXISTED IRL*!!! Cascade & Coast Railroad W-5 class 4-8-4 #753 is sitting idle in the C&CRR’s Walla Walla shops awaiting its next assignment in August of 1954. Built in 1941 as the 7th of a class of 18 (#744-#761), #753 was a favorite among crews for being fast steaming and smooth; crews said that you could stand a nickel on the backhead and it wouldn’t fall over (in hyperbole). #753 was retired in June of 1962, and scrapped in March 1964. We do have multiple pictures and photographs of #753, and a video of it pulling “The Bay Flyer” from Sacramento to San Francisco in May 1948. Sister (often used instead of "sibling" in railroading. Why? I have no clue.) locomotive #756 is still operating to this day. When this picture was taken, steam on the main passenger trains of other lines were being bumped down to secondary and commuter (seeing a 4-8-4 trudge it’s way down Main Street wasn’t too uncommon back in the 50s!), the C&CRR held steam on for a few years longer. By 1966, steam had mostly ended on the C&CRR minus some reserve 4-8-2s and 2-10-2s; steam reserves on the C&CRR would be retired or donated by 1972.
Credit to @amtrakman4014 and @trainman9000 for the base of the locomotive (though, it has been quite modified!), and credit to for the background (but the ladder and semi quasi-shading I added in)
