Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15

The engine was built in March 1917 by the H.K. Porter, Inc. for the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, were it originally worked as a dockside switcher engine hauling freight trains. After the engines were put out of service in the 1960s, No. 15 was retired from revenue service on December 25, 1963 and was purchased by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in 1965, were it was placed on static display.[1][2] In 1975, the Lake Erie and Western Railroad purchased No. 15 and placed it on static display for twenty three years. The engine was remain on display until 1998 when the Strasburg Rail Road purchesed No. 15 and plan to restore it as one of there operations units for Strasburg, however, after a few test runs, the locomotive was problematic and its water tanks was too small to work the entire round trip.[1][2] When film producer Britt Allcroft asked permission from Strasburg to film on their railroad for Thomas and the Magic Railroad, they brought an idea to her were she was thrilled. They plan to retore the engine in a full size replica operating unit of Thomas the Tank Engine.[1][2] After two and a half years of restoration work, the railroad converted the engine to burn coal instead of oil, the locomotive made a test fire up on April 14, 1999.[1] No 15 would eventually makes it first official run on April 29, 1999 for the first annual Day Out with Thomas event.[1]