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No. 97 is now in a small railway museum in French Lick, Indiana, which is some 50 miles northwest of Louisville, KY.  Lushen Kendrick and Seaborn Crossland have both visited the museum.

Just in case you cannot read the plaque underneath the picture:

Locomotive No. 97
Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1925
Last American Steam Locomotive
In Common-Carrier Service
Retired 1972 From Mobile & Gulf Railroad
Now Owned By Indiana Railway Museum
Operated At French Lick 1980-1986

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