The locomotive was built by the Grand Trunk Railway at Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montreal, Quebec, in April 1921.

After its retirement in 1960, the engine was spared from scrapping by being sold to Canada Dominion Sugar, where it spent some additional years as a switcher and was renumbered as No.

[1] In 1965, it was sold to a man named Charles Weber, who had the engine placed in storage in Wallaceburg, Ontario, for several years untouched.

[1] After sitting in Portland for three years, it was moved to North Conway, New Hampshire, in 1971, were it went through a three-year restoration.

[1] Subsequently, the locomotive returned to active service on August 3, 1974, and was renumbered as Conway Scenic No.

[2][7] Today, the engine mainly operates in the mid-September and October seasons, for Railfans' Weekend, and for Steam in the Snow in January, where it is hosted by the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts.

[2][1] In July 2014, it was announced that the locomotive was going to be coming out of service due to a major federally mandated inspection and overhaul.

It returned to active service on June 1, 2019, and made its first test runs under its own power for the first time in four years.

Had it not been for the whistle valve blowing itself, the 1874-built roundhouse it was stored in would have received critical fire damage and collapsed onto 7470.