1293 was easily restored to operation for hauling fan trips for the general public.

As of 2025, the locomotive is out on display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio, awaiting its 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.

1293 was purchased by F. Nelson Blount, and it was moved to his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

[5] Leased by the state of Vermont for 80-mile (100 km) excursions that were scheduled for the entire year, the G5d was proclaimed as "The Spirit of Ethan Allen".

1293 was repainted in black, gold, and tuscan red; a color scheme used by CP passenger locomotives in the 1930s.

After some repairs were made to the locomotive, it operated multiple excursion trains throughout the 1983 season alongside Nos.

1246 and 2317 to bid farewell to Steamtown's former home of Bellows Falls, before the entire collection would be moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania the following year.

Although the Steamtown Special History Study reasoned that, since this type of locomotive had historically operated in New England, perhaps as far south as Boston, it qualified to be part of the federal government's collection, the Canadian native sat unused for 12 years following the move to Scranton.

[9] Ohio Central Railroad had been purchased by Gennessee and Wyoming,[10] but owner Jerry Joe Jacobson still maintained a small collection of vintage equipment, including No.