2317 was built in June 1923 by the Montreal Locomotive Works as part of the G-3c subclass, and it was put into service, pulling mainline passenger trains for the CP.

[4] After serving the CP for thirty-six years, the locomotive was retired from revenue service in 1959, and it was subsequently put into storage at Chalk River, Ontario.

2317 resumed in June 1978, with the hopes of bringing it back to service by the Annual Railfan's Weekend in October of that year.

[4][3] Throughout the 1983 operating season, the engine, along with Numbers 1246 and 1293, were used to pull multiple excursion trips to bid farewell to Steamtown's home in Bellows Falls, before the entire collection would be moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, the following year.

The locomotive arrived in Scranton on January 31, 1984, and it was subsequently fired up four days later for the "Grand Entrance Ceremony" on February 4.

After new tires were installed in 2007, the locomotive was allowed to pull a few of the longer excursions to East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and the Delaware Water Gap.

After the event, the locomotive was placed into storage in the Steamtown Roundhouse where it is viewable to the public, it was previously waiting for Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) mandated 1,472-day inspection and repairs to operate again.

2317 to service again anytime soon, locomotive is in decent mechanical condition but would require a overhaul in order for it to run again.

[3][6] On February 4, 1982, the Steamtown shop and storage building collapsed under the weight of three feet of heavy, wet snow caused some damage to some locomotives, including No.

The engineers were not able to see the boys on the tracks, and did not apply emergency brakes to avoid causing passengers to be thrown from their seats and injured.

This was the 26th excursion run since the grand opening of the new park less than a month prior, and this was the first fatality Steamtown experienced since July 4, 1985, when an intoxicated woman was struck by a private venture train.