In 1967, it was leased to the Keweenaw Central Railroad, who used it to pull excursion trains between Calumet and Lake Linden, until 1971.

For thirty years, the locomotive was stored outside the abandoned Quincy Smelter plant in Hancock under the ownership of Mineral Range Inc..

29 remains on static display in front of two passenger cars on the museum's grounds, slowly undergoing a cosmetic stabilization.

29 was the seventh member of the class, and it was initially fitted with an oil lamp, high polished boiler jacketing, and a 19th-century design wooden cowcatcher.

Upon arrival in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Copper Range initially assigned the locomotive to pull various freight trains, including loaded copper trains out of mines and mills, and the locomotive occasionally served as a substitute for 2-6-0 "Mogul" No.

In 1967, businessman Clinton Jones created a non-profit group called the Keweenaw Central Railroad with the intention to operate steam-powered excursion trains over the Copper Range's mainline.

29 from the Copper Range, and they briefly repaired the locomotive at the Houghton roundhouse before they moved it to their location in Calumet.

After leaving Calumet, the locomotive would run over a steep 2% grade on St. Louis Hill, and then it would travel through the Top Rock Valley and across Bridge 30, a 350-foot long and 120-foot high steel bridge that lied over the waters of Douglas Houghton Creek, before the trip would end at Lake Linden.

29 had suffered some boiler problems, and it was temporarily removed from service to undergo some repairs to be ready for the 1971 operating season while an Ex-Chicago, Burlington and Quincy motor car was used as a temporary stand in.

Their trackage was subsequently ripped up, and the Keweenaw Central was forced to remove their equipment from Calumet, including their locomotives.

However, the Soo Line Railroad subsequently abandoned and ripped up the only trackage that connected the smelter plant to the national rail network, and No.

The locomotive spent the next three decades in storage at the abandoned smelter plant, and during that time, the shed it was stored inside of collapsed, and it was towed outdoors.

29 under the banner of Mineral Range Incorporated, was approached by the Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society (MCRM), who had interest in adding the locomotive to their museum collection, due to its cultural significance in the Upper Midwest, and they already owned two Ex-Copper Range passenger cars, including No.

Shortly afterward, however, the Quincy Smelter plant fell under ownership of the National Park Service, and they ordered No.

The MCRM hired Steve Butler's Mid-West Locomotive and Machine Works of North Lake, Wisconsin to separate the locomotive's boiler from the frame and running gear and load them onto four separate flatbeds provided by Deppe Transportation Services of Baraboo and R. Becker Interprises of Warren.

The MCRM is currently awaiting funds to complete the cosmetic stabilization by bringing back the locomotive's couplers and connecting rods.