It was used to haul commuter passenger trains in Michigan until March 1960, when it was purchased by Chicago-based railfan Richard Jensen, who used No.

But Jensen inconsiderately decided to have Metra scrap his locomotive and filed a lawsuit against them in order to recoup his financial trouble.

5627-5631) built in 1924 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York, for the Grand Trunk Western (GTW).

[5][6][7] The only difference from the USRA design is that the K-4-a class was equipped with a Delta type trailing truck, a Worthington feedwater heater, and Walschaerts valve gear.

[11][12] Richard "Dick" Jensen, a member of the Railroad Club of Chicago, was in search of a steam locomotive to buy and use to pull his own excursion trains.

[16][17][18] It was subsequently moved to a siding rented from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in Hammond, Indiana, where Jensen worked to restore No.

5629 replaced to alter its cosmetic appearance, including the bell, the headlight, the front number plate, and the cylinder-head coverings.

[13][24][25] In 1964, Jensen reached an agreement with Robert McMillian, the president of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad (C&WI), to have No.

[4][13][26] During 1966, the Burlington Route announced that it would discontinue its steam program, so Jensen envisioned the benefits of having the midwestern excursion market for himself.

5629 to pull multiple sesquicentennial excursions on the Norfolk and Western’s (N&W) Ex-Nickel Plate Road mainline between Indianapolis and Noblesville, and over 14,000 passengers rode the trains.

5629 travelled to Springfield, Illinois for temporary storage on an N&W siding, since businessman Donald Cooper was to lease the locomotive for use in pulling tourist trains between Springfield and Beardstown over Chicago and Illinois Midland (C&IM) trackage, but for unknown reasons, the tourist operations were cancelled.

5629 was tasked to replace Burlington Route 4960 in pulling the annual Schlitz Circus World Museum (CWM) train on the Chicago and North Western (C&NW) between Baraboo and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[39][40] Claytor sent the SOU Chief Council James A. Bistline to Chicago to negotiate with Jensen, but the latter asked for an unattainable amount of money, and No.

[42][43] Simultaneously, legal disputes began between Jensen and the new owners of the C&WI, with most of his equipment being removed from the 47th Street Roundhouse and illegally sold to a scrap dealer.

5629 locomotive was stored in Detroit for excursion usage, it was uninvolved with the disputes, but the illegal sale of his equipment resulted in the beginning of Jensen's financial deficit.

[48][49][50] In late 1977, Jensen fell down the stairs at a three-story apartment building while helping a friend move a refrigerator to the third floor.

[44] The incident left Jensen critically injured, and after being hospitalized, he could no longer afford to pay rent to the places where he was storing his remaining equipment.

In March 1980, RI was liquidated, and ownership of the Blue Island yard was transferred to Metra Commuter Rail, who made plans to construct a new facility on the property.

[52] This discovery made Jensen believe that if he had not done anything to move his locomotive, Metra would scrap it, so that way he could file a lawsuit against them and coup a million dollars.

5629's vandalized condition, Metra offered to help Jensen, but he declined, and began removing several moving parts off the locomotive, including the axle bearings.

On July 1, a judge newly assigned to the case decided that the disputes had continued long enough, and a disappointed Metra received a court order to scrap the locomotive.

[25][53] Several railfans travelled to Burr Oak yard to witness the scrapping, but some were escorted out of the property by Metra Police officers.

As planned, Jensen filed a lawsuit against Metra and requested money to compensate for his locomotive, but he lost the case.