It is the only survivor of its class and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1979.

Delays east of Mansfield caused it to depart Crestline 25 minutes late.

7002 was claimed to have achieved 127.1 miles per hour (204.5 km/h) near Elida but this speed was based solely on two passing times recorded by separate observers at two different points (AY Tower and Elida) just 3 miles apart, and it is difficult to obtain even a general indication of a train's speed from signal box registers (Speed on the East Coast Main Line p 69, by P Semmens).

The train arrived on time in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

7002 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1979.

7002 was restored to operate on the Strasburg Rail Road, it did have a few mainline outings, most of which were doubleheaders with stablemate D16sb No.

On June 13, 1987, it hauled a special train to celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Broadway Limited; PRR No.

On November 19, 1988, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's trip over the same route to make the Gettysburg Address.

7002 were removed from service when the Strasburg Railroad acquired an ultrasonic testing device in December 1989 and discovered that the metal sides of the locomotives' fireboxes were too thin to allow for safe operation.

1223 at the entrance to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's Rolling Stock Hall.