It continued to remain in Grand Island in storage until 1973 when it was donated to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society.

The engine and tender were loaded onto flatcars in Sacramento, and headed to Vancouver, via rail on a Union Pacific freight train.

Once she had arrived in Vancouver, the locomotive and tender were unloaded, placed on the tracks and fired up in order to pass a safety test that would insure it was safe for the engine operate in Canada.

At the conclusion of Expo '86, 4466 and her tender were again loaded onto flatcars and moved back to the CSRM, via Union Pacific freight train.

The CSRM decided not to pursue an overhaul, causing the 4466 to be retired and put on indefinite static display.