I came across these steam locomotives dumped in a siding in the middle of nowhere, near Galt which is not far from Rock Falls.

1985
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Former GTW P-5 0-8-0 steam locomotives sold to Northwestern Steel & Wire
GTW NSW Tender Photo Photo loc Current status (October 2010)
8300 30 # 30 Y Galt, Illinois Preserved, on display at Independence, Iowa
8305 05 # 5 Y Galt, Illinois Still at Galt? But destined for Quincy?
8306 6 # 10 Y Galt, Illinois Sold to Chicago scrapyard, exchange for CB&Q 4963
8310 10       Presumed scrapped
8311 11 # 80 Y Galt, Illinois Sold to Chicago scrapyard, exchange for CB&Q 4963
8312 12 # 12 Y Galt, Illinois Sold to Chicago scrapyard, exchange for CB&Q 4963
8315 15       Presumed scrapped
8325 25       Presumed scrapped
8327 27       Preserved, on display at Bandana Sq., St. Paul, Minn.
8328 28 # 76 Y Galt, Illinois Sold to Chicago scrapyard, exchange for CB&Q 4963
8336 36       Presumed scrapped
8373 73       Preserved, on display at P.W.Dillon museum, Sterling
8374 74 # 74 Y Galt, Illinois Preserved, on display at Geneva, Nebraska
8376 76       Preserved, on display at Amboy depot, Illinois
8379 79 # 36 Y Galt, Illinois Sold to Chicago scrapyard, exchange for CB&Q 4963
8380 80   Y IRM, Union  Preserved, on display at Illinois Railway Museum