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<nowiki>#</nowiki>5632 was the first member of the class K-4b locomotives being numbered 5632-5634.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GTW steam roster CNRHA |url=http://www.cnrha.ca/node/432 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.cnrha.ca}}</ref> |
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>5632 was the first member of the class K-4b locomotives being numbered 5632-5634.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GTW steam roster CNRHA |url=http://www.cnrha.ca/node/432 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.cnrha.ca}}</ref> |
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5632 had served well on the ] until being retired from active service in 1958 when the GTW began to dieselize their lines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Locomotive Information |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.info/nloconoteshow.cfm?which=642 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.steamlocomotive.info}}</ref> #5632 was later donated to the city of ], ] in October 1960,<ref>{{Harvp|Meints|1987|p=7}}</ref> where it was placed on static display and it has remained on display at the city of ], ]<ref>{{Harvp|Hubbard|1965|p=32}}</ref> ever since.<ref>{{Harvp|Ingles|2001|p=91}}</ref> |
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5632 had served well on the ] until being retired from active service in 1958 when the GTW began to dieselize their lines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Locomotive Information |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.info/nloconoteshow.cfm?which=642 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.steamlocomotive.info}}</ref> #5632 was later donated to the city of ], ] in October 1960,<ref>{{Harvp|Meints|1987|p=7}}</ref> where it was placed on static display and it has remained on display at the city of ], ] ever since.<ref>{{Harvp|Hubbard|1965|p=32}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Ingles|2001|p=91}}</ref> |
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Not only does 5632 remain the only surviving member of the class K-4b, as well as the only surviving copy of the ] locomotives after its sister ] was scrapped in July 1987.<ref name="AssociatedPress">{{Cite news |last=Mahoney |first=Michelle |date=July 6, 1987 |title=Railroad Buffs Steamed by Plan to Scrap Antique Engine (GTW 5629) |work=] |url=https://apnews.com/article/deeaa046955b538db4312d9363e0bb9e |access-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613184515/https://apnews.com/article/deeaa046955b538db4312d9363e0bb9e |archive-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref> |
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Not only does 5632 remain the only surviving member of the class K-4b, as well as the only surviving copy of the ] locomotives after its sister ] was scrapped in July 1987.<ref name="AssociatedPress">{{Cite news |last=Mahoney |first=Michelle |date=July 6, 1987 |title=Railroad Buffs Steamed by Plan to Scrap Antique Engine (GTW 5629) |work=] |url=https://apnews.com/article/deeaa046955b538db4312d9363e0bb9e |access-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613184515/https://apnews.com/article/deeaa046955b538db4312d9363e0bb9e |archive-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref> |
#5632 was the first member of the class K-4b locomotives being numbered 5632-5634.
Not only does 5632 remain the only surviving member of the class K-4b, as well as the only surviving copy of the USRA Light Pacific locomotives after its sister Grand Trunk Western class K-4a #5629 was scrapped in July 1987.