Crab Orchard & Egyptian on February 25, 1986

On the cold afternoon of February 25th, 1986, videographer Paul Speith visited the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad to film the day's activities.
On that day, rare footage was captured of the railroad's 0-4-0 Davenport gasoline-powered locomotive #1, which made a few moves in the Marion yard while 2-8-0 #17 was being steamed up.
Once #17 was steamed up, she went to P&S Grain on Marion's east side before returning downtown and picking up cars to take west. Mr. Speith chased the train to the west end of the line at Ordill (near Crainville), where a loaded tank car was swapped for an empty and a string of boxcars was picked up.
Back in Marion, a rare wig-wag crossing signal was seen as some of the boxcars were set out. More cars were set out on the Missouri Pacific interchange before #17 was put away for the night.
The CO&E was nearing the end of its status as the last example of a steam powered common-carrier, for it was a little over six-and-a-half months later that #17 would suffer a mechanical failure that led to her retirement.

[@AshCatTrainz]

Is this one long recording from that day?

[@DivergingClear]

Yes it is. This was shot the same day as the footage George Redmond shot in our CO&E history DVD.