https://newcastle-news.com/2012/03/02/the-ant-that-could Newcastle News Wed, 22 May 2013 00:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://newcastle-news.com/2012/03/02/the-ant-that-could/comment-page-1#comment-10602 John A. Taubeneck Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:30:35 +0000 https://newcastle-news.com/?p=6783#comment-10602 The Ant was not donated to a WWII scrap drive as is often stated. It was stored in a shed at the City of Longview yard until about 1937. At that time it was decided to place the locomotive on display. When the shed was opened it was discovered that the Ant had been stolen by scrappers a short time before. It went to support Japan’s war effert.

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