Members of California's Niles Canyon Railway took their ex-Quincy Railroad steam locomotive out for a road test run on February 22 after it passed its annual inspection, and the little tank engine smoked it up.

Plans call for No. 2 to pull Wildflower Special trains each Sunday in April between Sunol and the end of track just east of Mission Boulevard in Fremont. With the railroad's main diesel engine -- ex-Southern Pacific yard switcher No. 1423 -- due for wheel work, the Quincy 2 is expected to be the railroad's primary power this summer.