Built in 1912 for the Frisco by the American Locomotive Works, locomotive #1352 began life as 2-8-0 Consolidation type #1321.  Short on cash and in need of more modern steam motive power during World War II, the Frisco rebuilt the engine into a 2-8-2 Mikado type locomotive, complete with stretched boiler, modified tender, Coffin feedwater heater, and other modern steam improvements aimed at increasing efficiency and improving horsepower.  After being retired by the Frisco in the late 1950's, the engine spend time in numerous states.  #1352 eventually found its way to a long disused enginehouse in rural Illinois.  The American Steam Railroad purchased the locomotive from this location, mostly disassembled, in 2008.