Photos of the Rotary Cannonball




Regarding the 457 Preservation Project:
"I want it to look like a railroad locomotive, like a historical artifact that's being cared for and preserved. It is an important piece of Mason City history ... for what it represents. It (the railway) was the artery through which came the commercial blood that kept towns alive."

-Lewis Eugene 'Gene' Green, El Paso, Texas
Lead Project Manager, 457 Restoration Project
author and historian specializing in railroad history and freight cars



Click each of the following gallery links
to view the progression of restoration on the 457.


Historical Photographs of the 457