"Eli" is a full size, 3-foot-gauge steam locomotive built by Crown Metal Products in 1973 for Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. The railroad was initially sponsored by Burlington Northern, who specified the green paint scheme that "Eli" still wears today. Crown built 21 of these 4-4-0s that were styled after St. Paul & Pacific "William Crooks" between the 1960s and 1980s for parks and attractions around the world. It is completely authentic save for the smoke, as "Eli" burns propane!
