Kewaunee Green Bay & Western #38, built by the American Locomotive Company.

The Mogul type 2-6-0 was well-suited to the Green Bay Route in the early part of the twentieth century:  the two-wheel leading truck provided good riding qualities on the railroad's mediocre track, yet still put a large portion of the total locomotive weight on the driving wheels for hauling freight.

KGB&W #38 was the eight of eighteen Green Bay Route Moguls bought from Alco between 1907 and 1924.  Considering the seventeen-year production run, all of the locos were remarkably similar in appearance and service on the railroad.

GB&W traffic began to increase substantially by the mid-1920s, due in a large part from auto parts traffic from points east to a Ford assembly plant in St. Paul, Minn. which opened in 1924.  For a while, the Moguls were doubleheaded to meet the demand, but the railroad quickly upgraded the rails and purchased  more powerful 2-8-0 and 2-8-2 locomotives.  The Moguls quickly found themselves in secondary assignments, replacing the ancient 4-4-0 locomotives which had reached the end of their productive life.

KGB&W #38 was renumbered #257 in April 1937 and retired in July 1941, presumably scrapped at that date or soon afterwards.