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Between April 3rd - 6th, and August 23rd - 24th, 1937, the locomotive was leased to the Atlantic and Yadkin Railway. In June 1946, the A&Y requested #542 in replacement of its sibling locomotive #531 in lease agreement. Although #542 needed $6,000.00 in boiler work, the A&Y begged to use the engine for few weeks before work is done. The Southern agreed and #542 was delivered to A&Y on June 14th, 1946 and was transferred to lease in place of #531.[2] After the A&Y ceased operations in 1950, #542 went back to the Southern.
By 1953, #542 was rostered in Spencer as a yard goat. #542 stayed on the job until July 1953 when it retired from a revenue life of 50 years. In 1954, the Southern donated the locomotive to the Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, North Carolina for static display until it was being trade for the ex-Illinois Central0-8-0 #1894 in 1991. Today, #542 is on static display at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.[3]
