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| Atlanta & West-Point #290 |
4-6-2 Heavy Pacific |
| Built 1926, Lima. Driving wheels: 73 inches. This Heavy Pacific
powered the Crescent passenger train from Atlanta to
Montgomery during its years of service with the Atlanta & West
Point Railroad. Last service with New Georgia Railroad
(excursions) during the 1980s. Featured in Fried Green
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| Savannah & Atlanta #750 |
4-6-2 Light Pacific |
| Built 1910 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for Key West
extension of Florida East Coast Railway. Driving wheels: 69
inches. This Light Pacific was sold to the Savannah and Atlanta
Railway in 1935 when a hurricane destroyed major bridges between
the Keys. Operated during early days of Southern's steam excursion
program. Last in service with New Georgia Railroad (excursions)
during the 1980s. Featured in Biloxi Blues. Donated 1962. |
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| Southern #1509 Maud |
0-4-4T Shop Goat |
| Built 1876 by Baldwin, for Washington City, Virginia Midland,
and Great Southern Railway in Alexandria, Va., for passenger
service. Original wheel arrangement: 4-6-0. Current wheel
arrangement: 0-4-4, Forney type. Through merger, came under
ownership of Richmond and Danville Railroad in 1881. Served as
"shop goat" for Southern Railway's Pegram maintenance
facility in Atlanta, shunting equipment between storage and repair
areas. Last Southern Railway steam engine to operate in Atlanta,
and one of the few ex-Southern steam engines still in existence.
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| Georgia Power #97 |
0-6-0T |
| Built in 1943 by Porter for the Army Corps of Engineers as
#5050. Oil-burning, side-tank 0-6-0. Later used by Georgia Power
Company during building of Plant McDonough. Donated 1965. |
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| Gainesville Midland #203 |
2-10-0 Decapod |
| Built 1928, Baldwin, for Alabama, Tennessee & Northern.
Driving wheels: 52 inches. Donated by Seaboard to the city of
Athens; later donated by Athens to the Atlanta Chapter NRHS. In
service on Chapter's first excursion trip in September, 1959. |
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| Campbell Limestone #9 |
Heisler |
| Built 1924 by Heisler
for Kentucky Lumber Company. Coal-burning, two-truck geared
locomotive was later acquired by Campbell Limestone, Beverly, S.C.
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Campbell Limestone Co. Picnic (above)
Below -- At SRM summer 2007
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| Chattahoochee Valley #21 |
2-8-0 Consolidation |
| Built 1924 by Baldwin for Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
Railway passenger service. Consolidation 2-8-0; originally
numbered 201. Sold to Chattahoochee Valley Railroad in 1935; in
service until 1946; in standby service until 1961. |
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| National Cash Register Dayton |
0-4-0 Fireless Cooker |
| Built 1913, Lima, for use in National Cash Register's Dayton,
Ohio, plant. "Fireless Cooker" of type used in
manufacturing plants requiring clean environment. Pressurized with
steam from a boiler outside of the manufacturing area; generates
no smoke during operation. Donated 1965.
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| New Georgia Railroad
#WT52 |
Auxillary Water Tender |
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| L&N #JLDX55 |
Auxiliary Water Tender |
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| L&N #1966 |
Coal & Water Tender |
| Class M-1, for Berkshire-type locomotive. Cast steel water bottom with integral
frame. |
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