The Texas (locomotive)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n
Gauge	Originally: 5 ft (1,524 mm),; Since 1886: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	57 in (1,448 mm)
Adhesive weight	32,000 lb (14.5 tonnes)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Danforth, Cooke and Company (engine and original tender); Mason Machine Works (extant tender)
Build date	October 1856

The *Texas*
The Texas
	The Texas, restored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum to its 1870s appearance, April 2017.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Danforth, Cooke and Company (engine and original tender); Mason Machine Works (extant tender)
Build date	October 1856
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n
Gauge	Originally: 5 ft (1,524 mm),; Since 1886: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	57 in (1,448 mm)
Adhesive weight	32,000 lb (14.5 tonnes)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm)
Operators
Career
Operators	Western and Atlantic Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Numbers	Numbered 49 in 1866, renumbered 12 in 1870, became NC&STL no. 212 in 1890
Official name	Texas, renamed "Cincinnati" in 1870
Retired	1907
Current owner	Donated to the City of Atlanta, Georgia on February 17, 1908
Disposition	Static display


The Texas
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°44′1.78″N 84°22′15.42″W / 33.7338278°N 84.3709500°W / 33.7338278; -84.3709500
Built	1856
Architect	Danforth, Cooke & Co.
NRHP reference No.	73002234
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973

Western & Atlantic Railroad #49 "Texas" is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Co., best known as the principal pursuit engine in the Great Locomotive Chase, chasing the General after the latter was stolen by Union saboteurs in an attempt to ruin the Confederate rail system during the American Civil War. The locomotive is preserved at the Atlanta History Center.