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The Texas (locomotive)

Index The Texas (locomotive)

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. [1]

48 relations: Adairsville, Georgia, American Civil War, Atlanta, Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta Union Station (1930), Battle of Atlanta, Buckhead, Georgia, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chimney (locomotive), Confederate States of America, Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, Duluth, Georgia, Emerson, Georgia, Georgia General Assembly, Gettysburg Cyclorama, Grant Park, Atlanta, Great Locomotive Chase, James J. Andrews, Joseph E. Brown, Kennesaw, Georgia, Marietta, Georgia, Mason Machine Works, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, National Register of Historic Places, Norfolk and Western Railway class J (1941), North Carolina Transportation Museum, Paterson, New Jersey, Reconstruction era, Ringgold, Georgia, Saltville, Virginia, Southeastern Railway Museum, Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Standard-gauge railway, Steam locomotive, Stone Mountain, Taunton, Massachusetts, The Atlanta Georgian, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The General (locomotive), Underground Atlanta, Union (American Civil War), United Daughters of the Confederacy, United States Military Railroad, Vinings, Georgia, Western and Atlantic Railroad, William Allen Fuller, 4-4-0.

Adairsville, Georgia

Adairsville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum

The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum was a civil war museum located in Atlanta, Georgia, its most noted attraction being the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cylindrical panoramic painting of the Civil War Battle of Atlanta.

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Atlanta History Center

The Atlanta History Center (AHC) is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Atlanta Union Station (1930)

The Union Station built in 1930 in Atlanta was the smaller of two principal train stations in downtown, Terminal Station being the other (the latter served Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia (including the Nancy Hanks to Savannah), and the Atlanta and West Point).

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Battle of Atlanta

The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Buckhead, Georgia

Buckhead is a town in Morgan County, Georgia, United States.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with a population of 177,571 in 2016.

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Chimney (locomotive)

The chimney (smokestack or stack in American and Canadian English) is the part of a steam locomotive through which smoke leaves the boiler.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works

The Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, located in Paterson, New Jersey, manufactured steam railroad locomotives from 1852 until it was merged with seven other manufacturers to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.

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Duluth, Georgia

Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.

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Emerson, Georgia

Emerson is a city in far southern Bartow County, Georgia, United States, on highways US-41, GA-293, and I-75.

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Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Gettysburg Cyclorama

The Battle of Gettysburg, also known as the Gettysburg Cyclorama, is a cyclorama painting by the French artist Paul Philippoteaux depicting Pickett's Charge, the climactic Confederate attack on the Union forces during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.

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Grant Park, Atlanta

Grant Park refers to the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, as well as the Victorian neighborhood surrounding it.

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Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase or Andrews' Raid was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War.

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James J. Andrews

James J. Andrews (c. 1829 – June 7, 1862) was a Kentucky civilian who worked for the Union Army during the early years of the American Civil War.

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Joseph E. Brown

Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821 – November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was an attorney and politician, serving as the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, the only governor to serve four terms.

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Kennesaw, Georgia

Kennesaw is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is the county's seat and largest city.

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Mason Machine Works

The Mason Machine Works was a machinery manufacturing company located in Taunton, Massachusetts, between 1845 and 1944.

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Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway

The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Norfolk and Western Railway class J (1941)

The Norfolk and Western Railway's J class was a class of 4-8-4 streamlined steam locomotives built by the railway's own Roanoke Shops located in Roanoke, Virginia from 1941 to 1950.

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North Carolina Transportation Museum

The North Carolina Transportation Museum is a museum in Spencer, North Carolina.

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Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Ringgold, Georgia

Ringgold is a city in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.

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Saltville, Virginia

Saltville is a town in Smyth and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Southeastern Railway Museum

The Southeastern Railway Museum (initialised SRM, AAR code SMRX) is a railroad museum located in Duluth, Georgia, in suburban Atlanta.

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Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is a museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics from the American Civil War, as well as from railroads of the state of Georgia and surrounding regions.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park near Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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Taunton, Massachusetts

Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

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The Atlanta Georgian

The Atlanta Georgian was an American daily afternoon newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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The General (locomotive)

Western & Atlantic Railroad #3 General is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, best known as the engine stolen by Union spies in the Great Locomotive Chase, an attempt to cripple the Confederate rail network during the American Civil War.

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Underground Atlanta

Underground Atlanta is a former shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the Five Points MARTA station that has shut down for renovations.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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United Daughters of the Confederacy

The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American hereditary association of Southern women established in 1894 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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United States Military Railroad

The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War.

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Vinings, Georgia

Vinings is a census-designated place in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, just across the Chattahoochee River from Atlanta.

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Western and Atlantic Railroad

The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a historic, government-owned railroad which operates in the southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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William Allen Fuller

William Allen Fuller (April 15, 1836 – December 28, 1905) was a conductor on the Western & Atlantic Railroad during the American Civil War era.

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4-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.

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Redirects here:

Texas (locomotive), The Texas (Atlanta, Georgia).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_(locomotive)

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