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Central of Georgia 4-4-0 #349 on static display at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the oldest piece in the TVRM collection and was the first piece of equipment the museum aquired back in the late 1950's.
There was talk some years back from the museum about restoring the engine but appearently nothing ever came of it.
There was talk some years back from the museum about restoring the engine but appearently nothing ever came of it.
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Actually, the 4501 was the first piece of equipment for TVRM. 349 didn't arrive until the 1980s. She was donated by the Fickling family who owned a farm in central Georgia. The locomotive had resided there for about four decades in storage. The old man bought her for the grandkids to play on and there she sat. Her donation to TVRM was a cold call. They decided to get rid of the locomotive and asked if we'd take it. When our representative arrived, he was quite surprised to learn that the locomotive in question was a 4-4-0 in complete condition. She was painted green and gold when she arrived, but was later repainted.
What burns many TVRM folk is that the one steam locomotive that was native to Chattanooga got away. The first steam locomotive acquired for operation on the property was 0-4-0T No. 3. She spent her entire working life at the Southern Wood Preserving Plant as the plant switcher. SWP sold her to TVRM and she operated the first steam powered trains to run on our property. She was deaccessioned following TVRM's bankruptcy and sold to founder Paul Merriman. His estate later sold the locomotive to Jerry Jacobson and the Ohio Central. I was on the crew that loaded her on the lowboy for the trip to Ohio. That was a bittersweet moment.
What burns many TVRM folk is that the one steam locomotive that was native to Chattanooga got away. The first steam locomotive acquired for operation on the property was 0-4-0T No. 3. She spent her entire working life at the Southern Wood Preserving Plant as the plant switcher. SWP sold her to TVRM and she operated the first steam powered trains to run on our property. She was deaccessioned following TVRM's bankruptcy and sold to founder Paul Merriman. His estate later sold the locomotive to Jerry Jacobson and the Ohio Central. I was on the crew that loaded her on the lowboy for the trip to Ohio. That was a bittersweet moment.
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