The Yonah (locomotive)

Yonah
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderRogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor
Serial number164[1]
Build date1848
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-4-0
Gauge5 ft (1,524 mm)
CylindersTwo, outside
Career
OperatorsWestern and Atlantic Railroad, Cooper Iron Works
Numbersnone
Official nameYonah
First runApril 1849[2]
Retired1873
Dispositionscrapped

Yonah was a type 4-4-0 steam locomotive that participated in the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War.

  1. ^ Moshein, Peter, and Robert R. Rothfus. “Rogers Locomotives: A Brief History and Construction List.” Railroad History, no. 167, 1992, pp. 12–147. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43521603. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
  2. ^ Eskandanian, Arian; Jones, Gordon, Ph.D.; McQuigg, Jackson (2015). "The History of the Texas" (PDF). Atlanta History Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)