The Texas (locomotive)

The Texas
The Texas, restored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum to its 1870s appearance, April 2017.
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Danforth, Cooke and Company (engine and original tender) Mason Machine Works (extant tender) Build date October 1856
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)
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 [1]
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.