54light15People got in the habit of saying, "The General" after the Buster Keaton classic film, one of my all-time favourites! In any event, the locomotive is the real article!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
People got in the habit of saying, "The General" after the Buster Keaton classic film, one of my all-time favourites! In any event, the locomotive is the real article!
Yes, and it's not even so specific so as to have a "The", it's just "General" like the loco chasing it was just "Texas".
These are the most impressive models of the "Great Locomotive Chase" locomotives you're likely to see. They were hand carved from ivory by Mooney Warther between 1905 and 1971. In those days ivory was legal. These days, it's double jeopardy if society turns against something in such a radical way. If you've never seen the Warther carvings, you should come to Ohio!
http://thewarthermuseum.com/
But anyways. Destroying historical monuments serves no purpose. Wish more railroads had looked at their equipment in that vein and saved some of the icons for posterity.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
The RF&P here in Virginia had a 4-8-4 named the "General Robert E. Lee," howver it was sent for scrap many moons ago.
Too bad, those "Generals," "Governors," and "Statesmen" locomotives were fine machines, it's a shame none were saved.
And it is not the 'General Lee'! It is the General, without association with any particular named army.
CandOforprogress2 Lets hope that reason overcomes the popular insanity that is the order of the day. http://locomotive.wikia.com/wiki/Western_%26_Atlantic_Railroad_%27General%27
Lets hope that reason overcomes the popular insanity that is the order of the day.
http://locomotive.wikia.com/wiki/Western_%26_Atlantic_Railroad_%27General%27
Talking about the "General?" I wouldn't worry about it, it's well=insulated in that museum.
I agree with you on the hysteria going on right now. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker said it a long time ago, "Never underestimate the power of hysteria!"
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