The General (locomotive)

The General
The General on display in Kennesaw, Georgia, in 2007
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor Serial number 631 Build date December 1855
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-4-0 Gauge Originally 5 ft (1,524 mm), regauged to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) in 1886 Driver dia. 60 in (1,524 mm) Adhesive weight 32,000 lb (15,000 kilograms; 15 tonnes) Loco weight 50,300 lb (22,800 kilograms; 22.8 tonnes) Boiler pressure 140 lbf/in2 (965 kPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 15 in (381 mm)
Career Operators Western and Atlantic Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Numbers 39, renumbered 3 in 1880 Official name General First run January 1856 Retired 1891 The General U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of Georgia Show map of the United States Location Kennesaw, GA Coordinates 34°1′24.7″N 84°36′51.96″W / 34.023528°N 84.6144333°W / 34.023528; -84.6144333 Built 1855 Architect Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor NRHP reference No. 73000617 [1] Added to NRHP June 19, 1973 Current owner Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History Disposition static display

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. Today, the locomotive is preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.