"4-4-0 Steam Locomotive " Topic

"Here are some images of AMT's 1/25 scale 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive .
I realize these trains were probably a medium dark green in colour but flat black just looks so cool.

From Wikipedia"
The General is a type 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was the subject of the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War. The locomotive is preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was arguably the first train ever hijacked.

Built in 1855 by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey, The General provided freight and passenger service between Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, before the Civil War on the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia and later, the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company.
During the Civil War on April 12, 1862, The General was commandeered by Northerners led by James J. Andrews at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw, Georgia), and abandoned north of Ringgold, after being pursued by William Allen Fuller and the Texas. Low on water and wood, the General eventually lost steam pressure and speed, and slowed to a halt two miles north of Ringgold, where Andrews and his raiders abandoned the locomotive and tried to flee.
Later, the General narrowly escaped destruction when General John Bell Hood ordered the ordnance depot destroyed as he left Atlanta on September 1, 1864. However, the engine was severely damaged by being run into boxcars of ammunition and the Missouri locomotive. This was done deliberately so as to render the engine unusable for the approaching Union forces."

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Armand

LOTSA ACW period locomotives were in fact multi-colored! Considered "gaudy" by European standards, American Locomotives were often festooned with antlers (on the loco's front light), gleaming polished brass, ornate lettering and even portraits and paintings of the engine's "namesake" (i.e. "Tiger". "Gen. Haupt" etc.). For some roads (at least) until the early 1900's the Engineer ("Driver" for our British cousins) was typically assigned to a particular engine thus promoting a personal sense of attachment/pride between man and machine. Engineers would apparently spend their OWN $$$ and time on keeping their charges polished AND "unique". Even many USMRR locomotives had a good deal of "color"/livery. Uniform Black ("Russian Iron" etc.) didn't become standard for at least 5-10 years AFTER the ACW and even then, some locomotive "cabs" kept unique color schemes and lettering (Manhattan Elevated, Brooklyn Elevated RRs of the 1870s-1900s for example).

Many thanks.

Are you seeing "Hell on Wheels"?

I LOVED that show!!!

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Armand