Great memories to have. I was a kid in the crowd at Kennesaw.

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Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Wow! That's a good long trip from Atlanta to Columbus with the General! What a great experience to have. And, yes, once trains get ahold of us, they stay with us forever, including model railroading. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I grew up in the USA, so I generally have a preference for US trains, but I enjoy them all. Thank you for watching and commenting.

I remember Belmont as a kid! Thanks for watching.

@@airailimages great memory,thanks.

Isn't it great to have such experiences, and such memories. Thanks for watching!

That's a great story. Thanks for watching and commenting.

That's a great memory. I first saw it at Kennesaw that spring. I was 11. Thanks for watching and commenting.

My mother's father was a boiler maker at L and N and in Paducah and Fulton.

Thanks for sharing your recollections. That's part of the fun of KZfaq.

Thanks for watching, and adding your family story.

Good memories! Thanks for watching, and adding your story.

And if a replica General were to be made, what era and configuration should it be... Hey, thanks for watching and commenting.

@@airailimages I like the way it looks in the video-that is about identical to the way the Crooks is today. Is the General really burning wood in the video or is that just for show while there's coal in the tender? So great to see the crowds come out to see her. Bet we wouldn't get that kind of response today.

If I recall, the wood actually hid an oil bunker when it was restored for the centennial events.

The General is probably in better condition to operate than the William Crooks, but I don't think it's cost so much as it is that they don't want to subject its fabric to further wear...

@@airailimages Probably would go with its as-built appearance, how it looked when the chase happened...

Glad you enjoyed it -- I was in elementary school when some of this was shot!

It brings back a lot of memories for a lot of folks. Thanks for watching, and thanks for commenting.

Thank you for watching and commenting. Great story. Sounds like you have good woodworking skills.

@@airailimages I am an industrial hydraulics technjcan by trade, build large machinary for the offshore oil& gas industry. Im no longer able to work as now 5yrs3mths into defeating lung cancer, Unfortunatly the chemo and radiation beat me. My little.wood craft shop helps me keep my sanity.

Glad to hear you are so many years into defeating cancer. I bet your wood shop is a great place to work and relax.

When the movie was filmed in 1956, the 'General' was not operational and was on static display in Chattanooga, TN. Neither the original 'General' or the 'Texas' appeared in the movie. The 'General' was played by the engine 'William Mason' and the 'Texas' was portrayed by the 'Inyo'. The 'General' was returned to Georgia in 1972 and is housed in the Southern Museum in Kennesaw, Ga and the 'Texas' is on display at the Atlanta History Center.

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I don't know what it's current condition is, but if it was put up properly after these films were made, it's probably good to go. Just needs a little maintenance. Probably some oil here and there. Put water in it and some fire. Steam engines are very simple as long as the boiler is good.

To run in todays world? Well you better play the lottery!!!! Let me give you the scoop on this one jack. FRA requires a 1,472 day inspection. All flues and tubes are pulled and replaced with new ones. Boiler is ultrasounded for any thin metal spots. If found they must be replaced. All appliances on loco must be taken off, torn apart, inspected, rebuilt and put back together and tested. The whole locomotive gets stripped down to nothing but wheels and a boiler shell. Full rebuild then the shiny stuff get put on, but not before a hydrostatic test on the boiler is done first. Once that is complete her time and clock starts. You gotta have her put back together and running for 15 years or 1,472 days which ever comes first! The time, money and a place to run are your big limiting factors. Not to mention she is in a brick building, so how do you get her out? Your better off having David Kloke build you a civil war replica of the General and it would meet todays mandated requirements. That will cost you around 3 million dollars though. So that is what it will take to get her operating. Not to mention the mounds upon mounds of paperwork!

Wrong the engine would need a complete rebuild in order to be complaint with FRA part 243 Steam Locomotive codes and regulations. Just because she has sat inside doesn't mean she is ready to go. She had modifications done to her since the L&N restored her back then. She is a oil burner now, not wood. The engine hasn't moved in over 30+ years everything is seized up. As I have previously stated in my earlier reply everything that needs to be done before she could ever run on the rails again. Period end of discussion. Just have David Kloke build a replica!

Well it would need a new boiler to follow FRA regulations which shouldn't be expensive compared to literally every locomotive from early to mid 20th century plus as long as theres not many other parts to fix or replace American 4-4-0's are pretty easy to maintain as long as you know what your doing, then getting it out of the building, that would be difficult, but not impossible. It would be expensive, but its doable.

She is in a brick building in Downtown Kennesaw by my house. The building is also on a hill 300 ft from the tracks so she would need a crane to be moved back on the tracks. I love going to the museum to see this great piece of history.

Kyan Koh she could top out at 60

The train tracks between Atlanta and Chattanooga are still there and still the Western & Atlantic RR (leased to CSX). Very active single track line.

The General II, a much newer steam locomotive, ran at Stone Mountain. General II is in the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. Hey, thanks for watching.

@@airailimages np m8!

Well, never say never, but since the General is in a museum in Kennesaw, I doubt it. But at least the locomotive is preserved.

That building is on a hill also about 300 ft from the tracks. She would need a crane to be moved now. It would be super cool to see her revived and run again though.