Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101

Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia 101
Fordyce & Princeton 101
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number 55644
Build date 1922
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte 2-8-0
 • UIC 1′D
Driver dia. 50 in (1.270 m)
Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 20 in × 24 in (508 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort 27,744 lbf (123.41 kN)
Career
Operators Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway
Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
Numbers 101
Retired TAG: 1931
F&P: 1948
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive #101
Location NW. of Jct. of N. Main St. & Union Pacific RR., Fordyce, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°48′46″N 92°24′42″W / 33.81278°N 92.41167°W / 33.81278; -92.41167Coordinates: 33°48′46″N 92°24′42″W / 33.81278°N 92.41167°W / 33.81278; -92.41167
Area less than one acre
Built 1922 (1922)
Part of Fordyce Commercial Historic District (#92000608)
NRHP reference # 07001425[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 24, 2008
Designated CP June 11, 1992

The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 is a historic steam locomotive located near the Cotten Belt Railroad Depot in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It is the last known steam locomotive associated with the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. It was built in 1922 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway. It was sold to the Fordyce and Princeton in 1931, and retired in 1948. Given to the city of Little Rock, it was displayed at the Little Rock Zoo for twenty years, and was moved to Fordyce in 2007.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-25.


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