Southern Railway Locomotive "1401"
The advent of rail service forever changed the nation, connecting the South and other regions to the rest of the country―meaning Yankees were finally able to try important things like grits. This 1926 green giant―at 188 tons and 92 feet long, the heaviest item in the museum―put that regional expansion to use, hauling passenger trains as part of Southern Railway’s Charlotte Division for 25 years.
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