Any other museums have historical ties to the Civil War/War Between the States?

Sloan

Clip from museum's website: http://www.borail.org

Civil War 150th Anniversary:
The War Came By Train
April 15, 2011-May 30, 2015
Monday - Saturday (10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Sunday (11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
The American Civil War was the first major conflict where railroads played a prominent role and the B&O was the major line that straddled a divided country. Between April 19, 1861 (The Baltimore Riot of 1861) and April 21, 1965 (Lincoln's funeral train leaving Baltimore for Illinois), the B&O stood witness and participant in the greatest conflict the U.S. has ever faced and changed the course of American history. The War Came By Train serves as the B&O Railroad Museum's primary attraction for the five year commemoration of the War's sesquicentennial. The National Landmark Roundhouse will exhibit the largest assemblage of Civil War railroad equipment in the world featuring locomotives and rail cars that served during the war, significant military and personal artifacts that will change annually to portray each year of the war (some artifacts never before on public display), and a narrated train ride to the original site of Camp Carroll, the largest Union encampment in Baltimore.

There are two railroad related museums in the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area that have ties to the Civil War. The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia is where the Western & Atlantic Railroad 4-4-0 The General is displayed and in the city of Atlanta proper is The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum where Western & Atlantic 4-4-0 The Texas is displayed. Both locomotives were used in "The Great Locomotive Chase" of 1862, although the General was nearly destroyed later on in the Civil War and was rebuilt several times. Currently, the General does not closely resemble its original as-built appearance. The General was originally a wood burning locomotive and converted to coal later on. In the 1960s, the L&N restored the General to operation and the locomotive was converted to burn oil.

http://www.southernmuseum.org/great_loc ... _chase.htm

http://www.atlantacyclorama.org/attractions.php

Steven Ashley
Spartanburg, South Carolina

I recently watched the 1956 Disney movie "Great Locomotive Chase", which depicts the April 1862 historic event. The REAL General and Texas were not used in that movie. The William Mason 4-4-0 from the B&O Museum depicted the General. What locomotives were used for the Texas and Yonah?

The Lafayette replica from the B&O Museum was given a crude wooden cab and played the role of the Yonah. The Texas was played by one of the V&T 4-4-0s, which one I cannot think of this early in the morning.

The movie also features a lot of the B&O museum's equipment, including the now-destroyed ex CNJ wood coaches and baggage car and the iron box cars. Disney built the wooden box cars, including the ones that were destroyed.

I think it was the Inyo.

Edit: Looks like it ~ http://www.nsrm-friends.org/inyo22.html

What, no one's mentioned the Savannah Roundhouse Railroad Museum?

The Texas was portrayed by Virginia & Truckee #22 "Inyo" owned at the time by Paramount Pictures, now of course, on display at the Nevada State RR Museum in Carson City.

http://web.me.com/varnishcar/All_Aboard_The_Wanderer%21/WANDERER_VS_WANDERER%21.html

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Missionary Ridge Tunnel was completed in 1858 and played an important part during the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. At the time, Missionary Ridge Tunnel was referred to as "Tunnel Hill". All TVRM trains pass through the 150+ year old tunnel.