Gainesville Midland #209

tomgears · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:02 am

This 2006 photo just came through on my Flickr feed. She is looking like she is getting decent care.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photohound/3970068781/

Dave · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:47 am

Thank you.

dave

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

An April 22, 2021 article in the Gainesville [Georgia] Times:

Quote:

For years, the city of Gainesville has been looking for a more secure, more interactive home for its red-and-black locomotive, Engine 209.

Those plans are finally gaining steam.

The city of Gainesville is looking for a vendor to move the iconic Engine 209 from its Jesse Jewell Parkway location to the proposed Midland Wye area at the intersection of Grove and Davis streets. A wye is a railroad junction.

City officials hope that its new location will allow visitors to have more interaction with the engine.

“We want the train to be something you can walk up to, touch and interact with, not just see from the car as you’re driving by,” Christina Santee, spokesperson for the city, said to The Times. “This piece of beloved history will be much more approachable and accessible for residents and visitors, including those who are out walking the greenway.”

Link to full story:
Relocation of Engine 209 gaining steam. This is why Gainesville wants to move icon

Dave · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:07 am

Trip back in time, thanks.....

Alan Maples · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:10 am

http://www.rypn.org/articles/single.php?filename=050403232222.txt

CA1 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 11, 2016 10:17 pm **Posts:** 246

Those GM 2-10-0s have a lot of character.

Wasn't some group in GA trying to rebuild an ex-CofG 2-8-0? Wonder what ever happened with that.

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

An August 14, 2021 article in the Gainesville Times:

Quote:

The iconic Gainesville Midland Engine 209 moved across town Saturday, Aug. 14.

The train has been located on the corner of Jesse Jewell Parkway and West Academy Street in downtown Gainesville since 1991, but it will now be the centerpiece of a park at the intersection of Davis and Grove streets in the midtown area of Gainesville.

Link: Gainesville's Midland Engine 209 train moves across town to new park

NS 3322 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 14, 2021 4:45 pm

Chris Webster wrote:

An August 14, 2021 article in the Gainesville Times:

Quote:

The iconic Gainesville Midland Engine 209 moved across town Saturday, Aug. 14.

The train has been located on the corner of Jesse Jewell Parkway and West Academy Street in downtown Gainesville since 1991, but it will now be the centerpiece of a park at the intersection of Davis and Grove streets in the midtown area of Gainesville.

Link: Gainesville's Midland Engine 209 train moves across town to new park

Did the Southern baggage car #507 also get moved?

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:34 pm

tomgears wrote:

This 2006 photo just came through on my Flickr feed. She is looking like she is getting decent care.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photohound/3970068781/" target="_blank

There was an article on this cosmetic restoration here on RYPN about ten years ago.