Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway 101, Steam locomotive at Cotton Belt Railroad Depot, Fordyce, United States.
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway 101 is a steam locomotive built in 1922 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia and placed outdoors near the Cotton Belt Railroad Depot in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It is a 2-8-0 Consolidation type with two cylinders and is the last known steam locomotive associated with the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad.
Baldwin Locomotive Works built this engine in 1922, and it operated for the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway until 1931. It then switched to service on the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad, where it worked until being retired in 1948.
Built by Baldwin in 1922, the engine is the last known steam locomotive tied to the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. After retirement in 1948 it was given to Little Rock and spent about twenty years on display at the Little Rock Zoo before returning to Fordyce in 2007.
The locomotive stands outdoors near the Cotton Belt Railroad Depot in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas, where it can be viewed from the surrounding streets at any time. There is no admission or scheduled opening; it is a roadside display rather than an enclosed museum piece.
It is the last known steam locomotive linked to the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. After retirement in 1948 it was given to the city of Little Rock and stood at the Little Rock Zoo for about twenty years before returning to Fordyce in 2007.
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