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Tag: Great Locomotive Chase
Posted inBuckhead Reporter, News, Slideshow

Historic locomotive ‘Texas’ will soon steam to Buckhead

by John Ruch

Last month’s relocation of the gigantic “Battle of Atlanta” painting from Grant Park to the Atlanta History Center’s new Cyclorama building was a major preservation effort. But that’s not the only enormous artifact making a complex move to the Buckhead museum. The “Texas,” a legendary locomotive dating to 1856, is getting the finishing touches of […]