This is the #542. It was built by Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania in 1903. When it was first
built, it was a mainline freight engine
for the Southern.   There were bigger ones
than this, but it was considered a large
engine in 1903.  But by the time the 40s
came along, it was old, worn out, surplus
but still has some use in it.  In 1946 it was
leased to a Southern subsidiary, the
Atlantic and Yadkin, which was based out
of Greensboro and it ran out of Greensboro
from 46 until 1950 when it was
retired.  It was retired off the A & Y
and it was donated to Tanglewood Park
in Winston-Salem.  It stayed on
static display at Tanglewood until 1991.
And then a trade was initiated between
the museum and Tanglewood and it came to the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
The movie Leatherheads was filmed in this area and the engine was used as a prop
in the movie and it was, I believe, it was
re-lettered to #604.  The engine was
cosmetically restored here at the museum in 2011, and it was restored to its
appearance when it operated on the
Atlantic & Yadkin from 46 to 1950.
During the "Polar" event you see them
places it out front and puts theatrical
smoke in it to make it look like it's
fired up at the "Polar." It's one of the
oldest steam locomotives in the
collection here at the museum. It is a
2-8-0 consolidation, and it's typical for
the engines of its time period.  It
lacked modern appliances when it was
built and very little was done to it
over the years to quote-unquote
modernize it.
