BRASS MODEL OF "THE GENERAL" LOCOMOTIVE
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"THE GENERAL" ALSO KNOWN AS WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD #3, IS A 4-4-0 "AMERICAN" STEAM TYPE LOCOMOTIVE BUILT IN 1855 IN PATTERSON, NEW JERSEY. THE LOCOMOTIVE IS WIDELY KNOWN FOR BEING PART OF THE "GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE" DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHEN UNION SPIES STOLE IT IN AN EFFORT TO CRIPPLE THE CONFEDERATE RAILWAY NETWORK. TODAY, THE LOCOMOTIVE IS PRESERVED AT THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY IN KENNESAW, GEORGIA. THE "LITTLE GENERAL" WAS PURCHASED BY RICHARD "DICK" ROY FROM LEON F.S. STARK ANTIQUES, PHILADELPHIA, PA IN JULY 1968. RESTORED IN 1968-69 BY NICHOLAS A. DI RADDO OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, AN RCA SPECIALIST WHO WORKED BUILDING AND RESTORING MODELS AS A PROFESSIONAL FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS 20"X 6" X 13 3/4"
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GOOD OVERALL CONDITION
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BRASS MODEL OF "THE GENERAL" LOCOMOTIVE
Estimate $800 - $1,600
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