No quiz on trains would not be complete without mentioning the most famous 4-4-0 American locomotive ever built. In 1862, a group known as Andrews' Raiders stole this locomotive from Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), GA, in hopes of destroying the rail lines to Chattanooga. The subsequent event, "The Great Locomotive Chase," was made popular in a 1956 Disney film as well as a 1926 Buster Keaton film that shares its name with this locomotive.
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