Talk:The General (locomotive)

Article merging
The information in the following three articles needs to be distributed among the articles properly. I'd do it, but somebody more familiar with the information could do a much better job.


 * Western and Atlantic Railroad
 * Great Locomotive Chase
 * The General (locomotive)

-- Fingers-of-Pyrex 12:33, 2005 May 17 (UTC)
 * Keep them separate, please, although you are correct that there is information that is redundant. Still, all three are distinct entities and should remain so. Thanks! Scott Mingus 17:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Gauge
Most accounts say the General was built to broad gauge (I think 5'-0"/ 1,524mm, this gauge was common in the U.S. South at the time), and was only converted to standard gauge following the war.--63.152.13.173 06:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The locomotive was regauged some time in 1886. Regauging of the southern states' railroads was mandated to take place by June 1, 1886.  A&WRR accomplished the change of their track gauge in less than 24 hours, starting on May 31, 1886.  The track gauge was made "compatible" with the U.S. Standard Gauge by narrowing it by exactly 3 inches, which made it 0.5 inch wider than U.S. Standard Gauge.  It's not clear if the General was changed to the exact U.S. Standard Gauge or the slightly wider 57 in compatible gauge.&mdash;QuicksilverT @ 18:42, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 15:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Link to movie
ummmm... None of you thought to link to the movie or Keaton? Doug O&#39;Connell (talk) 04:11, 8 July 2010 (UTC)


 * It's linked in the Great Locomotive Chase article, which is more appropriate. - BilCat (talk) 04:39, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Horse Power of engine?
What is the horse power of the engine? Firozpur (talk) 17:02, 25 December 2018 (UTC)