Teresa

Teresa is a former Southern Railway consolidation who works on the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad.

  Teresa  
 * Full Name: Teresa Marideth Macon.
 * Builder: American Locomotive Company, Richmond, Virginia USA
 * Build date: 1912
 * Serial Number: 52328
 * Locomotive Class: Southern Railway Ks-1 class
 * Configuration: 2-8-0 Consolidation
 * Tractive Effort: 43,305 lbs.
 * Arrived on the K&A: October 1949
 * Previous Owner(s) and Number(s): Georgia Southern & Florida Railway #413 Southern Railway #8343
 * Track Gauge: Standard, 4' 8 1/2" inches
 * Retired: 1962
 * Recommissioned: October 1992
 * Status: Operational
 * Traffic: Mixed
 * Age: 108

Biography
Teresa was built in 1912 by ALCo-Richmond originally for the Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad Company as their #413, later becoming Southern Railway #8343 by 1920. Teresa had worked in Florida hauling freight trains.

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