This is a Mogul type (2-6-0) locomotive built in 1904 as #9 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, for the Genesee & Wyoming Railroad.
It had a relatively short stay with the G&W and, in 1918, was sold to the locomotive dealer Southern Iron & Equipment in Atlanta, GA, who sold it the following year to the Butler County Railroad in Pine Bluff, MO. In 1927, the BC sold #9 to the dealer Georgia Car & Locomotive in Atlanta, GA, who sold it on to the East Texas & Gulf, where it was renumbered #57. Two years later, the ET&G sold the locomotive to the dealer Birmingham Rail & Locomotive who then sold it to the Tennessee & North Carolina where it became #206. The T&NC operated #206 until selling it to the Smoky Mountain Railroad in Sevierville, TN, in 1937.
The engine weighs 107,000 lbs, 91,000 lbs on its 50” drivers. It has a driver wheelbase of 11’ 6” and engine wheelbase of 19’ 4”. With Stephenson valve gear and 18” x 24” cylinders, it has a 20.7 sq ft grate, 118.9 sq ft firebox and total heating surface of 1,263 sq ft. Operating at a boiler pressure of 180 psi, it delivered 23,795 lbs tractive effort.
In 1964, #206 was sold to Grover Robbins at Pigeon Forge, TN, for use on his "Rebel Railroad" tourist line. In 1976, Jack and Pete Herschend bought “Rebel Railroad” and, in 1977, renamed it "Silver Dollar City Tennessee".
Some time after that, #206 was sold to the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hilton Inn located in the former railroad station once owned by the Southern Railway, where it is on display as Cincinattia Southern #29. Hotel guests can reserve a stay in refurbished sleeper cars attached to #206.
