United States Army No101

United States Army No. 101-locomotive US Army 101 is a 2-8-0 steam locomotive that was originally operated by the United States Army. It is one of two survivors of the 1,500 General Pershing locomotives built in 1916– 1918 for the War Department in World War I. The 101 went on to see action in three wars — World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Contents         

1 History of the 101 2 History according the National Railroad Museum 3 History according to David P. Morgan 4 Historical hiccups 5 Chronology 6 Numbers the General Pershing carried 7 Surviving Pershing Class Locomotives 8 References 9 External links

History of the 101 The history of the 101 is something of a mystery. What we do know is that it was built for the US Army for use in WWI by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was owned by the US Army until it was donated to Korea to help fight for Korea's freedom. In 1953, the 101 was recovered from damaged areas and reconstructed by the Army Transportation Corps., under the direction of Col. George Simpson. It seems that the 101 was still property of the Korean Republic however. Col. George Simpson, Harold T.I. Shannon, and Harold E. Fuller started to talk with the Korean Republic about donating the engine to the National Railroad Museum. In 1958 Korean Republic President Syngman Rhee donated the locomotive as a gift from the Korean people. Over 300 newspapers carried the story of the arrival of the engine and this is how the struggling National Railroad Museum started to gain national attention. On May 30, 1959, General Pershing was presented with a Certificate of Service from the United states Army. The certificate was presented to the Museum by the Secretary of the Army. Any other information this is to be found on the Internet or in print is suspicious at best. There are at least three different versions of the history of the 101 floating around. Read on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_No._101#External_links http://griffincunningham.net/Griffin/MAIN/743rdmain1.htm