B&O "Thatcher Perkins" #147, a 4-6-0 ten-wheeler, was built in 1863 and actually carried American troops during the Civil War. It was retired in 1892 and in 1927 the railroad applied the name "Thatcher Perkins" to the engine and changed it's road number to 117 for the B&O Fair of the Iron Horse centennial celebration. After suffering "severe" damage after the collapse of the Railroad's Museum in 2003, it was beautifully restored back to it's original number for the first time since 1927.
