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Rare 1920s locomotive built in Cobb returns for a visit

Rare 1920s locomotive built in Cobb returns for a visit (Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History)

A steam locomotive built in Marietta in 1925 and later parked in an Ohio barn will be coming back home for a visit on Saturday.

One of only a handful like it and believed to be the only one still working, the 95-year-old engine is on its way to a new home in Williston, Fla., about 90 miles southwest of Jacksonville. But first, Glover locomotive #10168 built by Glover Machine Works will be stopping by the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History in Kennesaw.

The locomotive is owned by Daryl Kirby, who with his wife Tracy owns and operates Kirby Family Farm in Williston, a not-for-profit museum specializing in trains and locomotives for at-risk, special needs and terminally-ill children.

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