Virginian No. 4 is an SA class 0-8-0 steam locomotive built in 1910 by Baldwin.
It was built as a switcher on the Virginian Railroad until it was retired from service in 1957. After retirement #4 was gifted to the City of Princeton, WV, where it went on static display in front of the Mercer County Court House. Unfortunately, exposure to the weather and vandalism led to quite rapid deterioration in its condition.
Following a disputed trade of a caboose by the Norfolk & Western in 1960 and a bout of litigation, #4 was refurbished in the N&W shops and donated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in 1963. It finally joined the collection in 1967, just in time for the museum's dedication on 17 June that year.
Today it is still on static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
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- No. 4 is the only surviving Virginian steam locomotive.
