[1] The locomotive was originally delivered in 1890 to the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway (ETV&G) as No.
[1] In 1894, ETV&G was merged with the Richmond and Danville Railroad to form the Southern Railway and 466 was renumbered to 154.
However, Southern Railway inspectors deemed the task too daunting and, as a result, unworthy of the expense.
154 made its debut at the Three Rivers Rambler and pulled its first passenger train on the Gulf & Ohio Railways.
154's bell had been stolen by a thief who had climbed over the fence and cradled to the Gulf & Ohio Railway yard where the locomotive was parked last night.