Marianna & Blountstown #444

Built in 1911 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania for the Brinson Railroad. The name changed to Savannah & Northwestern in 1914 and merged with the Savannah & Atlanta three years later. In 1935, the Marianna & Blountstown Railroad bought #444. The line for this railroad was only twenty-nine miles long and was the shortest in Florida. It would interchange with the Louisville & Nashville in Marianna, providing passenger service until 1929 as well as transporting agricultural products. #444 would operate until the 1940s and was sold to Albert Fords in Malone in 1966. The Marianna & Blountstown Railroad was abandoned in 1972. #444 was sold to the George Ranch Historical Park in Texas in 1982. Their plan would be to make up their railroad, so they sold it to the Marianna & Blountstown Park in 1989, where it is now on display.