in the Big Shanty Museum. The Texas was retired shortly after the turn of the century, and was stored on a siding. In 1911, it was moved to Grant Park and later placed in the Atlanta Cyclorama. Re-gauging Prior to the Civil War, the rail gauge of most railroads in the South were broad gauge. In 1886, the change to the Northern standard gauge of was mandated on June 1, and the W&A accomplished this along all in less than 24 hours, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on May 31 and finishing at 10 a.m. the next morning. This was done by over 400 men, prying up one rail and moving it closer to the other by exactly , leaving a compatible gauge of . The General and many other locomotives were also re-gauged at this time. W&A in modern times Aside from a few track realignments by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, the W&A has changed little since 1862. The most significant changes were realignment during the creation of Lake Allatoona, with the tracks through Allatoona Pass removed. The Etowah River bridge has also been replaced. The famed Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, was abandoned in 1928; it was too small to accommodate the larger trains of the era, and a new tunnel was built nearby. A marker indicating where the chase began is near the Big Shanty Museum in Kennesaw, Georgia. A marker for where the chase ended is at Milepost 116.3, north of Ringgold, Georgia, which is not far from the recently restored depot at Milepost 114.5. A monument dedicated to Andrew's Raiders is located at the Chattanooga National Cemetery; it has the General on top of the monument and a brief history of the great locomotive chase. Chief executives While under construction the road was led by the Chief Engineer and when construction was completed by the Superintendent. Chief Engineers Stephen Harriman Long: May 12, 1837 – November 3, 1840 James S. Williams: 1841 Charles Fenton Mercer Garnett: February 7, 1842 – December 31, 1847 William L. Mitchell: January 1, 1848 – 1852 Superintendents William L. Wadley: February 2, 1852 – February 1, 1853 Geoerge Yonge: 1853 – ? John Wood Lewis: January 1, 1858 – Dec. 1860 John Sharpe Rowland: October 1, 1861 – September 18, 1863 George D. Phillips: November 5, 1863 – ? See also Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel List of