The Southern Railway sold a "Mikado" type locomotive to the Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad in October 1948. This locomotive was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and was the first 2-8-2 to arrive on the Southern Railway. The locomotive was Southern road number 4501 and was assigned K&T number 12. Number 12 was used to pull coal trains from the mines at Oz to the Southern Railway interchange at Stearns. In 1964, this locomotive was sold to Paul H. Merriman, who brought it to Chattanooga, TN where it underwent an overhaul at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. It was renumbered back to 4501 and painted in the Virginian green and gold similar to the livery used on the Southern "Pacific" type passenger locomotives. Number 4501 survives and is located at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.