United States Army Q.M.C. No. 5

United States Army, Quartermasters Corps No. 5 is a Baldwin Class 10 2-6-2T narrow gauge steam locomotive built in 1918 by the Davenport Locomotive Works of Davenport, Iowa as works No. 1682 to be used for the U.S. Army's trench railways.
At the end of WWI there was a surplus of 24" narrow gauge equipment still in the United States waiting for transport to the Western Front in France. Some of the Davenport trench locomotives were sold to construction companies, while the remainder were sent to various military installations such as Fort Benning in Georgia, Fort Sill in Oklahoma, and Oahu in Hawaii. No. 5, originally No. 1902, was sent to Fort Benning.
No. 5 worked on the Fort Benning Light Railway between 1919 and 1947 and was used to transport troops and supplies around the 182,000 acre facility. The railroad was a 60 cm narrow gauge railway and in 1923, there were at least 20 of these locomotives running on 27 miles of track around the facility. 
When the land for Fort Benning was acquired in 1919, there were few improved roads to move troops and equipment to and from the training areas. Hence, a line was built from Maine Post where the enlisted soldiers were barracked east towards Harmony Church and Sand Hill. The line ultimately terminated at the rural hamlet of Ochillie Creek where the Central of Georgia and Seaboard Air Line railroad lines pass south towards Albany, GA. The line survived until 1945 when it was shut down, had its rail pulled up, and most of the equipment sold to Central American businesses.
Today, No. 5 is the only engine left from the Fort Benning Light Railway. This locomotive and an Officer's Coach was preserved and put on display across from the old Post Catholic Church until 1966 when it was moved to the old Infantry Museum off of Dixie Road, then moved again when the museum relocated to the old Post Hospital off of Baltzell Avenue. The locomotive and coach have been cosmetically restored and moved to the new National Infantry Museum & Soldier Center in Fort Benning, Georgia.
As of today, they are both still prominently displayed in front of the National Infantry Museum, although as of May 11, 2023, the town of Fort Benning has officially been renamed to Fort Moore.
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