Baldwin Number 12

n 1943, the T R Miller Mill Company acquired a rare Baldwin 2-4-2 "Columbian" type tank locomotive from the Debardeleben Coal Corporation in northern Alabama. Previous owners included Alabama Rock & Asphalt and the City of St. Louis. In Brewton, the kettle served as a plant switcher and backup power. At some point in the 1960s, the locomotive rolled over off the rails, crushing the two sand domes atop the boiler and prompting their removal. The locomotive was retired in the early 1960s but remained on the property in Brewton until it was sold to Pensacola Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission for outdoor display, in December of 1967. #12 spent many years display outdoors with a Miller Mill wooden flatcar, at the Louisville & Nashville Marine Terminal historical site. Later it was moved to Pensacola's Museum of Industry, on Zaragosa Street downtown — a part of the University of West Florida's Historic Trust site. In 2024, the locomotive and two cars were cosmetically restored and placed under a canopy for better protection.