Tredegar Sales to Individual Railroads in 1862

Two unexpected facts that come from this data: 1. Tredegar did make railroad rail -- 617 lengths (21' each) manufactured in late 1860 or early 1861 and billed in 1862. While not a lot, it is enough for 1.75 miles, both rails.  2. The locomotive R. G. Fain was completed in 1860 for the Rogersville & Jefferson RR. That road could not pay for the locomotive, which was sold to the East Tennessee & Georgia RR after the former road was captured by the Union Army.

# = pounds     k = keg     Iron = not defined in the Financial records     SP/DP = Single Plate/Double Plate

1862
Railroad Rails Iron Spikes Chairs Wheels Bars Other
Centerville     150 k 22,500# 3,410  24,085#   3,960#  
Central (of Georgia)   9,600# 25 k 3,750#        
Charleston & Savannah   9,275# 25 k 3,750#        
Charlotte & South Carolina     155 k 23,250#   8 33" GP 3,840#   3 sheets boiler plate 3 pcs tank iron 595#
Clover Hill     2 k 300#     2,993#  
East Tennessee & Georgia     50 k 7,500#       Locomotive R. G. Fain
Georgia     150 k 22,500#       40 k nails 4,000#
Greenville & Columbia   4,500# 25 k 3,750#       Axles 1,600#
King's Mountain     7 k 1,050#        
(Confederate) Locomotive Shop, Raleigh, N. C. 42 pcs rails 3ft 3 holes 870#; 482 T 50-51#/yd 168,078# 8,695# 7 k 1,050#     19,659# 1 cast iron tire  3,280#; 12 axle collars 480#; 5 cast iron tires 16,433#; 3 axles 2,455# sent to Virginia Central Shops; 4 passenger car springs 865#; 13 freight car springs 1,942#; 15 volule springs 292#; 8 ?lales, 7 felt, 8 rubber springs 132#
Macon & Western     100 k 15,000#        
Memphis & Charleston     167 k 25,050#       11,840# (incl. chairs) later sold to Virginia & Tennessee
Milledgeville (a branch of the Central (of Georgia))     165 k 24,750#        
Mississippi Central     80 k 12,000#        
Montgomery & West Point 15 chub T 21#/yd 2,250# 8,674# 223 k 33,525#     2,572#  
Muscogee     89 k 13,350#        
Nashville & Decatur         40 33" w/axles 19,200#+axles    
Norfolk & Petersburg          12  30" SP 5,880#    
North Carolina   31,105# 100 k 15,000#     12,800# axles 12,375# 1 k rivets 200# 1 sheet boiler plate 495#
Orange & Alexandria   11,081# 25 k 3,750#        
Petersburg     20 k 3,000#        
Piedmont           4,095#  
Raleigh & Gaston   7,680# 220 k 33,000#       4 axles 1,250#
Richmond & Danville 123 T 50-51#/yd 44,720# 10,825#       37,095#  
Richmond & Petersburg 12 T 51#/yd 4,288#   50 k 7,500# 365 2,906# 3 30" DP 1,470#; 10 30" SP 5,000#; 2 ?P 30" 940#; 12 33" GP 5,760# 3,783# 14 pcs for wheel press  5 axles 1,500#; 5 grate bars 450#; 2 piston heads & 2 followers 280#; 22" clutch pulleys for wheel press; 2 glands 33#
Richmond & York River         2 30" SP on axles 980#+axles 2,570# 2 packing rings  31.5#; 1 stuffing box gland 14#; 1 flange 14#; 2 valve stems 5#; 12 brass nuts 33#
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac       105 1,500#   5,893# 10 10" axles; 1 boiler front 172#
South Carolina   62,284# 302 k 45,300#   23 33" GP w/axles 11,520# 28,765#  
South Side   1,800# 110 k 16,500#        1 sheet 124#  1 boiler plate piece 124#
Virginia Central     309 k 46,350#  

 

6 30" GP 2,730#; 4 28" DP 1,720#; 6 26" DP 2,400#; 14 30" DP 6,580#; 16 DP 7,520#; 12 DP 30" 5,640#
53,164# 1 axle 360#; 1 locomotive boiler saddle 195#; 2 axles 590#; 2 cab handles 43#; 1 cylinder head 84#
Virginia & Tennessee   32,101# 134 k 20,070#   20 30" DP 9,400#; 24 DP 11,280#; 16 DP 7,520#; 24 DP 11,280#; 16 DP 7,680#; 40 33" GP 19,200# 6,020# Axles 8,625#  

26 axles 8,710#

Western & Atlantic     80 k 9,000#        
Western North Carolina   12,115#     7 30" SP  3,500#; 8 30" DP 3,760#; 8 33" GP 3,840#    
Wilmington & Manchester     100 k 15,000#        
Wilmington & Weldon   1,030#       2,140# 1 flue sheet 327# 4 brass packing rings 63# 4 sheets boiler plate 384#
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford   2,222#          
                     
Total Numbers 617 50-51# T + minor   3,456 4,943 436    
Total Pounds  Tons (2000#) 220,206  110 212,987  106 519,165  259 36,016  18 212,880  106 185,509  93

80,306  40

              

 

Percent of Total 15 15 35 2 15 13

5

Total Sales to Railroads 1,467,069# 733 Tons  
 

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