|
Mobile & Ohio |
| The road was chartered in Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky in 1848 as a way to bypass the slow,
uncertain river travel to New Orleans with fast, reliable travel to
Mobile. Construction began in 1852 and was completed at Corinth,
Mississippi in April 1861, creating the longest railroad under a single
charter in the US. |
| Black's Number |
64 (map) |
| Track
Rail Wear
|
499 miles of 5 foot gauge of 68# T-rail on main
line, 57# rail on branches and 48# rail on sidings |
| Locomotives |
68; 75 names |
| Cars |
823 |
| Stations |
80 |
| Officers |
Many |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Produce Deliveries |
February,
1862 |
| Significant Documents |
| MA, M&O 1-15-61 |
| NP, RD 1-24-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 937 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 625 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 875 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 876 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 938 |
| NP, MR 6-25-61 |
| NP, NOTP 1-4C-62 |
| NP, TD 1-16-62 |
| NP, MAR 2-2-62 |
| NP, MAR 2-26-62 |
| NP, MAR 2-26A-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 10, Part 2, Page 305 |
| NP, TD 3-12-62 |
| NP, MAR 4-5A-62 |
| NP, WJ 4-28-62 |
| NP, HT 6-2-62 |
| NP, HT 1-26-63 |
| NP, RD 2-6-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-18D-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 655 |
| MA, GO 5-5-63 |
| NP, MAR 6-19-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 1022 |
| MA, GO 8-11-63 |
| NP, RD 8-13-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 30, Part 4, Page 496 |
| NA, ENG 8-31-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-30B-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-30C-63 |
| NP, MAR 1-9-64 |
| AR, M&O 2-15-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 2, Page 768 |
| NP, RD 2-23-64 |
| NA, QM 2-25-64 |
| NA, QM 3-2-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 1, Page 402 |
| NP, RD 3-5-64 |
| NP, RD 3-9A-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 1, Page 343 |
| NA, QM 3-19F-64 |
| NA, QM 3-19G-64 |
| NA, QM 3-24A-64 |
| NP, GP 4-14-64 |
| NP, RD 4-19-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 806 |
| NP, MAR 5-1-64 |
| NP, RD 5-7-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 607 |
| NP, CM 5-20-64 |
| NA, QM 6-6A-64 |
| NP, MAR 6-19-64 |
| NA, QM 7-10-64 |
| NA, QM 7-20-64 |
| NA, QM 7-30B-64 |
| NA, QM 9-9-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part
3, Page 855 |
| NP, TAR 10-27-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 871 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 902 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 1, Page 1212 |
| NA, QM 12-10-64 |
| NA, QM 12-24-64 |
| NP, RD 1-5A-65 |
| NP, AC 1-10-65 |
| NA, QM 1-13-65 |
| NP, AC 1-20B-65 |
| NP, AC 1-20C-65 |
| NP, AC 2-10-65 |
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