|
Orange &
Alexandria |
| The road's charter was issued by
Virginia in 1848; construction began in 1850 and was completed to
Lynchburg in 1860.
The road's purpose was to provide farmers an alternative to the
expensive turnpikes in getting their crops to the port of Alexandria,
Virginia.
With its line running from deep in southwestern Virginia to the Union
capitol, the road was used by both sides, at the same time, for most of
the war. The Lynchburg to Gordonsville section was crucial for Lee's
support for the entire war.
The Alexandria section of the road (22 miles of track, the company
headquarters, main terminal, roundhouse, and shops) was confiscated by
the Union May 24, 1861. The rest of the road set up a very
under-equipped shop in Gordonsville until better shops could be
completed in Lynchburg. Only 2 of the road's 16 locomotives were seized
and neither was able to be made operable.
The road owned the track north of Gordonsville and south of
Charlottesville. The track in between belonged to the Virginia Central
Railroad.
|
| Black's Number |
3 (map)
(Warrenton Branch,
map) |
| Track |
115 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge 51# rail of unknown type
(at least some was T-rail) |
| Locomotives |
16; 19 names |
| Cars |
191 |
| Stations |
36 |
| Officers |
Most |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Annual Reports |
|
| Significant Documents |
| NP, AG 1-1-61 |
| NP, AG 1-1A-61 |
| NP, AG 1-1B-61 |
| NP, AG 1-1F-61 |
| NP, AG 1-2-61 |
| NP, AG 1-3A-61 |
| NP, AG 1-7-61 |
| NP, AG 2-12-61 |
| NP, AG 2-12A-61 |
| NP, RD 2-13A-61 |
| NP, AG 2-26A-61 |
| NP, AG 3-19-61 |
| NP, RD
3-23A-61 |
| NP, AG 4-1-61 |
| NP, AG 4-2A-61 |
| NP, AG 4-5-61 |
|
NP, AG
4-11-61 |
| NP, AG 4-14-61 |
| NP, AG 4-29A-61 |
| NA, VAF
5-1-61 |
| NA, VAF
5-1A-61 |
| NA, VAF
5-2-61 |
| NP, AG 5-4A-61 |
| NA,
RR 5-11-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 99 |
| NP, RD
5-27B-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 115 |
|
NP, WJ 5-27-61 |
|
NP, CM
5-29-61 |
|
NP, FO
5-30-61 |
|
NP, REX
5-31-61 |
|
NP, BE
6-4-61 |
| NP, AS 6-5-61 |
| NP, CW 6-6-61 |
|
NA, RRB
6-14-61 |
| NA, QM 6-17-61 |
| NA, QM 6-18D-61 |
| NA, O&A
6-25-61 |
| NA, QM 6-28-61 |
|
NA, QMR
6-29-61 |
| NP, RD 6-29-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-1-61 |
|
H, RR 7-5-61 |
|
NP, REX
7-5-61 |
| NA, VAF
7-10-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-12A-61 |
| NA, QM 7-23-61 |
|
NP, REX
7-23-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-25-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-29B-61 |
| NA, QM 8-13B-61 |
| NA, QM 8-16-61 |
|
NP, REX
9-10-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 317 |
| NP, RD
9-28B-61 |
|
NA, QMR
9-30-61 |
| NA, QM 10-12A-61 |
| NP, RD
10-17A-61 |
| NP, RE 10-17-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 906 |
|
NA, ANV
10-29-63 |
| NA, VC
10-29-61 |
|
NA, QM
11-2B-61 |
|
NA, QMR
11-5A-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1020 |
|
NA, QM
11-9A-61 |
| NP, RD
11-12A-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 953 |
| NA, QM 11-27-61 |
| NA, QM
11-27A-61 |
|
NA, QM
11-28-61 |
| NA,
O&A 11-30-61 |
| NA, RR
12-1-61 |
| NP, RE 12-3-61 |
| NA, O&A 12-12-61 |
|
BA, RR
12-14-61 |
|
NP,
RD 12-17A-61 |
| NA,
O&A 12-31-61 |
| NP, RD 1-2-62 |
|
NA, QMR
1-5-62 |
|
NA, QMR
1-13-62 |
| NP, RD 1-14-62 |
| NP, MAP 1-15-62 |
| NP, RD 1-18-62 |
| NA, QM 1-18-62 |
| NA, QM 1-20-62 |
| NA,
O&A 1-23-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 451 |
| NA, MG 2-3-62 |
| NP, RD 2-7A-62 |
| NP, RD 2-8-62 |
| AR, RF&P 2-19-62 |
|
VAA, RR
2-19-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 1088 |
| NA,
O&A 3-4-62 |
| NP, RD 3-6-62 |
| NP, RE 3-6-62 |
|
NA, QMR
3-9-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-10-62 |
| NP, CM 3-10-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 1073 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 504 |
| NA,
O&A 3-31-62 |
|
NA, RRB
3-31BZ-62 |
|
NA, RRB
3-31CG-62 |
| NP, RD 4-7A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30P-62 |
|
NA, RRB
4-30AD-62 |
| NA,
O&A 5-4-62 |
|
NA, RR
5-10-62 |
| NA, QM 5-15-62 |
| NP, RD 6-18-62 |
| NP, LR 6-20-62 |
| NA,
SWT 7-14-62 |
| NA,
SWT 7-15B-62 |
|
NA, QMR
8-8-62 |
|
NA, QMR
9-4A-62 |
|
NA, O&A
9-5-62 |
|
NA, SWR
9-5-62 |
| NP, RD
9-8-62 |
|
NA, QMR
9-10-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 19, Part 2, Page 605 |
| NP, RD 9-18B-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 19, Part 2, Page 637 |
| NA,
SWT 10-1-62 |
|
NA, QMR
10-3-62 |
|
NA, QMR
10-4-62 |
| NP, CDR 10-8-62 |
| NA,
SWR 10-9-62 |
| NA,
SWT 10-10-62 |
| NP, RD 10-11-62 |
| NP, CW 10-13-62 |
|
NA, QMR
10-21-62 |
|
NA, QMR
10-27-62 |
| NA,
RR 10-31-62 |
|
NA, RR
11-3-62 |
| NP, RD 11-8B-62 |
|
NA, QMR
11-18-62 |
| NA,
RR 11-30-62 |
| NP, RD
12-12B-62 |
| NP, LV 1-1B-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1096 |
|
NA, RR
1-30-63 |
| NA,
O&A 2-7-63 |
| NA,
O&A 2-7A-63 |
|
NA, QM
2-11A-63 |
| NP, RD 2-19A-63 |
| RRBA 2-20-1863 |
| NA, QM 3-10-63 |
|
NA, ENGR
3-12A-63 |
|
NA, QM
3-25-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 25, Part 2, Page 715 |
|
NA, QM
4-14-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NA,
O&A 4-30-63 |
| NP, RS 5-11-63 |
| NP, RS 7-3-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 979 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 981 |
| NP, RS 7-18-63 |
|
NA, QMR
8-20A-63 |
| H, RRB 9-1-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 1024 |
| H, RRB 9-5A-1863 |
|
NA, QMR
10-13I-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 794 |
|
NA, DSCGF
10-22-63 |
|
NA,
DSCGF 10-22D-63 |
|
NA, QMR
10-23A-63 |
|
NA, QMR
10-26A-63 |
|
NA, ANV
10-28-63 |
| NP, RS 10-28-63 |
| NA, ENG 10-29-63 |
|
NA, ENGR
10-29-63 |
|
NA, QMR
10-29-63 |
| NP, R 10-29-63 |
| NP, RV 10-30-63 |
| NA, ENG 11-2-63 |
| NP, CC 11-4-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 823 |
|
NA, DSCGF
11-7-63 |
| NP, RS 11-16-63 |
| NA,
SWR 11-24-63 |
| NA,
O&A 11-28-63 |
|
NA,
O&A 11-28A-63 |
| NP, RS 12-14-63 |
|
NA, QMR
12-28A-63 |
|
NA, QMR
12-30-63 |
|
NA, QMR
12-31A-63 |
| NA,
O&A X-X-63 |
|
NA, QM
1-5B-64 |
| NA, ENG 1-12-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
1-14-64 |
| NA, ENG 1-18A-64 |
| NA,
SWT 1-23-64 |
|
NA, VC 2-1-64 |
|
NA, RR
2-11-64 |
|
NA, QMR
3-2E-64 |
| NP, RS 3-25-64 |
|
NA, QMR
3-29-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 772 |
|
NA, ENG
4-18-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 37, Part 1, Page 762 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 37, Part 1, Page 763 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 37, Part 1, Page 763A |
| NA, QM 6-14-64 |
| NP, AC 6-18A-64 |
|
NA, QMR
6-20A-64 |
| NP, MAR 6-22-64 |
| NA, QM 7-16-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-19-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
7-19A-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-21E-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-21F-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-24A-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-24B-64 |
|
NA, QMR
7-25-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-26B-64 |
|
NA, ENG
7-26G-64 |
| NA, QM 7-29-64 |
| NP, LV 8-3-64 |
|
NA, QMR
8-5-64 |
| NA, ENG
8-9-64 |
| NA, ENG
8-12B-64 |
|
NA, QMR
8-12-64 |
| NP, LV 9-1-64 |
|
NA, RRB
9-15A-64 |
| NP, LV 9-17-64 |
| NP, RD 9-21-64 |
| NP, LV 9-22-64 |
|
NA, QMR
10-31-64 |
| NP, RS 11-5C-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
11-10A-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
11-14-64 |
| NP, RS 12-1A-64 |
| NP, LV 12-12-64 |
|
NA, AIG
1-19-65 |
| NA,
RRB 1-23A-65 |
|
NA, RRB
1-30I-65 |
| NA,
RRB 2-7G-65 |
| NA,
RRB 2-10B-65 |
| NA,
RRB 2-13A-65 |
| NP, LV 3-17-65 |
| NP, RCF 3-21-65 |
|
NP, RW
3-21-65 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 36, Part 1, Page 1054 |
|
NA, AIG
3-30A-65 |
|
NP, SV
3-31-65 |
| OR Series 3, Vol. 5, Page 974 |
|