|
Virginia Central |
| The road was chartered at the
Louisa Railroad in 1836 and had its name changed to Virginia Central in
1850. The road connected Richmond to the southwestern Shenandoah Valley
at the point where the proposed Covington & Ohio Railroad would have
started. The road suffered repeated Union attacks, but was still useful
until at least late 1864. |
| Black's Number |
5 (map) |
| Track |
195 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge; 21 miles of
67# T-rail, 50 miles of 60# T-rail, 71 miles of 50# T-rail, 19 miles of
50# U-rail, and 16 miles of various weights and types of rail |
| Locomotives |
28; 30 names |
| Cars |
247 |
| Stations |
39 |
| Officers |
All |
| Employees |
All |
| Locomotive Usage |
1861,
1862, 1863,
1864 |
| Train Mileage |
1861 -
1862, 1864 |
| Passengers |
1861 - 1864 |
| Freight |
at Richmond 1861 - 1862,
from Richmond 1861 - 1862,
Movements 1861 - 1865 |
| Tunnels |
Tunnels |
| Imports |
Imports |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, RD 1-3-61 |
| NP, RD 3-29-61 |
| NP, RD 4-12-61 |
| NP, RD 5-31-61 |
| NP, RD 6-18D-61 |
| NA, QM 6-28-61 |
| NP, RD 7-10-61 |
| NA, QM 7-11-61 |
| NP, RD 7-18-61 |
| NP, RD 7-20A-61 |
| NP, RD 7-29-61 |
| NA, QM 8-13B-61 |
| NP, RD 8-14-61 |
| NP, RD 8-20-61 |
| NP, DH 8-28-61 |
| NP, RD 9-9-61 |
| NA, QM 10-3A-61 |
| LVA, TRED 10-4-61 |
| NA, QM 10-5A-61 |
| NA, QM 10-12-61 |
| NP, RD 10-16A-61 |
| NP, RD 10-19B-61 |
| NA, VC
10-29-61 |
| NP, RD
11-19-61 |
| NP, RD 11-20A-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 906 |
| NP, RD 10-23-61 |
| NP, RD 11-4A-61 |
| NA, QM 11-10A-61 |
| NA, QM 11-10B-61 |
| NA, QM 11-27-61 |
| NP, RD 11-27A-61 |
| NP, RD 11-29-61 |
| NA, RR
12-1-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 977 |
| NP, RD 12-9-61 |
| NP, RD 12-11-61 |
| NA, G 12-17-61 |
| NP, RW 1-8-62 |
| NP, RD 1-21A-62 |
| NP, RD 1-25A-62 |
| NA, QM 1-27-62 |
| NA, VC
1-31-62 |
| NP, RD 2-7A-62 |
| NP, RD 2-8-62 |
| NP, RD 2-13C-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 944 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 1088 |
| NA, QM 3-6-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 1073 |
| NA, QM 3-29-62 |
| NA, VC 4-1-62 |
| NP, RD 4-7A-62 |
| NA, QM 4-24-62 |
| NP, RD 5-8-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 501 |
| NP, RD 5-12-62 |
| B5, RCC 5-26-62 |
| NP, RE 5-28-62 |
| NP, RE 5-31-62 |
| NP, RD 6-4A-62 |
| NA, QM 6-6-62 |
| NA, RR
6-7-62 |
| NP, RD 6-10-62 |
| NP, WJ 6-17-62 |
| NP, RD 6-18-62 |
| NA, VC
6-30-62 |
| NP, RD 6-30-62 |
| NP, RD 7-8-62 |
| NA, QM 7-9-62 |
| NP, RE 7-9-62 |
| NP, RD 7-10-62 |
| NP, RE 7-10-62 |
| NP, RD 7-18-62 |
| NP, RD 7-18A-62 |
| NP, RE 7-21-62 |
| NA, ENG 7-22-62 |
| NP, RD 7-22-62 |
| NP, WJ 7-23-62 |
| NA, VC
7-24-62 |
| NP, RD 7-26A-62 |
| NP, RD 8-9-62 |
| NP, RD 8-16A-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 12, Pt 3, Page 937 |
| NP, RD 8-22-62 |
| B5, RCC 9-8-62 |
| NA, VC
9-10-62 |
| NP, RD 9-10-62 |
| NP, RD 9-18A-62 |
| NP, RE 9-25-62 |
| NP, RD 10-9A-62 |
| NP, RD 10-11-62 |
| NA, VC 10-16-62 |
| NP, RD 10-18-62 |
| NP, SSGA 10-21-62 |
| NA, ENG 10-22A-62 |
| NP, RE 10-23-62 |
| NP, RD 10-28-62 |
| NP, RD 11-8-62 |
| NP, RD 11-8A-62 |
| NP, RE 11-17A-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-24-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-26-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-26A-62 |
| NA, QM
12-29-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 825 |
| NA, ENG 1-8-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-16-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-28-63 |
| NP, RD 2-4-63 |
| NP, RD 2-5-63 |
| NP, RD 2-19A-63 |
| RRBA 2-20-1863 |
| LVA, TRED
3-11-63 |
| NP, RD 3-16-63 |
| NP, RD 3-21A-63 |
| NP, RD 3-26-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 690 |
| NA, ENG 4-2-63 |
| NP, RS 4-3-63 |
| NP, RS 4-3A-63 |
| NP, RD 4-3A-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NP, RD 5-5-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-6A-63 |
| NP, RR 5-9-63 |
| NP, RD 5-16-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-19-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-25-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-25A-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-29-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-9F-63 |
| NP, RD 6-10-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-11-63 |
| NP, RD 6-25-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-28-63 |
| NP, RD 6-30-63 |
| NP, RS 7-9-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-17C-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-30A-63 |
| NA, QM 7-31-63 |
| NA, ENG 8-5A-63 |
| NP, RD 9-8-63 |
| NP, RD 8-20-63 |
| NP, RD 8-27-63 |
| NP, RSTD 8-28-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-9B-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-24-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-30D-63 |
| NP, RD 10-14-63 |
| NA, ENG 10-21-63 |
| NA, ENG 10-23A-63 |
| NA, QM 11-7-63 |
| B3, LEE 11-12-63 |
| NA, ENG 11-19-63 |
| NA, ENG 11-26B-63 |
| NA, QM 11-27-63 |
| NA, ENG 12-4-63 |
| NA, ENG 12-9-63 |
| NA, QM 12-12A-63 |
| NA, QM 12-19-63 |
| NA, QM 12-22-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 1, Page 946 |
| NA, VC
1-7-64 |
| NA, PIW 1-12-64 |
| NA, QM 1-19A-64 |
| NA, ENG 1-21-64 |
| NA, ENG 1-21A-64 |
| NA, VC
1-21-64 |
| NP, RD 2-15B-64 |
| NA, ENG 2-25B-64 |
| NA, VC 2-26-64 |
| NA, ENG 3-3-64 |
| NP, RD 3-3-64 |
| NP, RD 3-4-64 |
| NA, VC
3-6-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 226 |
| NA, QM 3-21-64 |
| NA, VC
4-7-64 |
| NA, ENG 4-26D-64 |
| NP, RD 5-10A-64 |
| NA, ENG 5-16-64 |
| NA, ENG 6-7A-64 |
| NA, ENG 6-10-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-15A-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-16C-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-16D-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-21-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-22-64 |
| NP, RD 6-23-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-24L-64 |
| MISC, VAC 6-28-64 |
| NA, QM 6-29B-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 2, Page 709A |
| NA, ENG
7-19-64 |
| NA, ENG 7-22B-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-31-64 |
| NA, ENG
8-5A-64 |
| NA, QM 8-5-64 |
| NA, ENG
8-12-64 |
| NA, ENG
8-13B-64 |
| NP, RD 8-15C-64 |
| NP, RD 8-23-64 |
| NP, RD 9-6-64 |
| NP, RD 9-17-64 |
| NP, RD 9-29-64 |
| NA, QM 9-28A-64 |
| NA, QM 10-10-64 |
| NP, RD 12-1-64 |
| NP, LV 12-17A-64 |
| NA, QM 12-22-64 |
| NA, QM 12-23-64 |
| NP, RD 12-29-64 |
| NP, RD 1-2A-65 |
|