|
Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford |
| The road was chartered in 1855,
construction began in 1857 and
was still in progress when the war began. The road was being built in two
sections; the western one, west out of Charlotte, had 31 miles, the eastern
one, out of Wilmington, had 112 miles. Construction continued off and on
throughout the war. In 1863 and 1864, 6 miles were laid. |
| Black's Number |
24 (map) |
| Track |
149 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge of 50# T-rail |
| Locomotives |
7; 7 names |
| Cars |
126 |
| Stations |
25 |
| Officers |
Most |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, WD 1-1A-61 |
| NP, WJ 1-1A-61 |
| NP, WD 1-8B-61 |
| NP, NCW 1-22-61 |
| NP, WD 2-12-61 |
|
NCA,
WC&R 2-16-61 |
| NP, WD 2-19-61 |
| NP, GP 2-28-61 |
| NP, CW 3-5-61 |
| NP, RSTD 3-6-61 |
| NP, FO 3-7-61 |
| NP, WJ 3-16-61 |
| NP, RD 3-22A-61 |
| NP, WJ 3-28-61 |
| NP, WJ 3-30-61 |
| NP, FO 4-1-61 |
| NP,
DB 4-4-61 |
|
NP, WJ
4-4-61 |
| NP, WJ 4-5-61 |
| NP, WJ 4-10-61 |
| NP, FO 4-11-61 |
| B9, DEB 4-xB-61 |
| NP, CM 6-27-61 |
| NP, WJ 8-14-61 |
| NP, WJ 10-1-61 |
|
NA,
WC&R 11-12-61 |
| NP, DB 1-9A-62 |
| NA,
SHF 1-30-62 |
| NA, QM 4-2-62 |
| NA,
SHF 5-20-62 |
| NP, WJ 7-11-62 |
|
NA, QMR
9-17A-62 |
| NP, WJ 9-17-62 |
| NP, WJ 10-29-62 |
| NP, GP 11-6A-62 |
| NP, RSTD 11-12C-62 |
|
NCRR, NC
11-21-62 |
|
NA, DCF
12-2-62 |
| NP, RSTD 12-10A-62 |
| NA, ENG 12-11-62 |
| MISC, WC&R 12-12-62 |
|
NCA,
C&C 12-17-62 |
| NP, RSTD 12-17A-62 |
| NP, RSTD 12-17B-62 |
| NP, WJ 12-18-62 |
| NP, WJ 12-22A-62 |
| NP, WJ 12-22B-62 |
| NP, RSTD 12-24-62 |
| NP, WJ 1-1-63 |
| NP, WD 1-6B-63 |
| NP, WJ
1-7-63 |
| NP, WJ
1-15-63 |
| NP, WJ
1-16-63 |
| NP, WJ
1-16A-63 |
| NP, WJ
1-19B-63 |
| NP, WJ
2-6-63 |
| NP, FO 2-10-63 |
| RRBA 2-20-1863 |
| B7, WC&R 3-3-63 |
| NA,
SWT 3-7-63 |
|
NA,
WC&R 1-12-63 |
| NP, DB 3-24C-63 |
|
NA, DCF
3-26-63 |
| NA,
WC&R 3-30-63 |
|
NA,
WC&R 4-18-63 |
| NA, RRB
5-15-63 |
| NP, WJ
5-15A-63 |
| NP, WJ
5-16-63 |
|
NA, QM
5-17B-62 |
| B7, WC&R 5-18-63 |
|
NA, QMR
5-20A-63 |
|
NA, QM
5-27-63 |
| NP, WD 6-2-63 |
|
NA, DCF
6-12-63 |
|
NCA,
S&BR 7-7-63 |
|
NA, QMR
7-8A-63 |
| NP, WJ
7-20-63 |
| NP, WJ
7-25-63 |
| NP,
WJ 8-6-63 |
| NP, DB 8-10B-63 |
|
NA, ENGR
8-18-63 |
| NP,
WJ 8-28A-63 |
|
NA, QMR
9-3B-63 |
| NP,
WJ 9-19A-63 |
|
NA, CSN
10-12-63 |
|
NA, QMR
10-12A-63 |
| NP, WD 10-13-63 |
| RRBAT 10-17-1863 |
| NP,
WJ 10-24-63 |
|
NP, WJ
11-16-63 |
|
NA, CSN
11-30B-63 |
|
NA, QMR
12-27-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-28A-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
1-28-64 |
| NA,
RRB 2-4-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
2-9-64 |
|
NCA, RRB
2-11-64 |
|
NP, WJ
2-11A-64 |
| NA, ENG 2-13A-64 |
|
NA, ENG
2-19-64 |
| NA, W&M 2-24-64 |
| NA, W&M 2-24A-64 |
| MISC, WC&R 2-27-64 |
|
NA, QMR
3-3E-64 |
|
NP, WJ
3-3A-64 |
| NA,
SW 3-17-64 |
| NA, WC&R 3-28-64 |
| NA, WC&R 3-31-64 |
|
NA, CS
4-13-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-24A-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-24B-64 |
|
NA, DCF
6-28-64 |
| NP, CWG 6-28A-64 |
| NA, WC&R 7-4-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 570 |
|
NA, ENGR
9-5-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
9-10A-64 |
| NP, RCF 12-9-64 |
| NA,
SWR 12-15-64 |
| NA, QM 1-3B-65 |
|
NA, QMR
1-5E-65 |
| NP, RSTD 1-18A-65 |
|
NA, QMR
1-21B-65 |
| NA,
RRB 1-21C-65 |
| NA,
RRB 1-21F-65 |
|
NP, WJ
1-26-65 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1110 |
|
NA, RNC
2-14-65 |
| UNC, RR 3-7-65 |
| UNC, RR 3-8-65 |
| NA, QM 3-22-65 |
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