Wilmington & Manchester Locomotives
1861 - 1863

Purchased 2 Louisville & Nashville RR locomotives from the Government.

1862 - 1865

At some point (about August 1863), Dart & Perseverance, of the Alabama & Florida (of Florida) were placed on this road and remained there until the end of the war. The Annual Report for 1863 says that two locomotives were purchased and nine leased.

Name Number Type Date Builder Weight Cylinders Driver Diam
General Sumpter 1 4x4x0 10/1851 Hinkley & Drewry  17 13"x22" 60"
Wilmington 2 4x4x0 5/1852 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 48"
Brunswick 3 4x4x0 9/1852 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
Darlington 4 4x4x0 5/1852 Norris 17 11.5"x24" 48"
General Marion 5 4x4x0 11/1852 Norris 17 11.5"x24" 66"
General McQueen 6 4x4x0 1/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
John J. Moore 7 4x4x0 1/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 48"
Columbus 8 4x4x0 1/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 48"
General McRae 9 4x4x0 1/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
William S. Ashe 10 4x4x0 1/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
General Horrey 11 4x4x0 2/1853 Norris  17  11.5"x24" 48"
Governor E. B. Dudley 12 4x4x0 2/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 60"
Robert H. Cowan 13 4x4x0 5/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
William B. Meares 14 4x4x0 5/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
Aaron Lazarus 15 4x4x0 4/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 48"
James Owen 16 4x4x0 4/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 48"
Alexander Anderson 17 4x4x0 12/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 48"
Robert Muldrow 18 4x4x0 5/1853 Norris  17 11.5"x24" 66"
  19 4x4x0 6/1856 Rogers, Ketchum, Grovsenor 18  13"x22" 60"
  20 4x4x0 10/1856 Boston 18? 14"x22" 60"
  21 4x4x0 3/1857 Baldwin 18 13"x24" 60"
  22 4x4x0 1/1858 Baldwin 18 13"x24" 60"
  23 4x4x0 4/1860 Baldwin 20 13"x24" 56"
  24 4x4x0 4/1860 Baldwin 20 13"x24" 56"

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