Wilmington & Weldon Locomotives
1862

Rented one locomotive from Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad for 3 months and one from the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad for 1 month. Oct 30 asked for the 2 locomotives it had had before.

1863

August 30 telegram says the road has just refurbished a Richmond-made locomotive purchased from the Richmond & York River RR and intends to call it "Governor Vance." This would have to be the Atlantic. September 1 letter says the road wants to buy a locomotive from the Government for the Tarboro Branch. The annual report stated that two locomotives had been purchased from the Government.

October 1, 1864

Annual Report of this date says that 4 locomotives have been purchased from other roads and the government, but no details are provided. Job Terry was a government locomotive, captured from US in 1862. Brunswick was captured by the US in 1864.

Name Number Type Date Builder Weight Cylinders Driver Diam
Wilmington 23  4x4x0  7/1856 Manchester    15x22  
Perseverance 7 4x4x0  3/1849 Baldwin 15 13"x16" 42"
Goldsboro 19     Baldwin      
Orange 22  4x4x0  8/1856 Manchester   13"x24" 60"
General Schofield       Baldwin      
President 17    4/1852 Norris   12.5x24 54"
Lamb       Norris      
Job Terry 31 4x4x0 1846 Hinckley 21 15"x20" 60"
Stonewall Jackson 32     Norris      
Brunswick 1  4x2x0 2/1839 Norris      
North Carolina 10  0x6x0 3/1850 Baldwin 12 12"x16" 46"
Governor Bragg 24   7/1856 Manchester      
Express/Jeff Davis 18    1854 Norris      
Alexander McRae 21   1856 Company shops      
Weldon 9     Norris      
P. K. Dickinson 25 4x4x0 9/1859 Baldwin 20 13"x24" 66"
Governor Ellis 26 4x4x0 10/1859 Baldwin 20 13"x24" 66"
Director 14   2/1852 Norris      
Quickstep 15    1/1852 Norris      
Guilford 20  4x4x0 6/1855 Baldwin 18 13.5"x24" 54"
Merchant 12 4x4x0 5/1851 Baldwin 18 13.5"x22" 54"
Industry 13  4x4x0 1/1853 Baldwin 18 13.5"X24" 54"
William H. Haywood 4    1846 Burr, Pea & Simpson      
Gilbert Potter 27 4x4x0 12/1859 Baldwin 21 14"x24" 54"
E. P. Hall 28  4x4x0 2/1860 Rogers   14"x24" 54"
James K. Polk 6  4x2x0 9/1845 Baldwin 12 13"x16" 42"
J. M. Morehead 8   1850 Company shops      
Farmer 11    5/1851 Norris      
John C. Calhoun 3   1841 Baldwin      
E. B. Dudley 5    1846 Burr, Pea & Simpson      
Governor Vance 30 4x4x0 7/1860 Tredegar   14"x22" 60"
Tarboro 29 4x4x0 1860 Tredegar      

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