Norfolk & Petersburg

This road was chartered in 1851. Construction began in 1853 and was completed in 1858. This road was heavily used to remove the hundreds of captured artillery pieces from Norfolk and to rebuild the USS Merrimac into the CSS Virginia.
Black's Number 11 (map) (map)
Track 85 miles of 5 foot gauge 62# T-rail
Locomotives 6; 6 names
Cars 98
Stations 13
Officers All for 1861
Tredegar Purchases All
Annual Reports
3-31-61 President
3-31-66 President
Significant Documents
NP, FN 1-1-61
NP, RD 1-28-61
NP, REX 2-1-61
NP, RD 2-13-61
NP, REX 3-22-61
NP, RD 4-25A-61
NP, REX 4-26A-61
NP, RD 4-29-61
NP, VC 5-7-61
LVA, TRED 5-27-61
NA, QMR 6-14-61
NP, REX 7-5-61
NP, DE 8-5A-61
NP, RD 8-23-61
LVA, R&P 10-20-61
LVA, N&P 10-26-61
NA, N&P 10-26-61
NA, N&P 10-20-61
NA, N&P 10-22-61
NA, CSN 10-31-61
NP, RD 11-1-61
NP, RD 11-4-61
NA, CSN 12-31C-61
NA, CSN 1-25-62
NA, CSN 1-31-62
NP, SCS 2-1-62
NA, CSN 2-7-62
NA, QMR 2-15A-62
NA, CSN 2-27-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 9,  Page 8
OR Series 1, Vol. 9,  Page 8A
NA, SWR 3-10-62
NA, CSN 3-31B-62
NA, CSN 3-31D-62
NA, RR 4-11-62
NA, CSN 4-30-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 485
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 490
NA, CSN 5-7-62
NA, CSN 5-9-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 507
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 519
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 546
NA, QM 6-10-62
NA, SWT 6-13-62
NA, RR 6-30-62
NA, N&P 7-31-62
NP, RD 8-8-62
ORN Series 1, Vol. 8, Page 843
NA, ENG 1-29B-63
NA, N&P 1-31-63
NA, ENGR 2-1-63
NA, ENG 2-4A-63
NA, CSN 2-16-63
NA, ENGR 2-21-63
NA, ENG 2-25-63
NA, ENG 3-10B-63
NA, ENGR 4-6-63
NA, ENG 4-7A-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 1037
NA, RR 5-4-63
NA, ENG 5-5A-63
NA, RR 5-8A-63
NA, ENG 5-11-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 329
NP, RS 6-3-63
NA, RR 6-12C-63
NA, QMR 9-2F-63
NA, QMR 10-26B-63
NA, QMR 12-31-63
NA, N&P 3-4-64
NA, ENG 3-7B-64
NA, N&P 3-28-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 36, Part 2, Page 1005
NA, QMR 4-15B-64
NA, N&P 5-4-64
NP, RD 6-25-64
NA, QMR 7-21B-64
NA, QM 9-23A-64
NA, QM 10-27D-64
NA, QMR 10-29A-64
NA, QM 10-31-64
NA, QM 11-10-64
NA, QM 11-23A-64
LVA, RRB 3-18-65
OR Series 3, Vol. 5,  Page 974

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