Raleigh & Gaston

The road was constructed between 1836 and 1840. During construction, it leased its track to the Petersburg Railroad for that road to provided rolling stock and operate the road until construction was completed. Completion of the road provided rail connection between Richmond and Raleigh (though over 3 railroads). The original strap iron construction was replaced with T-rails in 1852. A new machine shop was constructed in 1861, leaving the old shop to be leased as the Confederate Locomotive Shop in 1862. The road's connections at Weldon made it a very important link in the Charlotte-Raleigh-Petersburg-Richmond supply line.
Black's Number 16 (map) (map) (map)
Track 100 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge T-rail of unknown weight (15 miles of 51# U-rail was purchased in 1859)
Locomotives 13; 14 names
Cars 171
Stations 17
Officers Most
Passengers & Freight 1861
Passengers 1862
Photos Bridge 21, Company Offices
Tredegar Purchases All
Annual Reports
6-1-61 Finance Committee
6-1-61 President
6-1-62 Finance Committee
6-1-62 President
6-1-63 Finance Committee
6-1-63 President
6-1-64 President
6-1-65 Finance Committee
6-1-65 President
Significant Documents
NP, WD 1-8A-61
NP, CW 3-5-61
NP, RSTD 3-6-61
NP, RSTD 3-27A-61
NCA, RR 6-19A-61
NP, RSTD 6-26-61
LVA, TRED 7-1-61
NP, RSTD 7-10A-61
NCA, R&G 10-8-61
NP, RR 11-2-61
NP, RSTD 11-6-61
NP, RSTD 11-6B-61
NA, NC 11-14-61
NA, QM 11-16-61
NA, QM 11-25-61
NP, RD 11-25-61
NCRR, NC 11-29-61
NP, CW 12-16-61
NP, RSTD 12-25-61
NA, CSN 12-26-61
NA, RRB 1-5-62
NP, RR 1-8-62
NP, DB 1-9E-62
NP, RSTD 1-15-62
NP, MT 2-21B-62
NP, RSJ 2-26-62
NP, RSJ 3-29-62
NP, RR 4-5-62
NP, RR 4-19A-62
NA, RR 4-26A-62
NA, SWT 5-4-62
VAA, RV 5-14-62
NA, RR 5-17-62
NA, QMR 6-1-62
NP, RR 6-21-62
NP, RS 6-21-62
NP, RR 7-2-62
NP, RR 7-2A-62
NP, RSTD 7-2-62
NP, RSTD 7-9A-62
NA, SWR 7-29-62
NA, RRB 8-12-62
NA, RR 8-17-62
NA, QMR 9-4-62
NA, RRB 9-10-62
NP, RSTD 9-24C-62
NA, LS 9-26-62
NA, LS 9-30C-62
NA, R&G 10-29-62
NP, RR 10-29-62
NP, RSJ 10-29-62
NP, RSJ 10-29A-62
NP, RD 10-30A-62
NP, CW 11-3-62
NP, RSJ 11-3-62
NP, RSTD 11-5-62
NP, RSJ 11-12-62
NA, R&G 11-17-62
NA, RR 12-5-62
NA, WD 12-9-62
NP, RSTD 12-17-62
NA, QMR 12-20-62
NA, R&G 12-20-62
NA, ENG 12-26-62
NP, RSJ 12-29-62
NP, RSJ 12-29A-62
NA, LS 12-31-62
NP, RSTD 1-2A-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 825
NP, RSJ 1-8-63
NP, RR 1-14-63
NP, RSTD 1-14-63
NA, ENG 1-16-63
NP, RSTD 1-20A-63
NP, RSTD 1-21-63
NP, RSTD 1-21A-63
B7, R&G 1-27-63
NA, LS 1-29-63
NA, SWT 2-5-63
RRBA 2-20-1863
NP, RR 3-1-63
NP, RSTD 3-13-63
NA, QMR 3-21-63
NA, QMR 3-22-63
NA, R&G 3-22-63
NA, CSN 3-31-63
NCA, RRB 4-1-63
NA, QMR 4-6A-63
NA, R&G 4-7-63
NA, R&G 4-13-63
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
AR, R&G 4-15-63
NA, QM 4-17-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 25, Part 2, Page 730
NCA, RRB 5-1-63
NA, RR 5-4B-63
NA, RRB 5-15-63
NA, RR 6-12B-63
NA, QM 6-13-63
NP, RSTD 6-23-63
NP, RSTD 6-23A-63
NP, RSTD 6-23B-63
NP, RR 6-24-63
NA, LS 6-30B-63
NP, RR 7-1A-63
NP, RR 7-1B-63
NP, RR 7-4-63
NP, RR 7-4A-63
NP, RSTD 7-10-63
NA, QMR 7-24-63
NA, R&G 7-29-63
NA, QMR 8-1B-63
LVA, RRB 8-4A-63
NA, QMR 8-8E-63
NA, R&G 8-12-63
NA, R&G 8-18-63
LVA, RRB 8-19-63
NA, ENGR 8-26A-63
NA, CSN 8-29-63
NA, ENG 9-3A-63
NCA, RRB 9-11B-63
NCA, RRB 9-11D-63
NA, CSN 9-12-63
NA, RR 9-13-63
H, RRB 10-9-63
NCA, RRB 10-12A-63
NCA, RRB 11-1-63
RRBAT 11-13A-1863
NA, QMR 11-21B-63
NA, QM 11-27A-63
RRBA 12-26-1863
NCA, RRB 1-8-64
NA, QM 1-9A-64
NA, QMR 1-10-64
NA, QMR 1-23D-64
NCA, RRB 1-31-64
LVA, RRB 2-1-64
NA, QMR 2-4-64
NA, CS 2-5-64
NA, CS 2-8-64
NA, CS 2-15-64
NA, QMR 2-16G-64
NA, R&G 2-26-64
NP, RCF 2-26-64
NP, WJ 3-3C-64
NA, QM 3-19E-64
NP, RCF 3-22-64
NA, RRB 4-1B-64
NP, RCF 4-4-64
NA, QMR 4-6B-64
NA, CS 4-9-64
NA, RA 4-16-64
NP, WJ 7-14-64
NP, RCS 7-20C-64
NA, QMR 7-25C-64
NA, MG 7-31A-64
NA, RA 8-11-64
NA, RRB 8-11B-64
NA, QMR 8-26C-64
NA, QM 9-28-64
NA, QMR 11-16B-64
LVA, RRB 12-14A-64
NA, SWR 12-15-64
NA, SWR 12-16-64
NA, QM 1-3A-65
NA, RRB 1-3-65
NP, RSTD 1-18-65
NA, RRB 2-4A-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1371B
UNC, RR 3-10-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1393
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1426
D, RRB 3-20A-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1450
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 3, Page 77
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1450B
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 687
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 258
OR Series 3, Vol. 5,  Page 933

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