Virginia Central

The road was chartered at the Louisa Railroad in 1836 and had its name changed to Virginia Central in 1850. The road connected Richmond to the southwestern Shenandoah Valley at the point where the proposed Covington & Ohio Railroad would have started. The road suffered repeated Union attacks, but was still useful until at least late 1864.
Black's Number 5 (map) (West of Staunton)
Track 195 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge; 21 miles of 67# T-rail, 50 miles of 60# T-rail, 71 miles of 50# T-rail, 19 miles of 50# U-rail, and 16 miles of various weights and types of rail
Locomotives 28; 30 names
Cars 247
Stations 39
Officers All
Employees All
Locomotive Usage 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864
Train Mileage 1861 - 1862, 1864
Passengers 1861 - 1864
Freight
Tunnels Tunnels
Culvert Culvert Today
Imports Imports
Additional Images Images Courtesy of C&O Historical Society (cohs.org and chessieshop.com)
Tredegar Purchases All
Annual Reports
10-1-61 President
10-1-61 Road Committee
10-1-61 Engineer
10-1-61 Superintendent
10-1-62 President
10-1-62 Road Committee
10-1-62 Superintendent
10-1-63 President
10-1-63 Road Committee
10-1-63 Superintendent
10-1-64 President
10-1-64 Road Committee
10-1-64 Superintendent
10-1-65 President
10-1-65 Superintendent
Significant Documents
NP, RD 1-3-61
NP, SV 1-4-61
NP, RD 1-21-61
NP, RD 2-11C-61
NP, AG 2-12A-61
NP, RD 3-8-61
NP, RD 3-26-61
NP, RD 3-29-61
NP, AG 4-1-61
NP, AG 4-11-61
NP, RD 4-11-61
NP, RD 4-12-61
NP, RD 4-18A-61
NA, VAF 5-1-61
NA, VAF 5-1A-61
NP, RD 5-13F-61
NP, RD 5-27B-61
NP, RD 5-28-61
NP, RD 5-31-61
VHS, RF&P 6-1-61
NP, SV 6-7-61
NP, RD 6-10B-61
NP, RD 6-18D-61
NA, QM 6-28-61
H, RR 7-5-61
NP, REX 7-5-61
NA, S&B 7-10-61
NP, RD 7-10-61
NA, QM 7-11-61
NP, RD 7-11-61
NA, QMR 7-17C-61
NP, RD 7-18-61
NP, RD 7-20A-61
NP, REX 7-23-61
NA, QMR 7-25-61
NP, RD 7-29-61
NA, S&B 7-31-61
NA, SWR 8-2-61
NP, RE 8-2A-61
NA, QM 8-3-61
NA, QM 8-5-61
NA, QMR 8-5-61
NA, SWR 8-7A-61
NA, QMR 8-9-61
NA, QMR 8-10-61
NP, RD 8-12C-61
NA, QM 8-13B-61
NA, QMR 8-14-61
NP, RD 8-14-61
NP, RD 8-16A-61
NP, RD 8-16B-61
NA, QMR 8-17-61
NA, QMR 8-20-61
NP, RD 8-20-61
NP, SS 8-20-61
NA, QMR 8-21A-61
NP, RSTD 8-21A-61
NA, RRB 8-28-61
NP, DH 8-28-61
NA, VC 9-7-61
NA, VC 9-7A-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 875
NP, RD 9-9-61
NP, REX 9-10-61
NA, QMR 9-18-61
NA, QMR 9-19A-61
NA, SWR 9-20-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 872A
NA, QMR 9-25B-61
NA, QMR 9-27-61
NA, QMR 10-2-61
NA, QM 10-3A-61
NA, VC 10-3-61
NP, RD 10-3-61
NP, RD 10-3A-61
LVA, TRED 10-4-61
NA, QMSW 10-4-61
NP, REX 10-4-61
NA, QM 10-5A-61
NA, QMR 10-5-61
NA, VC 10-11-61
NA, QM 10-12-61
NA, QMR 10-14B-61
NP, RD 10-16A-61
NP, RD 10-19B-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 5,  Page 906
NP, RE 10-22-61
NP, RE 10-22A-61
NP, RD 10-23-61
NA, QMR 10-29A-61
NA, VC 10-29-61
NA, VC 10-29A-61
NP, SS 10-29-61
NA, QMSW 10-30-61
NA, VC 10-30-61
NP, RD 10-30-61
NA, VC 10-31-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 971
NP, RD 11-4A-61
NP, SS 11-5-61
NP, SS 11-5A-61
NP, RE 11-8-61
NA, QMR 11-9-61
NA, QM 11-10A-61
NA, QM 11-10B-61
NA, QMR 11-11A-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 953
NA, QMR 11-14A-62
NP, RD 11-19-61
NP, RD 11-20A-61
NA, QM 11-22-61
NA, QMR 11-23-61
NP, REX 11-26A-61
NA, QM 11-27-61
NA, QMR 11-27-61
NP, RD 11-27A-61
VHS, RF&P 11-27-61
NA, QM 11-28B-61
NP, RD 11-29-61
NA, RR 12-1-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 977
NA, SWR 12-3-61
NP, SS 12-3-61
NP, NODC 12-7-61
NA, QMR 12-8-61
NP, SFU 12-8-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 407
NP, RD 12-9-61
NP, VC 12-9B-61
NA, QM 12-10A-61
NP, SS 12-10-61
NA, QM 12-11E-61
NP, RD 12-11-61
NP, SS 12-11-61
BA, RR 12-14-61
NA, G 12-17-61
NA, VC 12-19-61
NP, RE 12-31-61
NP, RW 1-8-62
NA, VC 1-16-62
NP, RD 1-21A-62
NA, O&A 1-23-62
NA, QMR 1-25C-62
NP, RD 1-25A-62
NA, QM 1-27-62
NA, VC 1-31-62
NA, QMR 2-3B-62
NA, QMR 2-7A-62
NP, RD 2-7A-62
NP, RD 2-8-62
NP, RD 2-10D-62
NP, CM 2-12-62
NP, RD 2-13C-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 1073
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 944
NA, QMR 2-17A-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 5,  Page 1088
NA, QMR 3-4-62
NP, REX 3-4-62
NA, QM 3-6-62
NA, QMR 3-9-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 1073
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 504
NA, QMR 3-18B-62
NA, QMSW 3-29-62
NA, VC 3-31-62
NA, VC 4-1-62
NA, RR 4-3-62
NP, RD 4-7A-62
NA, QM 4-18A-62
NA, VC 4-19-62
NA, QM 4-24-62
NA, QMR 4-24E-62
NA, QMR 4-25-62
NA, SWR 4-25-62
NA, QMR 4-28-62
NA, RRB 4-30AD-62
NP, RD 5-8-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 501
NA, RR 5-10-62
NP, RD 5-12-62
B5, RCC 5-26-62
NP, RE 5-28-62
NP, RE 5-31-62
NP, RD 6-4A-62
NA, QM 6-6-62
NA, RR 6-6-62
NA, RR 6-7-62
NA, RR 6-8-62
NP, RD 6-9B-62
NP, RD 6-10-62
NP, WJ 6-17-62
NP, RD 6-18-62
NA, VC 6-30-62
NP, RD 6-30-62
NA, QMR 6-0x-62
NA, QM 7-7-62
NP, RD 7-8-62
NA, QM 7-9-62
NP, RE 7-9-62
NP, RD 7-10-62
NP, RE 7-10-62
NP, RD 7-18-62
NP, RD 7-18A-62
NP, RE 7-21-62
NA, ENG 7-22-62
NP, RD 7-22-62
NP, SMN 7-23-62
NP, WJ 7-23-62
NA, VC 7-24-62
NP, RD 7-26A-62
NA, ENG 7-28-62
NA, RRB 8-7A-62
NP, RD 8-9-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Part 3, Page 675
NA, QMR 8-14-62
NP, RD 8-16A-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 12, Pt 3, Page 937
NP, RD 8-22-62
NA, VC 8-25-62
NA, QMR 8-26-62
NP, SR 8-26-62
NA, QMR 9-3A-62
NA, QMSW 9-3-62
B5, RCC 9-8-62
NA, ENG 9-9-62
NA, VC 9-10-62
NP, RD 9-10-62
NP, RD 9-18A-62
NP, RD 9-18C-62
NP, RE 9-25-62
NA, VC 9-30-62
NP, RE 10-1-62
NA, QMR 10-3-62
NA, QMR 10-8-62
NA, SWR 10-9-62
NP, RD 10-9A-62
NA, QMR 10-11-62
NP, RD 10-11-62
NP, RD 10-13D-62
NA, VC 10-16-62
NP, RD 10-18-62
NP, SSGA 10-21-62
NA, ENG 10-22A-62
NA, QMR 10-23A-62
NP, RE 10-23-62
NA, QMR 10-27-62
NP, RD 10-28-62
NA, VC 10-29-62
NP, RSTD 10-29-62
NA, DWVET 10-30-63
NA, ENG 10-31A-62
NA, RR 11-1-62
NA, RR 11-3-62
NP, RD 11-8-62
NP, RD 11-8A-62
NP, RW 11-11A-62
NA, QMR 11-13-62
NP, RE 11-17A-62
NP, RE 11-19-62
NA, CSN 11-22-62
NP, REX 11-25-62
NA, VC 11-30-62
NP, REX 12-2-62
NA, VC 12-9-62
NA, QMR 12-13-62
NA, ENG 12-20-62
NA, QMR 12-22-62
NA, ENG 12-24-62
NA, ENG 12-26-62
NA, ENG 12-26B-62
NA, QM 12-29-62
NA, QMR 1-3-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 825
NA, VC 1-7-63
NA, ENG 1-8-63
NA, QMR 1-15B-63
NA, ENG 1-16-63
NA, RR 1-17-63
NA, VC 1-19-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1096
NA, QMR 1-20-63
NA, QMR 1-26A-63
NA, SWR 1-27A-63
NA, ENG 1-28-63
NA, ENGR 1-28A-63
NP, RD 2-4-63
NP, RD 2-5-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 678
NA, VC 2-11-63
NA, QM 2-13A-63
NP, RD 2-19A-63
RRBA 2-20-1863
NA, QMR 3-6-63
NA, VC 3-9-63
LVA, TRED 3-11-63
NA, QMR 3-11D-63
NP, RS 3-13-63
NP, RD 3-16-63
NP, SS 3-17A-63
NP, RD 3-21A-63
NA, VC 3-25-63
NA, VC 3-25A-63
NP, RD 3-26-63
NA, ENG 3-30-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 690
VHS, RF&P 4-1-63
NA, ENG 4-2-63
NP, RS 4-3-63
NP, RS 4-3A-63
NP, RD 4-3A-63
NP, RS 4-4-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 25, Part 2, Page 703
OR Series 1, Vol. 25, Part 2, Page 715
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
NA, QM 4-21-63
NP, SS 4-21-63
NP, RS 4-29B-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 25, Part 2, Page 760
OR Series 1, Vol. 25, Part 2, Page 771
NA, ENG 5-4-63
NA, ENG 5-4A-63
NA, ENG 5-4B-63
NA, ENGR 5-4-63
NA, ENGR 5-5A-63
NP, RD 5-5-63
NP, RS 5-5-63
NA, ENG 5-6A-63
NA, ENGR 5-6-63
NA, ENGR 5-7-63
NP, RR 5-9-63
NP, RS 5-11-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 1060
NP, RD 5-16-63
NA, ENG 5-19-63
NA, VC 5-21-63
NA, ENGR 5-22-63
NA, ENG 5-25-63
NA, ENG 5-25A-63
NA, ENG 5-27F-63
NA, ENG 5-29-63
NA, ENGR 5-29-63
NA, QMR 5-31A-63
VHS, RF&P 6-1-63
NA, QMR 6-6E-63
NA, VC 6-8-63
NP, RS 6-8-63
NA, ENG 6-9F-63
NP, RD 6-10-63
NA, ENG 6-11-63
NA, QM 6-12B-63
NA, QMR 6-15-63
NA, RRB 6-16A-63
NP, RE 6-16-63
NA, RRB 6-18-63
NA, QMR 6-19A-63
NP, RD 6-25-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 938
NP, RD 6-27-63
NP, WJ 6-27-63
NA, ENG 6-28-63
NP, ASCY 6-29-63
NA, LS 6-30B-63
NP, RD 6-30-63
NP, RE 6-30-63

NP, WJ 6-30B-64

NP, WJ 6-30C-64
NP, RS 7-2-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 979A
NP, SS 7-7-63
NA, ENG 7-9B-63
NP, RS 7-9-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 989
NA, QM 7-11B-63
NA, ENG 7-17C-63
NA, QM 7-18-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 1024
NA, QMR 7-22-63
NP, RS 7-25-63
LVA, RF&P 7-28-63
NA, VC 7-29-63
NA, ENG 7-30A-63
NA, QMR 7-30-63
NA, QM 7-31-63
NA, VC 7-x-63
NA, QMR 8-1D-63
NA, QMR 8-4A-63
NA, ENG 8-5A-63
LVA, RF&P 8-8-63
NP, RS 8-12-63
NA, QMR 8-20-63
LVA, RF&P 8-20-63
NP, RD 8-20-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 665
NA, RRB 8-27-63
NP, RD 8-27-63
NP, RSTD 8-28-63
NA, QMR 8-29D-63
NA, VC 8-29-63
NA, QMR 9-1B-63
D, VC 9-2-63
H, RRB 9-7-1863
NA, QMR 9-8-63
NP, RD 9-8-63
NA, ENG 9-9B-63
NA, ENG 9-10A-63
NA, QMR 9-12-63
NP, RS 9-13-63
NA, ENG 9-24-63
LVA, RF&P 9-25-63
NA, QMR 9-25B-63
NA, QMR 9-25C-63
NA, QMR 9-25D-63
NA, RRB 9-25-63
NA, QMR 9-29-63
NA, ENG 9-30D-63
MISC, VC 10-8-63
NA, QMR 10-11-63
NA, QMR 10-13-63
NA, QMR 10-13A-63
NP, RD 10-14-63
NP, RS 10-14A-63
NA, QMR 10-16-63
NA, QMR 10-17-63
LVA, RF&P 10-21-63
NA, ENG 10-21-63
NA, ENG 10-23A-63
LVA, RF&P 10-27-63
NA, ANV 10-28-63
NA, VC 10-28-63
NP, RS 10-29-63
NA, VC 11-5-63
NA, QM 11-7-63
NP, RS 11-10-63
B3, LEE 11-12-63
NA, ENGR 11-17-63
NP, RS 11-17-63
NP, RS 11-18-63
NP, RS 11-18A-63
NA, ENG 11-19-63
NP, RS 11-19-63
NA, QMR 11-21C-63
NA, ENG 11-26B-63
NA, DWVET 11-27A-63
NA, QM 11-27-63
NA, ENG 12-4-63
NA, ENG 12-9-63
NA, ENG 12-10A-63
NA, QM 12-12A-63
NP, RS 12-12-63
NA, QMR 12-15A-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 798
NA, QMR 12-18E-63
NA, QM 12-19-63
NA, QM 12-22-63
NA, QMR 12-22G-63
NA, QMR 12-22H-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 1, Page 946
NA, QMR 12-28A-63
NA, QMR 12-31A-63
NA, VC 12-31-63
NA, QMR 1-2E-64
NA, QMR 1-2G-64
NA, RRB 1-2B-64
NA, QM 1-5B-64
NA, QMR 1-5D-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1073
NA, VC 1-7-64
NA, QMR 1-8A-64
NA, QMR 1-8C-64
NA, PIW 1-12-64
NA, QMR 1-12C-64
NP, RS 1-13-64
NP, AC 1-14-64
NA, ENGR 1-16A-64
NA, QMR 1-16E-64
NA, QM 1-19A-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1104
NA, ENG 1-21-64
NA, ENG 1-21A-64
NA, VC 1-21-64
NA, QMR 1-22A-64
NA, VC 2-1-64
NP, RW 2-2-64
NA, VC 2-5-64
NA, VC 2-7-64
NA, VC 2-7A-64
NA, VC 2-7B-64
NA, VC 2-7C-64
NA, RR 2-11-64
NA, VC 2-12-64
NA, VC 2-12A-64
NP, CHCH 2-14-64
NA, QMR 2-15-64
NP, RD 2-15B-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1181
NA, QMR 2-16H-64
NA, QMR 2-17-64
NP, SS 2-23-64
NA, QMR 2-24C-64
NA, ENG 2-25B-64
NP, RS 2-25-64
NA, VC 2-26-64
NA, ENG 3-3-64
NP, RD 3-3-64
NP, RD 3-4-64
NA, QMR 3-5C-64
NA, QMR 3-6-64
NA, VC 3-6-64
NP, SS 3-8-64
NA, QMR 3-10D.-64
NP, RW 3-11A-64
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 226
NA, QMR 3-20B-64
NA, VC 3-20-64
NA, QM 3-21-64
NA, VC 3-23-64
NA, VC 3-31-64
NP, CT 4-1-64
NA, VC 4-7-64
NA, QMR 4-9A-64
NA, QMR 4-12D-64
NP, SS 4-12-64
NA, QMR 4-14B-64
NA, QMR 4-14C-64
NA, QMR 4-14D-64
NA, RR 4-14-64
NA, ENG 4-26D-64
NA, ENGR 4-26-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 903
NP, RD 5-10A-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 918
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 926
OR Series 1, Vol. 37, Part 1, Page 737
NA, ENG 5-16-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 954
NA, RA 5-28-64
NA, ENG 6-7A-64
NA, ENGR 6-7A-64
NA, ENG 6-10-64
NA, ENG 6-15A-64
NA, ENG 6-16C-64
NA, ENG 6-16D-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 37, Part 1, Page 152
OR Series 1, Vol. 37, Part 1, Page 763A
NA, ENG 6-20-64
NA, ENG 6-20B-64
NA, ENG 6-21-64
NA, ENG 6-22-64
NA, ENGR 6-23-64
NP, RD 6-23-64
NA, ENG 6-24L-64
NA, RA 6-23-64
MISC, VAC 6-28-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 2, Page 697A
NA, QM 6-29B-64
NP, WJ 6-30B-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 2, Page 709A
NA, QMR 7-6-64
NA, QM 7-8D-64
NA, ENG 7-19-64
NA, ENG 7-22B-64
NA, ENG 7-31-64
NP, AC 7-31-64
NA, QMR 8-4B-64
NA, ENG 8-5A-64
NA, QM 8-5-64
NA, ENGR 8-8-64
NA, ENG 8-12-64
NA, ENG 8-13B-64
NP, RD 8-15C-64
NA, QMR 8-16B-64
NA, QMR 8-16E-64
NP, RD 8-23-64
NP, WJ 8-25-64
NA, ENGR 9-2-64
NP, RD 9-6-64
NA, RR 9-8-64
NA, VC 9-7-64
NA, ENGR 9-16-64
NP, RD 9-17-64
NA, VC 9-18-64
LVA, RF&P 9-20-64
NP, RD 9-29-64
NA, QM 9-28A-64
LVA, RRB 9-29-64
NP, RS 10-1-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 43, Part 1, Page 578
NA, ENGR 10-7-64
NA, QM 10-10-64
NA, ENGR 10-11-64
NA, QMR 10-22-64
NA, QMR 10-31-64
NA, ENGR 11-3-64
NA, QMR 11-9A-64
NA, ENGR 11-14-64
NA, QMR 11-17B-64
NA, ENGR 11-18-64
NA, RA 11-22-64
NA, QMR 11-23-64
NA, RA 11-28-64
NA, QMR 11-30B-64
NP, RD 12-1-64
NP, RS 12-1-64
NA, QMR 12-9B-64
NA, QMR 12-10-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 954
NA, QMR 12-12A-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1272
NA, SWR 12-15-64
NA, SWR 12-16-64
NP, LV 12-17A-64
NA, QM 12-22-64
NP, RS 12-22A-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1291
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1292
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1293
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1293A
NA, QM 12-23-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1295
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1301
NP, RD 12-29-64
NP, RD 1-2A-65
NP, SV 1-6-65
NA, QMR 1-12B-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 114
NA, RRB 1-14-65
NP, RW 1-18-65
NA, QMR 1-23-65
NA, RRB 1-23A-65
NP, RS 1-23-65
NA, RRB 1-27E-65
NA, AIG 2-2-65
NA, AIG 2-4-65
NA, QMR 2-10-65
NP, RS 2-10-65
NA, RRB 2-11A-65
NA, RRB 2-15-65
NA, RRB 2-17-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1297
NP, RW 4-1-65

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