Tredegar Sales to Individual Railroads in 1862

Tredegar Sales to Individual Railroads in 1862

Two unexpected facts that come from this data: 1. Tredegar did make railroad rail -- 617 lengths (21' each) manufactured in late 1860 or early 1861 and billed in 1862. While not a lot, it is enough for 1.75 miles, both rails. 2. The locomotive R. G. Fain was completed in 1860 for the Rogersville & Jefferson RR. That road could not pay for the locomotive, which was sold to the East Tennessee & Georgia RR after the former road was captured by the Union Army.

# = pounds k = keg Iron = not defined in the Financial records SP/DP = Single Plate/Double Plate

1862

Railroad

Rails

Iron

Spikes

Chairs

Wheels

Bars

Other

Centreville

150 k

22,500#

3,410

24,085#

3,960#

Central (of Georgia)

9,600#

25 k

3,750#

Charleston & Savannah

9,275#

25 k

3,750#

Charlotte & South Carolina

155 k

23,250#

8 33" GP

3,840#

3 sheets boiler plate

3 pieces tank iron

595#

Clover Hill

2 k

300#

2,993#

East Tennessee & Georgia

50 k

7,500#

Locomotive R. G. Fain

Georgia

150 k

22,500#

40 k nails

4,000#

Greenville & Columbia

4,500#

25 k

3,750#

Axles

1,600#

King's Mountain

7 k

1,050#

(Confederate)

Locomotive Shop

Raleigh, N. C.

42 pcs rails, 3 ft w/3 holes

870#;

482 T

50-51#/yd

168,078#

8,695#

7 k

1,050#

19,659#

1 cast iron tire

3,280#;

12 axle collars

480#;

5 cast iron tires

16,433#;

3 axles

2,455#

sent to Virginia Central shops;

4 passenger car springs

865#

13 freight car springs

1,942#;

15 volule springs

292#;

8 volules, 7 felt, 8 rubber springs

132#

Macon & Western

100 k

15,000#

Memphis & Charleston

167 k

25,050#

11,840# (incl. chairs) later sold to Virginia & Tennessee

Milledgeville

165 k

24,750#

Mississippi Central

80 k

12,000#

Montgomery & West Point

15 chub T 21#/yd

2,250#

8,674#

223 k

33,525#

2,572#

Muscogee

89 k

13,350#

Nashville & Decatur

40 33" w/axles

19,200# + axles

Norfolk & Petersburg

12 30" SP

5,880#

North Carolina

31,105#

100 k

15,000#

12,800#

axles

12,375#

1 k rivets

200#

1 sheet boiler plate

495#

Orange & Alexandria

11,081#

25 k

3,750#

Petersburg

20 k

3,000#

Piedmont

4,095#

Raleigh & Gaston

7,680#

220 k

33,000#

4 axles

1,250#

Richmond & Danville

123 T

50-51#/yd

44,720#

10,825#

37,095#

Richmond & Petersburg

12 T

51#/yd

4,288#

50 k

7,500#

365

2,906#

3 30" DP

1,470#:

10 30" DP

5,000#;

2 30" ?P

940#;

12 33" GP

5,760#

3,783#

14 pcs for wheel press & 5 axles

1,500#;

5 grate bars

450#;

2 piston heads & 2 followers

280#;

22" clutch pulleys for wheel press

2 glands

33#

Richmond & York River

2 30" SP w/axles

980# + axles

2,570#

2 packing rings

31.5#;

1 stuffing box gland

14#;

1 flange

14#;

2 valve stems

5#;

12 brass nuts

33#

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac

105

1,500#

5,893#

10 10" axles;

1 boiler front

172#

South Carolina

62,284#

302 k

45,300#

23 33" GP w/axles

11,520#

28,765#

South Side

1,800#

110 k

16,500#

1 sheet

124#;

1 boiler plate piece

124#

Virginia Central

309 k

46,350#

6 30" GP

2,730#;

4 28" DP

1,720#;

6 26" DP

2,400#;

14 30" DP

6,580#;

16 DP

7,520#;

12 30" DP

5,640#;

53,164#

1 axle

360#;

1 locomotive boiler saddle

195#;

2 axles

590#;

2 cab handles

43#;

1 cylinder head

84#

Virginia & Tennessee

32,101#

134 k

20,070#

20 30" DP

9,400#;

24 DP

11,280#;

16 DP

7,520#;

24 DP

11,280#;

16 DP

7,680#;

40 33" GP

19,200#

6,020#

axles

8,625#;

26 axles

8,710#

Western & Atlantic

80 k

9,000#

Western North Carolina

12,115#

7 30" SP

3,500#;

8 30" DP

3,760#;

8 33" GP

3,840#

Wilmington & Manchester

100 k

15,000#

Wilmington & Weldon

1,030#

2,140#

1 flue sheet

327#;

4 brass packing rings

63#;

4 sheets boiler plate

384#

Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford

2,222#

Total Numbers

617

50-51# T

+ minor

3,456 k

4,943

436

Total Pounds

Tons (2000#)

220,206

110

212,987

106

519,165

259

36,016

212,880

106

185,509

80,306

Percent of Total

Total Sales to Railroads

1,467,069#

733 Tons