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Railroad
Wilmington
& Raleigh (later Weldon)
Locomotives
The following list of locomotives for the Wilmington
& Weldon (so named after 1854) contains the engine's number, date
built, builder and wheel arrangement. Of course, all were steam driven.
The American style locomotive was the standard engine built
by all of the |
Locomotives
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locomotive manufacturers. While the locomotive had many exterior
variations, the wheel arrangement (4-4-0) and the over-all appearance
remained the same. This particular engine-wheel type was designed to place
as much weight as possible on the drivers and to maneuver the sharp curves and poor quality of track
conditions
of the mid-1800s.
Locomotives
Name |
Number |
Date
Built or
In Service |
Builder |
Type
(Wheels) |
Retired |
Notes |
Brunswick |
1 |
1839 |
Norris |
4x2x0 |
|
|
John
C. Calhoun |
3 |
|
Baldwin |
|
|
|
W.
H. Haywood |
4 |
1846 |
Burr,
Pea & Simpson |
|
|
|
E.
B. Dudley |
5 |
1846 |
Burr,
Pea & Simpson |
|
|
|
John
K. Polk |
6 |
Sept.1845 |
Baldwin |
4x2x0 |
|
|
Perseverance |
7 |
March
1849 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
J.
M. Morehead |
8 |
|
Company
shops |
|
|
|
Weldon |
9 |
1859? |
Norris |
|
|
|
North
Carolina |
10 |
March
1850 |
Baldwin |
0x6x0 |
|
|
Farmer |
11 |
1851 |
Norris |
|
|
|
Merchant |
12 |
May
1851 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Industry |
13 |
Jan.
1853 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Director |
14 |
|
Norris |
|
|
|
Quickstep |
15 |
|
Norris |
|
|
|
President |
17 |
|
Norris |
|
|
|
Express |
18 |
1854 |
Norris |
|
|
|
Goldsboro |
19 |
|
Baldwin |
|
|
|
Guilford |
20 |
June
1855 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Alexander
McRae |
21 |
|
Company
shops |
|
|
|
Orange |
22 |
Aug.
1856 |
Manchester |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Wilmington |
23 |
July
1856 |
Manchester |
|
|
|
Gov.
Bragg |
24 |
July
1856 |
Manchester |
|
|
|
P.K.
Dickinson |
25 |
Sept.
1859 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Gov.
Ellis |
26 |
Oct.
1859 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Gilbert
Potter |
27 |
Dec.
1859 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
E.
P. Hall |
28 |
Feb.
1860 |
Baldwin |
4x4x0 |
|
|
Gen.
Schofield |
|
|
Baldwin |
|
|
|
Lamb |
|
|
Norris |
|
|
|
Job
Terry |
|
|
Hinckley |
|
|
|
Stonewall |
|
|
Norris |
|
|
|
Tornado |
|
|
Tredegar |
|
|
|
Lady
Davis |
|
|
B&O,
captured #188 |
|
|
|
Edward
Kidder |
33 |
1866 |
Mason |
4x4x0 |
|
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Wheel arrangements list the number of wheels on
each of up to 3 axles for the locomotive.
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Baldwin
Locomotive Works – A Philadelphia machine shop that had produced
1,000 locomotives by 1861.
Burr, Pea & Simpson;
later Burr & Ettinger – A Richmond company that produced a few
engines until about 1855.
Hinkley – A Boston company that was officially the Boston
Locomotive Works. It produced over 600 engines before being closed
down by the Panic of 1857.
Norris Locomotive Works – A Philadelphia locomotive builder
constructing about 1,000 engines between 1836 and 1860. It was the
dominant American producer during most of that period.
Tredegar Iron Works – A Richmond company that produced about 70
locomotives between 1850 and 1860. Its work is sometimes listed with
combinations of the names Anderson (from Joseph R. Anderson, the manager),
Souther, Delaney, and Pickering. |