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Locomotives

BLUEMONT BRANCH

Southern Railway - Bluemont Branch
Historical Details - with Predecessor Railroads
1847 – 1912

 

 

LOCOMOTIVES

 

Owner Road Type Number Builder and Notes
Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire 4-4-0
Lewis McKenzie
Mason Works - 10/1858
Locomotive was commandeered by CSA
and renamed General Johnson and assigned to the RF&P
Returned to the AL&H after the War.
  4-4-0 Charles P. Manning Mason Works - 7/1859
Locomotive was commandeered by CSA and renamed
General Beauregard and assign to the Virginia Central.
Returned to the AL&H after the War.
  4-4-0 Clarke

Mason Works - 10/1859
Locomotive was commandeered by the USMRR
and renumbered #94.
Returned to the AL&H after the War.
  4-4-0 Unknown Probably acquired used from USMRR after the
Civil War sometime before 1868
  4-4-0 Unknown Probably acquired used about 1880.
No other information is available.
       
Washington, Ohio & Western 4-4-0 6 New York Loco Works - 11/1883
Acquired by the Southern in 1894
Renumbered by Southern to #790,
then #978, then #1768, then #3768.
Scrapped Spencer, NC May 1914
  4-4-0 7 New York Loco Works - 8/1885
Acquired by the Southern in 1894
Renumbered by Southern to #791,
then #979, then #1769, then #3769.
Scrapped Alexandria, VA August 1911
  4-4-0 8 New York Loco Works - 8/1885
Acquired by the Southern in 1894
Renumbered by Southern to #792,
then #980, then #1770, then #3770.
ScrappedAlexandria, VA September 1909
       
Richmond & Danville 2-8-0 3 Rogers - 1890
Acquired by the Southern in 1894
       
Southern Railway 2-8-0 76-77 Baldwin - 1886
Continued in use on W&OD to supplement
electrical equipment until 1919
  2-8-0 120 Baldwin - 1888
Continued in use on W&OD to supplement
electrical equipment until 1919
  2-8-0 151 Baldwin - 1888
  2-8-0 181 Richmond - 1896
  4-6-0 920 Baldwin - 1888
Continued in use on W&OD to supplement
electrical equipment until 1919
  4-6-0 923-925 Baldwin - 1907
Continued in use on W&OD to supplement
electrical equipment until 1919
  4-6-0 3310 Baldwin - 1883
Continued in use on W&OD to supplement
electrical equipment until 1919
  4-6-0 3337 Baldwin - 1882
Continued in use on W&OD to supplement
electrical equipment until 1919
  0-6-0 1550 Richmond - 1891
Used for accommodation trains between
Alexandria Junction (and Potomac Yard Interchange)
and Alexandria Princess Street Station