Nelson & Albemarle Railway - Roster
Since C. E. Fisher first compiled a
two-page document chronicling the motive power of the Nelson &
Albemarle Railway in the 1940's, there have been 4 published collections
of data that provided detail on the equipment used by the soapstone
companies that was leased or provided to the Nelson & Albemarle
Railway for it's use. C. E. Fisher's roster is held in the Youngstown
State University (Ohio) Archives Library in the Lester L. Dickson
Collection and is a minor part of C. E. Fisher's lifes work. He was
author of such books as The Early Railroads of Kentucky, The McConnell Locomotives, and The United States Military Railroads.
This is the annual update of
information on the Nelson & Albemarle Railway equipment and includes
steam, diesel, and motor-car information. If you have additional
information on the roster, or have a previously unknown photograph of
any equipment, please write to NelsonAlbemarle@comcast.net and share your data.
Nelson & Albemarle Railway Roster |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
Schuyler Railway |
Trolley |
N/A |
--- |
Lewis & Fowler |
1891 |
Unknown |
1899-1905 |
Three (3) Lewis & Fowler single truck, open platform trolley cars purchased secondhand from Lynchburg Street Railway. Originally
built with Eickemeyer trucks (jack shafts and side rods) there were 6
cars purchased from the manufacturer in Brooklyn, New York and received
starting 3 March 1891 and ending 5 May 1891 as the Lynchburg Street
Railway's first trolleys. Schuyler Railway purchased and received them
in summer/fall 1899 with Maguire #20 trucks and Westinghouse motors that
had been retrofitted in May 1892. A fourth trolley may also have been
purchased to use for parts (or as noted in Hill City Trolleys by Harold
E. Cox. this may have been used solely as locomotive). Noted in soapstone company memorandums, one car had all seats removed for use as locomotive. Two remaining trolley had some seats removed to provide mixed train service. Three non-powered freight cars were also noted as owned.
* Photograph in Hill Street Trolleys by Harold E. Cox in NEARHS colletion of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. Copyright Protected - Permission requested to use. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
Alberene Railroad |
C&O Equipment |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1897-1903 |
Leased by the C&O immediately upon completion on
13 July 1897 for five years as their Alberene Branch, the line was
subsequently purchased by the C&O on 15 February 1902. All equipment used on the line was C&O power. Albemarle Soapstone Company likely had own small locomotive (ST) to manage quarry operations moving soapstone to mill.
* Digital photo of the Roundhouse
model 84773 Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive 2-6-0 #425 typical of
the era (though paint scheme more likely black) and typical type used
on branch lines from photograph of model in the NEARHS collection of
Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
1 (1st) |
0-4-0T |
7x12 |
28" |
Porter |
May 1887 |
836 |
1903-1920 |
Former Richmond City Railway #1 "Belle" an 0-4-0DY
based on Vulcan catalogue style, "Lake Side"; subsequently sold to
SI&E in 1920 as #1599; thence to Pierce-Williams (Fruit Basket
Company) in Jonesboro, Arkansas on 17 April 1924. Only known photograph available in Smithsonian Institution, Negative #893603, Frame 42077.
* Photo Print on heavy photo paper from NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
2 (1st) |
Unknown |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1903-1920 |
Likely small 0-4-0T unit serving quarry operations at either Alberene or Schuyler |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
3 (1st) |
Unknown |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1903-1920 |
Likely small 0-4-0T unit serving quarry operations at either Alberene or Schuyler |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
4 |
2-6-2T |
14x20 |
--- |
Porter |
Dec 1904 |
3107 |
1904-1924 |
1st
NEW locomotive for Nelson & Albemarle Railway, subsequently sold to
SI&E in 1924 as their #1939; thence to Batesville &
Southwestern on 13 September 1924 as an 0-6-0 with 8 wheel tender as
B&SW #11 in Batesville, Mississippi. Sold back to SI&E as #2483 for scrap in 1942.
*
Photo courtesy of David Price collection with permission provided for
use. View as seen at Southern Iron & Equipment before conversion to
0-6-0 with tender. Print now in NEARHS collection of Nelson &
Albemarle Railway memorabilia.
|
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
5 |
0-4-4T |
12x16 |
42" |
Pittsburgh |
Jan 1894 |
1510 |
1905-1924 |
Former Manhattan Ry. 2nd #60; Class K-2, engine weight
47000#, weight on drivers 33000#, wheel base 16', 1"; number of
tubes=14, heating surface 546sf; boiler diameter 42" with Belpaire
firebox; water capacity 512g; built 10 January 1894; (20 total
locomotives built in this series). Noted to have vacuum brakes. To
Virginia Alberene Corp. via P. McManus, Cape Charles, Virginia
(dealer). Sold to Virginia Soapstone, 6 March 1905.; reportedly resold
to P. McManus around 1920.
* Photograph is from Collection of New York Transit Museum Archives (see copyright restriction
embedded in thumbnail image) from NEARHS collection of Nelson &
Albemarle Railway memorabilia. Courtesy of the New York Transit Museum
Archives. "This image cannot be reproduced without the written
permission of the New York Transit Museum Archives." Please do not copy
or infringe on these rights. Copies are available from the New York
Transit Museum Archives via their website: http://www.mta.info/mta/museum/archiveguid.html |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
6 |
0-4-4T |
12x16 |
42" |
Pittsburgh |
Dec 1893 |
1508 |
1905-1924 |
Former
Manhattan Ry. 2nd #56; Class K-2, engine weight 47000#, weight on
drivers 33000#, wheel base 16', 1"; number of tubes=14, heating surface
546sf; boiler diameter 42" with Belpaire firebox; water capacity 512g,
built 22 December 1893; (20 total locomotives built in this series).
Noted to have vacuum brakes. To Virginia Alberene Corp. via
P. McManus, Cape Charles, Virginia (dealer); Sold to Virginia
Soapstone, 19 May 1905.; reportedly resold to P. McManus around 1920. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
7 |
2-4-2T |
8x12 |
26" |
Baldwin |
Nov 1887 |
8874 |
1905-1920 |
Ex-Proctor Coal Company #1, "Hutchcraft"; Used as
primary locomotive on Schuyler to Rockfish run; sold to SI&E in May
1920 as their #1597. thence to A. F. Langford Co. #2 Bartey, Florida on 23 September 1920 with cylinders changed to 17x24. Photo in Smithsonian Institution, Negative #893602 - Frame #42076.
* Copy of photographic
print "Nelson & Albemarle Railway Baldwin 2-4-2 Tank Locomotive",
circa 1920, Thomas Norrell Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1174, Archives
Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
box number 80, folder 17, digital file number 893602/42076 from NEARHS
collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
8 |
Unknown |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1905-1920 |
Remembered by 'old-timers' as having a tender; however no known photographs or references. Except,
the Virginia Alberene Corporation stock certificate (blank) has a
soapstone train depicted with a small locomotive with tender which could
have been #8. Stock certificate noted has preprinted 192_
referencing that the issue would be during that decade and likely after
locomotive #8 was scrapped. Personal Note:
The use of the steam locomotive with tender on stock certificate looks
to be a Forney locomotive but with a tender providing water for
continual use. However, this view does not have a smoke stack of the
height of the #5 or #6 locomotives. This could be a third locomotive
purchased from former-Manhattan Railway surplus, but there is no record
or documentation as to that effect. And it
should also be noted that some switching locomotives sold by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works included separate tenders to extend the operational
capacity of the locomotive when access to clean water was not always
available.
* Image taken from Virginia Alberene stock certificate blank in NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
"Maude" |
4-whl "Sheffield" Velocipede |
--- |
--- |
Fairbanks-Morse Company |
Unknown |
--- |
1903~05-Unknown |
Unit purchased through Fairbanks-Morse, a Sheffield
Velocipede, (though term velocipede had been changed to 'Sheffield Car')
was used in early days of N&A for the personal service of the
general manager and executives though frequently allowed to be used for
other purposes. Purchased by J. W. Foster of the N&A Railway several years before 1910 (Reference: Memo to Fairbanks Morse in 1910 where the unit is called 'Maude'). Note: Sheffield
Velocipedes had model names that all started with the letter "M"
including "Maude", though no catalog has been found with the specific
model mentioned.
* Photograph from public domain
copy of Fairbanks-Morse catalog circa 1905. No.2 is Code Word, Minturn
while Code Word Maude is another model though similar to this depiction
from the NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway
memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
1 (2nd) |
0-4-0T |
7x12 |
24" |
Vulcan |
Jun 1905 |
675 |
1916-1920 |
Old Dominion Soapstone Company was merged into
the Virginia Alberene Corporation in February 1917 and their locomotives
became part of the soapstone companies operations though on separate
properties. Built for Old Dominion Soapstone of Esmont, Virginia as
"Vulcan". Company headquartered at Damon, Virginia at time
of merger. Sold by the Nelson & Albemarle Railway to SI&E in
1920 as their #1600. No record of resale. Photo in Smithsonian Institution, Negative #893604 - Frame #42078.
* Copy of photographic
print "Nelson & Albemarle Railway Vulcan 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive",
circa 1920, Thomas Norrell Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1174, Archives
Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
box number 80, folder 17, digital file number 893604/42078 from NEARHS
collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
2 (2nd) |
0-4-0T |
11x16 |
30" |
Vulcan |
Oct 1909 |
1436 |
1916-1942 |
Old Dominion Soapstone
Company was merged into the Virginia Alberene Corporation in February
1917 and their locomotives became part of the soapstone companies
operations though on separate properties. Built for Old Dominion
Soapstone on 4 October 1909, the locomotive had service weight of
41,000#, tank capacity of 750 gallons, Fuel capacity of 500#; a working
pressure of 145# and rated tractive effort of 9050# and an oil headlamp. Company headquartered at Damon, Virginia at time of merger. Received new boiler in June 1926. Continued in service until 1 December 1931 noted as out-of-service on the quarry property. Virginia
Alberene merged with Alberene Stone Corporation in April 1935 with no
change to numbering or out-of-service status of locomotive except added
to the Nelson & Albemarle Railway roster. Though
noted as sold to American Cyanimid in 1942, records from the Virginia
Blue Ridge Railway held by the Whippany Railway Museum confirm that the
locomotive was sold to the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway in June 1942 for
$600 as their first #4 where it was used for a year and a half hauling
ballast trains as the railroad upgraded its roadbed to accommodate increase of traffic from aplite plants and Southern Mineral Products facility. Noted historian, Tom Lawson, Jr. (author of Locomotives of the SI&E Company)
received detail from Alan Maples in 2014 that showed that VBR had
shipper, American Cyanimid at Piney River pay for work on the locomotive
and they did not have an ownership stake in the engine.
The Virginia Blue Ridge sold the locomotive when no longer needed to
Leas & McVitty, Inc. a tanning extract manufacturer in Buena Vista,
Virginia on 22 December 1943 for $2500. Taken
out of service in the late-1950's, the locomotive was sold to Charles
Watson in 1962 who displayed locomotive in front of a motel in Marion,
Virginia (with the saddle tank removed). Purchased later
by Will Harris of North Fork Lumber Company of Goshen, Virginia where
the locomotive remains in static condition on siding (next to a Shay) in
private collection and viewable on request. This is the only remaining Nelson & Albemarle Railway rostered-locomotive not scrapped.
* Photograph part of misc. set of
photo prints purchased from dealer at Railroad Memorabilia show with no
identified photographer and now part of NEARHS collection of Nelson
& Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
9 |
2-6-2T |
17x24 |
46" |
Vulcan |
Apr 1920 |
3045 |
1920-1952 |
Built for Nelson & Albemarle Railway as 2-6-2ST #9
purchased by Virginia Alberene Corporation and delivered to Schuyler,
Virginia. 148,000#. Primary mainline locomotive from delivery until replaced by GE 44-ton diesel in 1951 30 years later. Scrapped in 1952.
* Photograph from unknown photographer with negative in the NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
10 |
2-6-2T |
15x24 |
42" |
Vulcan |
Dec 1922 |
3278 |
1922-1953 |
Built for Nelson & Albemarle Railway as 2-6-2ST
#10 purchased by Virginia Alberene Corporation and delivered to
Rockfish, Virginia. 112,000#. Used in service between Schuyler and Rockfish and secondary locomotive for mainline between Schuyler and Esmont/Warren. Scrapped in 1953.
* Photograph is W. H. Thayer picture postcard from NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
11 |
2-4-2T |
14x22 |
40" |
Vulcan |
Oct 1909 |
1381 |
1923-1954 |
Built for Culver & Port Clinton Railroad, Gypsum, Ohio as their #2; 86,000#; Received new boiler #2929 in July 1916. Was
at Vulcan shops at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania before being sold to
Nelson & Albemarle Ry in March 1923 (noted as going to N&A in
April 1923). New boiler installed in 1927 (though shown places as same boiler #2929 from 1916). Said to have been scrapped
in 1954, there is a known photograph from 1951 with #11 in Warren where
the locomotive was usually operating in Schuyler. While the arrival of
the first diesel had already displaced #9 as the mainline locomotive,
#11 would be the last active steam survivor on the N&A with
scrapping taking place in 1954.
* Photograph is an unknown
photographer print from photo taken on 20 August 1941 from NEARHS
collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. N&A #14
is also shown in photo (and photo from opposite direction is also in the
NEARHS collection). |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
12 |
0-4-0T |
12x18 |
33" |
Vulcan |
Feb 1924 |
3426 |
1924-1953 |
Built for Virginia Alberene Corporation as Nelson & Albemarle #12 delivered to Rockfish, Virginia. 60,000#. Scrapped 1953.
* Photograph is an H. Reid picture postcard from NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
 |
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
Not Named or Numbered |
4 wheel - gas powered |
--- |
--- |
Plymouth (Fate-Root-Heath Company) |
Oct 1924 |
1860 |
1924-1963 |
Puchased by Phoenix Stone Company of New York City for
delivery to Standard Soapstone of Arrington, Virginia as 42" gauge
locomotive built 13 October 1924 as Model DLC, Type 6. To
Virginia Alberene Corporation on 18 December 1930 and converted to
Standard Gauge at some point. Photo of tracks by quarry show unit at
Schuyler. According to article by Ed Fielding in
The Short Line: The Journal of Shortline & Industrial Railroads in
January/February 1978 (Volume 6, Number 1; TSL #31), this Plymouth unit
(un-numbered) was in the engine house at Schuyler in 1965 making it the
last of the roster to be present on the original property.
* Photo from NEARHS collection of prints. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
14 |
0-4-0T |
12x18 |
33" |
Vulcan |
Feb 1925 |
3507 |
1925-1953 |
Built in February 1925 (though shown some places as
built in 1926) for Virginia Alberene Corporation as Nelson &
Albemarle #14 delivered to Schuyler, Virginia. 60,000#. Scrapped 1953.
* Photograph is an unknown photographer's picture postcard from NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
15 |
0-4-0T |
12x16 |
33" |
Vulcan |
Jan 1917 |
2590 |
1928-1953 |
Originally
built for Chile Exploration Company, 52,000#; diverted to Alberoyd
Company, Esmont, Virginia as their #1; thence to Rhodes Construction
Company, and Virginia Alberene Corp on 7 March 1928.
Note:
The only know photograph of N&A Railway #15 is within a copyrighted
book. It is a builder's photograph. We are pursuing permission to use
that image.
|
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
1 (3rd) |
B-B |
--- |
--- |
GE |
Dec 1950 |
30856 |
1951-1963 |
GE 44-ton B-B Diesel c/n 30856. Built in
December 1950 for Nelson & Albemarle Railway #1 (the third #1)
requisition #RIC-29947 555/733/D-17000, rated 44-tons and 400hp; date
shipped 9 January 1951. (The D-17000 is technically rated as 2,
Caterpillar V-8 diesel engines at-180hp each plus 2-134kw motors though
listed as 400hp for this unit). Replaced 2-6-2T #9 as mainline engine until end of N&A career when line was shutdown in 1963. Officially
transferred to Georgia Marble ownership in 1963 and moved to Tate,
Georgia. After some time, the diesel was sent to Gantt's Quarry in
Alabama, then sold to Industrial Maintenance (Service) Co. in 1976 but
never on their property before being sold to Hamburg Industries, North
Augusta, South Carolina (company was later purchased by TTX). Unit
was painted in Hamburg Industries color scheme and numbered as #2.
Last known photograph taken 30 July 1982 by Mac Connery of Durham, North
Carolina. When TTX planned a re-engine project, 30856 was not selected
for upgrades. Instead, #2 was used as spare parts for the
remaining 44-ton units on the property, stored for short time on west
side of property until eventually scrapped with Progress Rail (possibly
as a trade-in for another 44-ton unit). Noted as scrapped
at Patterson, Georgia, but Progress Rail reports that any unit sent for
scrapping would have been forwarded to Mayfield, Kentucky.
* Photograph is from Photographer,
Charles Wales (slide) taken on 30 October 1953 near Esmont, Virginia and
is original slide from the NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle
Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
2 (3rd) |
B |
--- |
--- |
GE |
Nov 1952 |
31768 |
1952-1963 |
GE 35-ton B Diesel c/n 31768 (rare unit). Built
in November 1952 for Alberene Stone Corp. as Nelson & Albemarle #2
(third #2), requisition #RIC-49116-2 558/733/NHBIS, rated 35-tons,
234hp; date shipped 5 December 1952. Replaced multiple
steam locomotives used in quarry operations and in service until end of
N&A career when line was shutdown in 1963. Officially
transferred to Georgia Marble ownership in 1963, but sent to Alabama
Marble Division, Gantt's Quarry, as Alabama Marble #2 in Sylacauga,
Alabama (repainted into Georgia Marble colors at some point) and now
serves the Imerys Pigment Plant (merger activity of Georgia Marble). Last
know photographed in 2005. Confirmed scrapped for metal in 2009 or
2010 by security personnel at Gaant's Quarry on August 26, 2015 while
onsite in Sylacauga, Alabama. Unit was rusted out badly and no longer
able to perform workload. Working to confirm what company scrapped the
diesel with Abel Mendoza, Imerys rail operations manager in Georgia.
* Photograph by Tom Lawson, Jr. captured on 8 June 1963 at Gantt's Quarry Alabama. Tom is the author of "Locomotives of the Southern Iron & Equipment Company"
available from Cabbage Stack Publishing in Birmingham, Alabama 35219
(P.O. Box 19912) for $49.95. Go to this webpage to complete form and
forward for purchase: http://www.cabbagestkpub.ns2.atspace.com/sieform.html
The book is an invaluable resource
to anyone working to find locomotive history such as that of the N&A
Railway. Our photo used here is from a picture postcard from Tom's
photograph held in the NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle
Railway memorabilia. |
|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Drivers |
Builder |
Built |
C/N or S/N |
Year Range |
3 (2nd) |
B |
--- |
--- |
GE |
Jan 1953 |
31778 |
1953-1963 |
GE 25-ton B Diesel c/n31778. Built in January
1953 for Alberene Stone Corp. as Nelson & Albemarle #3 (second #3)
requisition #RIC-49116-3 1503/747/HBI, rated 25-tons, 150hp; date
shipped 6 February 1953. Replaced steam locomotives used in quarry operations and in service until end of N&A career when line was shutdown in 1963. Officially transferred to Georgia Marble ownership in 1963 and sent to Nelson, Georgia where it remained stored out-of-service for quite some time. Lewis Rhodes of Railrhodes, Inc. of Monroe, Georgia acquired the diesel and in 2002 made the sale of it to Great Lakes Calcium company in Woodville, Ohio. In 2004, GLC Woodville site was sold to National Lime & Stone which immediately closed the Woodville Plant. Conversation
with NL&S found that no 25-ton unit was involved in the takeover of
the location or movement of materials to NL&S's main site in Carey,
OH. While thought to be scrapped prior to 2004, there was
a comment mentioned that #3 may have been involved in a wreck at the
Woodville Plant property and might have been shipped to Green Bay,
Wisconsin with no additional sightings since 2003 until mid-2008 with
unconfirmed photos of a GE 25-ton unit taken by Michael Ostertag (and
posted on rrpicturesarchive.net) on 14 June 2008 that appeared to be
c/n31778. Then in late-2013 photographs were taken describing the
location as Great Lakes Calcium in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Great
Lakes Calcium in Green Bay was contacted by phone and they advised on 14
February 2014, that the unit is in use daily to move cars and is indeed
GE c/n 31778. There are at least 2 photographs on Flickr from
photographer Kim Kafura of the Green Bay engine taken in late-2013 and
he has granted permission to use his image(s) here.
* Photograph provided by Kim Kafura to the NEARHS collection of Nelson & Albemarle Railway memorabilia. Thanks go to Tom Lawson, Jr.
for additional historical and personal detail on 31778 that was
previously unknown and fills a large gap of the missing story. Tom knew
Lewis Rhodes of Railrhodes, Inc. when they were both with Republic
Locomotive Works in the early 1980's. Tom tried to purchase 31778
(d/b/a Locomotive Marketing, Inc.), but Railrhodes, Inc. won out.
Remember: 31778 started life in Schenectady, NEW YORK (not Erie, Pennsylvania as previously reported); then went to Schuyler, VIRGINIA; from there to Nelson, GEORGIA; and on to Woodville, OHIO before now appearing in Green Bay, WISCONSIN. 62 years old and lived in 5 different states! |
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PREVIOUS ROSTER DETAIL - INCLUDED AS REFERENCE FOR YOUR PERSONAL RESEARCH!
For
your convenience and as reference to this month's article, the roster
from "Soapstone Shortlines: Alberene Stone and Its Railroads" is
presented here for your use with additions/comments from differing
sources.
Soapstone Shortlines Roster |
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|
Number |
Type |
Cylinders |
Builder |
Construction Number |
1 (1st) |
0-4-0T |
7x12 |
Porter May 1887 |
836 |
|
Ex-City of Richmond #1; to SI&E (as #1599), 1920; to Pierce-Williams, 1924. Shown as Richmond City Ry. 1 in SI&E roster from 1920. Only known photograph available in the Smithsonian Institution. |
1 (2nd) |
0-4-0T |
7x12 |
Vulcan June 1905 |
675 |
24" drivers |
Ex-Old Dominion Soapstone #1 (possibly 1st #2); to SI&E (as #1600), 1920. No record of resale. Built for Old Dominion Soapstone, Esmont, VA, named "Vulcan" Headquartered at Damon, VA at time of merger. |
1 (3rd) |
44-ton |
|
GE December 1950 |
30856 |
B-B |
To Georgia Marble, 1963; to Industrial Maintenance Co. Blt. for Nelson & Albemarle Ry, 44-ton, 400-h.p. Purchased
from Industrial Maintenance by Hamburg Industries, North Augusta, SC
which was purchased by TTX. According to TTX, unit was used for parts /
scrapped with Progress Rail several years ago. Also, previously noted
as sent to Patterson, GA, but Progress Rail reports that any unit sent
for scrapping would have been sent to Mayfield, KY. Awaiting message
from that site on whether a record of the scrapping was kept. |
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2 (1st) |
Unknown |
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|
|
|
2 (2nd) |
0-4-0T |
11x16 |
Vulcan 1909 |
1436 |
30" drivers |
Ex-Old Dominion Soapstone; to American Cyanamid, 1942; Weight of engine 40,000#. |
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to Leas & McVitty, 1945; on display at Marion, VA, privately owned. In 1936 the N&A Ry. owned 2 0-4-0T locomotives Nos. 1 & 2 but not positively identified as the Old Dominion engines. Now
at North Fork Lumber in Goshen, VA in private collection viewable on
request. Missing it's water tank. May have been 1st #3...for some
time until original #1 was 'retired'. |
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2 (3rd) |
35-ton |
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GE November 1952 |
31768 |
B |
To Georgia Marble, Alabama Marble Division, 1963. Alberene Stone Corp of Virginia 35-ton, 234-h.p. Georgia
Marble #2 is in Sylacauga, AL serving the Imerys Pigment plant (merger
activity with Georgia Marble). Last known to be photographed in 2005. |
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3 (1st) |
Unknown |
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3 (2nd) |
25-ton |
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GE January 1953 |
31778 |
B |
To Georgia Marble, 1963. Alberene Stone Corp of Virginia, 25-ton, 150-h.p. Stored
for many years in Nelson, GA by Georgia Marble, Tom Lawson found that
the unit was sold to Great Lakes Calcium in Woodville, OH. In 2004, GLC
was sold to National Lime & Stone which immediately closed the
Woodville Plant. However, conversation with NL&S found that no
25-ton unit was involved in the takeover of the location or movement of
materials to NL&S's main site in Carey, OH. Likely scrapped prior
to 2004. |
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4 |
2-6-2T |
14x20 |
Porter December 1904 |
3107 |
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To SI&E, (as #1939), 1924; to Batesville & Southwestern as an 0-6-0 with 8 wheel tender (as their #11); on 13 Sepember 1924; to SI&E (as #2483), for scrap as an 0-6-0T, 1942. (though shown as an 0-6-0 for #2483) |
5 |
0-4-4T |
12x16 |
Pittsburgh January 1894 |
1510 |
42" drivers |
Ex-Manhattan Ry. 2nd #60; to Virginia Soapstone, 1905. To
Virginia Alberene Corp, via P. McManus, Cape Charles, VA (dealer);
Later, back to McManus, who handled sales of a number of Manhattan
0-4-4T's in the South. |
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6 |
0-4-4T |
12x16 |
Pittsburgh December 1893 1894 |
1508 |
42" drivers |
Ex-Manhattan Ry. 2nd #56; to Virginia Soapstone, 1905. |
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7 |
2-4-2T |
8x12
17x24 |
Baldwin November 1887 |
8874 |
26" drivers |
Ex-Proctor Coal; to SI&E, (as #1597), 1920; to A. F. Langford Lumber Co. (as their #2) Cylinders as noted by SI&E differ from as built 8x12. |
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8 |
Unknown; said to have a tender; bought used about 1905. |
9 |
2-6-2T |
17x24 |
Vulcan April 1920 |
3045 |
46" drivers |
Scrapped, 1952. Need to find out where scrapped. |
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74 tons weight |
10 |
2-6-2T |
15x24 |
Vulcan December 1922 |
3278 |
42" drivers |
No disposition shown. |
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56 tons weight |
11 |
2-4-2T |
14x22 |
Vulcan 1909 |
1381 |
40" drivers |
Ex-Culver & Port Clinton; scrapped 1954. Need to find out where scrapped. Ex-Culver
& Port Clinton R.R. #2, Gypsum, Ohio; was at Vulcan shops at
Wilkes-Barre, PA before going to N&A in April 1923; New Vulcan
boiler #2929 in July 1916. Acquired second hand from the Vulcan Iron Works in 1923 - New boilder installed in 1927. |
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43 tons weight |
12 |
0-4-0T |
12x18 |
Vulcan February 1924 |
3426 |
33" drivers 30 tons weight |
14 |
0-4-0T |
12x18 |
Vulcan February 1925 1926 |
3507 |
33" drivers 30 tons weight |
15 |
0-4-0T |
12x16 |
Vulcan January 1917 |
2590 |
33" drivers 26 tons weight |
Ex-Rhodes Construction Co.; to Alberoyd Corp. #1; |
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later Alberene Stone Corp.; scrapped 1953. Blt.
for Chile Exporation Co., diverted to Alberoyd Co. #1, Esmont, VA
thence to Rhodes Construction Co, and Virginia Alberene Corp. on March
7, 1928; Alberene Stone Corp of Virginia. |
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Unk. |
4-whl |
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Plymouth |
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Scrpped prior to 1967. Alberene Stone Corp. of Virginia |
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listed as Gas powered |
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All steam locomotives were owned by the various
soapstone companies. Steam engines, including mill switchers, were
lettered "Nelson & Albemarle Railway" (when lettered at all). Only
the 44-Ton diesel was owned by the Nelson & Albemarle. The 25 and
35-Ton diesels were owned by the soapstone company and carried their
lettering. |
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ORANGE |
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Data from Richard Prince Richmond-Washington Line book. |
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PINK |
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Data from Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition Data |
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BLUE |
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Rob Peters data |
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YELLOW |
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Specific notes on data either available or missing |
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GREEN |
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From SI&E records in Tom Lawson book |
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End of Nelson & Albemarle Railway - Roster Data
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