https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/05/us-military-rr-0-4-0-locomotives.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-military-rr-0-4-0-locomotives Model railroads and model trains Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/05/us-military-rr-0-4-0-locomotives.html#comment-284 Wed, 27 May 2009 23:00:12 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/05/u-s-military-r-r-0-4-0-locomotives.html#comment-284 An addition, since I just noticed you were specifically looking at the Siege of Petersburg, there were at the time seventeen railroads that ran in or near the vicinity, most of the east-west roads ran on five foot gauge and the north-south roads ran on standard 4ft 8 1/2 inches.
Stonewall Jackson “accepted” the first contribution from the B&O when he seized 50 locomotives (4-4-0 woodburners) and 350 pieces of rolling stock at Harper’s Ferry on May 22, 1861.
Some of the railroads that were players in the conflict were the Petersburg Railroad, the Orange & Alexandria, and the Virginia & Tennessee.
There is a book, probably long out of print, named “Yonder Comes the Train” by Lance Phillips that has a full chapter dedicated to the wartime roads, with plenty of pictures. You might be able to find it in the library.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/05/us-military-rr-0-4-0-locomotives.html#comment-283 Wed, 27 May 2009 22:47:03 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/05/u-s-military-r-r-0-4-0-locomotives.html#comment-283 The US (and for that matter, CS) military did not actually own any of the 4-4-0 locomotives it commandeered, so any road name from the time and location would be appropriate. The B&O unwillingly donated many a piece of locomotion, track and rolling stock to the cause of both sides.

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