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Talladega
& Coosa Valley Railroad
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36" gauge, converted to standard gauge in 1889
Headquarters: Renfroe, AL
Years of Operation: 1883-1889
Predecessor Roads: none
Successor Roads: Birmingham
& Atlantic
Miles Operated: Main line:
Talladega, AL to Pell City, AL, 26.9 miles; branch: Ragan to
Talladega Iron & Steel Co.’s ore bed, 2.7 miles.
Locomotives Owned:
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Equipment
6/1888:
Locomotives 4. Cars: 2 passenger, 1baggage, mail & express, 36 flat, 2
box, 1 caboose, 3 service.
4/1890 Locomotives: 5. Cars: 3 passenger, 2 baggage,
etc., 25 flat, 2 box 23 coal, 7 coke, 2 caboose, 6 other.
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HISTORY by Gil Hoffman:
The Talladega & Coosa Valley Railroad was
chartered on December 9, 1883. Main line completed in 1887. Gauge changed to
standard on July 15, 1889.
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Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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1
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0-6-0
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Porter
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409
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3/1881
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9½x14
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33
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24000
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Ordered as:
Pratt Saw Mill Co. #2 Ellen, Verbena, AL. Built 38"
gauge.
Cancelled &
resold to:
Rogers Lumber
Co. Etowah, Cartersville, GA, on 3/16/1881.
Gauge changed
to 36" at factory.
Talladega &
Coosa Valley R.R.,
by
1/1886.
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W. W.
Wadsworth, Wadsworth, AL, in 1886.
Birmingham Rail
& Locomotive Co.
Dennis Simmons
Lumber Co., Elm City, NC,
on
2/27/1900.
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2
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Baldwin
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Secondhand.
In
service by 1886.
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Dropped
by 6/1888.
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3
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4-6-0
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Baldwin
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7835
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3/1886
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13x18
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41
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53000
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New. Named Coosa.
Cost $5,300.
Baldwin
class 10-20 D 2
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Newport &
Sherman’s Valley R.R. #4, Newport, PA, by 4/1891.
Blacksher-Miller
Lumber Co., Brewton, AL
Lovelace Lumber
Co., Brewton, AL, on 12/7/ 1903.
Southern Iron
& Equipment Co. #677.
Virginia Lumber
& Box Co. #677, Petersburg, VA,
on
11/21/1911.
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4
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4-6-0
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Baldwin
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8349
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1/1887
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13x18
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41
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53000
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New.Named Talladega.
Cost $6,090.
Baldwin
class 10-20 D 3
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W. W.
Wadsworth, Wadsworth, AL, by 3/1891.
Wadsworth
Lumber Co., Rushton, AL, in 1901.
Perkins &
Miller Lumber Co., Ltd., Westlake, LA.
Krause &
Managan Lumber Co., Westlake, LA,
ca.
6/1907.
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5
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On
hand by 6/1888.
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6
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4-6-0
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Baldwin
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9140
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3/1888
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14x20
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45
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58000
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New. Named R.
H. Isbell.
Cost $7,360.
Baldwin
class 10-22 D 33
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Atlantic &
Danville Ry. #6, Claremont, VA
Southern Ry.
#N6, in 9/1899.
Scrapped
at Spencer, NC, on 6/8/1934.
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7
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4-6-0
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Rhode
Island
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2249
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8/1889
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15x22
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44
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New.
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Changed to
standard gauge in 1889.
Birmingham
& Atlantic #7, on 10/20/1890.
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8
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4-6-0
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Rhode
Island
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2250
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8/1889
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15x22
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44
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New.
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Changed to
standard gauge in 1889.
Birmingham
& Atlantic #8, on 10/20/1890.
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9
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4-4-0
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Rhode
Island
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2248
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8/1889
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14x20
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50
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New.
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Changed to
standard gauge in 1889.
Birmingham
& Atlantic #9, on 10/20/1890.
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