Checks can be sent to:  R. Donald Ross, 3821 Crater Lake Ct, Irving, TX 75062-4015

288, 8 Ton GM, was built by Vulcan in 1940, #4302, as United States Army 106.  It was sold as TCCo 288 and resold as Chesapeake RR 4302.

Tredegar Co.

4 was built by H K Porter in December 1942, #7466, as United States Army 5019.  It was sold aso TCo 4 in 1955 and the company was resold as Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Co as "The Rebel" in 1960.  It was donated as Old Dominion NRHS chapter which became Richmond Railroad Museum.  It was restored in 1982 and renumbered 1 in 1983.

The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway dates back to 1915, beginning at the Tye River Depot and ending in Massies Mill, branching out at times to Lowesville and into the mountains. The railway was built to haul chestnut timber out of the Piney River area to local mills. Timber runs were halted during World War I, since they were not essential to the war effort, and a chestnut blight wiped out much of the crop. Passenger service carried the line through 1936. The line saw a true resurgence when a company began extracting titanium dioxide from the Piney River and needed transport. Also, three companies were built to extract aplite from the area and used the rail for transport and the line thrived until the late 1960s. Hurricane Camille destroyed some of the tracks in 1969 and Cyanamid, the company that began the line's industrial boom in the 1930s, closed in 1970.

2 was built by Richmond in 1895, #2471, as Southern Ry 222, a compound. It was simpled in 1903 and renumbered 186, Class G-2. On September 22, 1938, it was sold  to VBR as 2. It was scrapped in 1947.

4 was built by Baldwin in 1907, #31899, as United States Army 6961.  It was sold as VBR 4 on Febuary 17, 1947, and sold to Mead Corp in 1952.

5 was built by Schenectady in November 1942, #70421, as USA 4039.  It was sold to VBR as 5 on February 17, 1947.  It was then sold to Morris County Central 4039 in December 1965.  It was retired in 1980 and several owners purchased it.  It was sold to Whippany Railroad Museum on May 7, 1994, and cosmetic restoration begun. 

8 was built by Schenectady in November, 1942, #70420, as USA 4038. It was renumbered 618 in 1954 and sold to VBR as 8 of August 15, 1958. It later became Delaware-Otsego RR 2 and later Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley 2.

9 was built by Schenectady in October, 1942, #70402, as USA 4023. It was renumbered 616 in 1954 and was sold to the Virginia Blue Ridge Ry as 9 on August 15, 1958. In 1967 it became New Hope & Ivyland 9.  It was sold to Bill Miller Equipment Sales Inc for restoration  in 2009.

12, SW1, was built on April 19, 1940, #1053, FN E304-3, as Delaware Lackawanna & Western 432. It became Erie Lackawanna 354, Class SE-6, in 1960 and sold to VBR as 12 in October 1964. After the VBR was abandoned it was sold to Union Tank Car Co in April 1985.

Virginia Bridge Co

No number, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric in August 1947, #29052.  It was purchased to American Bridge Co as LS5970 and sold to Razorback Steel Co in 1981.

Virginia Central RR

The Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad operated 38 miles of 3 foot gauge railroad between Fredericksburg and Orange.   It operated as narrow gauge until after World War I. In 1926 the line was standard gauged and the name changed to the Virginia Central Railway. In 1938 the entire line was abandoned except for a one mile segment in Fredericksburg which lasted until 1983.

1022 was built by Alco-Richmond in 1909 as  as Chesapeake & Ohio 651.  It was renumbered 1022, Class G-9s, in 1926. and sold as Virginia Central 1022.  It was sold to a dealer and resold as Bellefonte Central RR 18 in 1938 and scrapped in 1947.

3, 50 Ton, was built by Porter in August 1942, #7396, as Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard 502.  It became United States Navy 65-00458 and sold as Hingham Industrial Center 101.  It was sold as VC 101 and renumbered 3.  It went to Roanoke Chapter National Ry Historical Society in 1984.

Virginia Central RR

In the 1990s, an excursion company headed by Jack Showalter assumed the historic name Virginia Central Railroad, and operated trips on CSX Transportation tracks from a base in Staunton, Virginia. Increased liability insurance requirements forced suspension of the trips and the equipment into storage. In February, 2005, preparations were underway to relocate some of the historic rolling stock of the excursion company to the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, but that plan fell through. The equipment was is storage in Staunton and up the SVRR line in Verona. Some of the passenger cars were planned to return to limited service on excursion trains planned to operate on the short-line Shenandoah Valley Railroad.

40, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1955, #20849, FN 5413-3, as Chesapeake & Ohio 5940, Class MRSE-17.  It was reclassified Class GP-9 in 1964 and became Western Maryland 5940, Class GP-9, in April 1976.  It was sold as Western Maryland Scenic RR 5940.  It was sold to Jack Showalter as VCRR 40 and leased to Shenandoah Valley RR.  It was sold as Durbin & Greenbriar Valley RR  40 in 2007 and renumbered back to 5940 in December 2017.

1286 was built by Canadian Locomotive in May 1948, #2443, as Canadian Pacific 1286, Class G-5d. It was retired in December 1963 and sold to George M Hart as Rail Tours Inc in 1964.  It was sold to Historic Rail Valley Equipment & Leasing Corp in August 1968 and sold to Allegheny Central Scenic RR in 1983.  It was painted as Rutland RR 82 in December 1973 and lettered as Allegheny Central as 1286.  It later became VCRR 1286.  It was shipped to Vintage Locomotive Society (also known as the Prairie Dog Central) in September 2015.

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

No number, was built by H K Porter Co inb August 1936, #7228.  It was sold to Albemarle Paper Co "Belle Island Queen" in December 1959 and donated to NRHS Old Dominion Chapter, Richmond Railroad Museum.

1173, S3, was built by Alco in September 1950, #78318, as Boston & Maine 1173, Class DS-3b.  It was sold as VE&P 1173 on January 22, 1965

1175, S3, was built by Alco in September 1950, #78391, as B&M 1175, Class DS-3b.  It was sold as VE&P 1175 on January 22, 1965, and resold to Stone & Webster Co in 1965.  It was sold as Continental Forest Products Co 1175 and resold as Otter Valley RR 1.  It was sold as Seaview Transportation Co 3 in 1981 and leased as Cape Cod & Hyannis 3.  It was returned as Seaview 3 "Hamilton".

Virginia International Terminals

2403, GG20B, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1954, #20025, FN 5370-6, as Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie 402, a GP9.  It became Soo Line RR 402 in 1961 and sold to Railpower.  It was rebuilt as RPRX 2403, a GG20B, on January 24, 2005.  It was rebuilt at Altoona to be a RP20BD in November 2008  as NITX 1707 but not completed.  It was renumbered again as RPRX 2403 and completed as Norfolk Southern 103, Class RP20BD, in January 2011.

Virginia Pocahontas Coal Co.

2, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1951, #17414, FN 6273-2, as Wabash RR 460, Class D-15.  It became Norfolk & Western 3460 in 1965 and sold as VPC 2.

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