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Viewing Album: The Dismal Swamp Railroad
By:
Nick Jobe
Dates:
2/28/1899 - 1/1/1941
Album Info:
Photographs relating to the Dismal Swamp Railroad of Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina.
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Title:
Dismal Swamp Railroad #3
Description:
Built by the Burnham, Williams & Company in October of 1902 with construction number #21040, #3 was purchased new by the Richmond Cedar Works Company for use on their Dismal Swamp Railroad subsidiary. 42" Gauge Mogul #3 would spend its entire life hauling juniper logs from inside the Great Dismal Swamp to sawmills located at Camden Mills, Virginia, and Lynch's, North Carolina. This peculiar operation existed until 1941 when the Richmond Cedar Works was reorganized as the Dismal Swamp Corporation and the logging operation and the railroad were consolidated. An agreement made with the reorganization was the discontinuing of the Dismal Swamp Railroad which was to be replaced with trucks. The final piece of steel was removed at Camden Mills, Virginia, on November 27, 1941. #3 was stored at Camden Mills, Virginia, until the early 1940s when it was scrapped. This photograph shows #3 with a train of juniper logs probably returning from the swamps in July of 1936 at Camden Mills, Virginia. Exact date is an estimate. From Don Hensley Jr. negative.
Photo Date:
7/1/1936
Upload Date:
6/9/2020 10:02:46 PM
Location:
Chesapeake, VA
Author:
Don Hensley Jr.
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
DSRR 3(2-6-0)
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Title:
Dismal Swamp Railroad #3
Description:
Long since retired, 2-6-0 #3 sits in the deadline at Camden Mills, Virginia, on Sunday, August 29th, 1948. Note the faded but legible "D S Corp" lettering on the side of the tender. This was the last livery any of the Dismal Swamp Railroads locomotives had before the end. Its quite interesting that the locomotive was still largely in one piece at this date as the railroad had been abandoned some 7 years before this photo was taken. I cant think of any reason the locomotive was kept this late except that maybe the Richmond Cedar Works didnt have the capital to spend on scrapping or shipping out the engine.
Photo Date:
8/29/1948
Upload Date:
1/23/2023 3:44:46 AM
Location:
Camden Mills, VA
Author:
Nick Jobe
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
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