Tag: USMRR locomotive Hercules/E. M. Stanton

Hochadel, Abraham’s Engines says: Norris no. 1030. 4-6-0. 18×22 in. cylinders. 48 in. drivers. 30 tons1862.06.25 Purchased from builder for $9500 as USMRR Dept. of Virginia #32/“Hercules.” 1862.06-1863.10 Repaired at Alexandria. 1863.11 Renamed “E. M. Stanton.” 1864.01.12 Andrew J. Russel paints Stanton’s portrait on the engine’s tender, and possibly the other decorations and lettering. 1863.11-1864.02, 1864.04-07 Repaired at Alexandria. 1862-1863 Used on Orange & Alexandria RR and construction. 1864 Used on City Point & Army Line. 1865 Used on O&A and construction. 1865 Sold to the Baltimore & Ohio for $11,000, becoming #539 on the Central Ohio. 1874 Dropped from roster by.