Tag: USMRR locomotive Eclipse/Scout

Hochadel, Abraham’s Engines says: New Jersey no. 271. 4-4-0. 15×22 in. cylinders. 60 in. drivers. 1862.03.15 Purchased from builder for $8750 as USMRR Dept. of Virginia #13/“Eclipse.” 1862.09-1863.03 Repaired as “Eclipse” at Alexandria. 1863.04-11 Repaired as “Scout” at Alexandria. 1862-1863 Used on the Orange & Alexandria RR and Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac RR. 1864 Sent to USMRR Dept. of North Carolina, becoming #8/“Scout,” and used on Moorehead City and Goldsborough line. 1865.11.30 Sold to the Atlantic & North Carolina RR for $14,000.