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MG-199

RAILROAD MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLECTION
[ca. 1830-1974]
600 cu. ft.

Records (minutes, reports, photographs, maps, drawings, timetables, accounts, etc.) relating to the former Pennsylvania Railroad, together with records of other railroads which have operated in Pennsylvania. Included also are materials of a general character relative to the administrative and operational history of the railroad industry, nationally and internationally.

Related materials are also housed the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

Individual Collections

Advisory Mechanical Committee

Advisory Mechanical Committee Drawings, 1930-1948. {#199m.123} (4 boxes) [Holdings]

Aspen Historical Society Donation

Tickets, 1887-1888, undated. (8 items) {#199m.1}

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1887.
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, 1888, undated.

John D. Bartle Collection

Pennsylvania Railroad Menu. {#199m.2}

Thomas Bateman Collection

Photographs. {#199m.3}

Edward H. Bowers Collection

Set of Pattern Stencils, 1900 - 1930 {#199m.4}

William J. Brown, Jr. Collection

Lithographs, 1837-1838, 1860s-1872, 1903-1958. {#199m.5}
- The Boat Train Coach Vintage, 1860s
- The Dining Car Vintage, 1903
- An Early Coach Car Vintage, 1837
- The Observation Car Vintage, 1913
- P.T. Barnum Circus Coach Vintage 1872
- Pullman Palace Parlor Vintage 1912
- The Rogers Vintage 1838
- Wabash Railroad Company, 1958
Postcards, 1949-1958, undated. {#199m.6}

Jamestown, California-Sierra Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Number 821 at Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1956
Lackawanna Railroad "Phoebe Show" at Scranton, 1958
Pennsylvania Railroad's Famous Horseshoe Curve
Crossroads of Commerce, Wheeling, West Virginia
Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train at Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Railroad Fair, 1949
Union Pacific "Big Boy" Exhibit at Chicago Railroad Fair, 1949
The Caboose Gift Shop, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri
Pennsylvania Railroad Engine 4628, 1957

Photographs. {#199m.7}

Budd Company Exhibit at Chicago Railroad Fair, 1949
Paoli Yard - Testing Cab Signals

Menu, Pennsylvania Railroad. {#199m.8}
Railroad Motif Christmas Cards. {#199m.9}
Registered Railroad Service Mail Receipts, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1955. {#199m.10}
Track Notes. {#199m.1}
Track Drawing, Enola to Morrisville, 1946. {#199m.11}

Joseph Costello Collection

Photographs of the Operation of H.S. Kerbaugh, Incorporated, Safe Harbor, 1905. {#199m.12}
Trip Passes, Seaboard Coastline Railroad Company, 1969. {#199m.13}

Luther Cummings Collection

Brochures. (1 folder) {#199m.14}
Catalogs. (1 folders) {#199m.15}
Clippings. (1 folder) {#199m.16}
Conestoga Traction Company. (2 folders) {#199m.17}
- Lists and Rosters.
- Manuscript by Constantine Mandros.
Correspondence. (3 folders) {#199m.18}
Currency. (1 folder) {#199m.19}
Electric Railroaders Association Membership Lists. (1 folder) {#199m.20}
Ephemera. (1 folder) {#199m.21}
Maps. (26 folders) {#199m.22}
- Canada.
- Japan.
- Europe.
- United States.
- West Indies.
- Rand McNally Highway Maps.
- United States Geologic Survey.
- California.
- Connecticut.
- Illinois.
- Indiana.
- Iowa.
- Kansas.
- Maryland.
- Massachusetts.
- Michigan.
- Missouri.
- New Hampshire.
- New Jersey.
- New York.
- Ohio.
- Oklahoma.
- Pennsylvania.
- Washington.
- Washington, D.C.
- Wisconsin.
Newsletter. (1 folder) {#199m.23}
Notebook. (1 folder) {#199m.24}
Passes - Pennsylvania Railroad. (1 folder) {#199m.25}
Photographs - Domestic Trolley Lines. (6 boxes) {#199m.26}
- Arkansas.
- California.
- Connecticut.
- Delaware.
- Georgia.
- Illinois.
- Indiana.
- Iowa.
- Kansas.
- Kentucky.
- Louisiana.
- Maryland.
- Massachusetts.
- Michigan.
- Minnesota.
- Missouri.
- New Jersey.
- New York.
- Ohio.
- Oklahoma.
- Pennsylvania.
- Rhode Island.
- Tennessee.
- Texas.
- Utah.
- Virginia.
- West Virginia.
- Wisconsin.
- Washington, D.C.
Photographs - Electric Locomotives. (1 box) {#199m.27}
Photographs - Foreign Trolley Lines. (1 box) {#199m.28}
- Canada.
- Miscellaneous.
Photographs - Miscellaneous. (7 folders) {#199m.29}
Photographs - Railroad Lines. (box 1) {#199m.30}
Postcards. (1 folder) {#199m.31}
Publications. (5 folders) {#199m.32}
Red Rose Transportation Company - Transfers, Timetables, etc.. (1 folder) {#199m.33}
Rosters, 1887-1899, undated. (9 folders) {#199m.34}
Slide Listings. (1 folder) {#199m.35}
Slide Transparencies - Railroads and Trolleys. (1 carton) {#199m.36}
Subjects. {#199m.37}
Stamp Collection. (1 folder) {#199m.38}
Timetables. (1 folder) {#199m.39}

William R. Dapp Collection

Pennsylvania Railroad - Cab Signal Test Report. {#199m.40}

J.N. DuBarry Photograph Album

Photographic Views on Line of Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad, 1884-1887. {#199m.41}

Wayne T. Ellis Collection

Altoona Physical and Chemical Laboratory - W.K. Martin, 1913, 1914. (1 folder) {#199m.42}
Articles of Association - The Railroad Trust of Philadelphia, 1868. {#199m.43}
Clippings. (1 folder) {#199m.44}
Correspondence - George Statler to W.K. Martin, 1915. (1 folder) {#199m.45}
Drawings Engineers Club of Philadelphia Directory, 1907. (1 folder) {#199m.46}
Ghost Town and Calico Railway Stock. (1 folder) {#199m.47}
Maps, 1887-1899, undated. (1 folder) {#199m.48}
- Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Regions.
- St. Nicholas Region.
- Du Bois Region.
- Carrolltown Region.
- Johnstown Region.
- Chest Springs Region.
- Greene Township.
- Walnut Run Region.
- Loretto Region.
- Janesville Region.
- Smithport Region.
- Taylorsville Region.
- Cambria-Indiana Counties.
- Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields.
- Pennsylvania-Smulls Handbook.
- Pennsylvania-Rand McNally and Company, 1887.
- Mines.
- Elevated Railroad in Jersey City, 1890.
- Marks Mills Area.
- Somerset County Geological Map, 1888.
- Profile of Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore, and Baltimore and Potomac Railroads - Broad Street to Washington
- Extension of Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad to Mill of the Vinton Lumber Company, 1899.
Memorandum Books of W.K. Martin, 1891-1906. {#199m.49}
Miscellaneous - Pennsylvania Railroad {#199m.50}
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1893, 1926. {#199m.51}
Photographs. (1 folder) {#199m.52}
Proceedings of Common Council of Philadelphia, 1890. (1 folder) {#199m.53}
Railroad Memorabilia and Ephemera. (1 folder) {#199m.54}
Records of Relocation of Columbia and Port Deposit Branch of Pennsylvania, 1854-1877, 1880-1884, 1906. (8 folders) {#199m.55}
Scrapbooks. (4 folders) {#199m.56}
- Clippings, 1880-1884.
- Oscar N. Edmundson, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1906.
- W. K. Martin.
- Timetables of Belvidere Delaware Railroad, 1854-1877.

Walter A.W. Fister Collection

Railroad Photographs {#199m.57} (mostly Reading R.R. and a few other railroads)

box 1

W.A.W. Fister notebook of various railroad data
Photo booklets - employee events and dinners
Photo booklet - Derailment at McAuley, November 22, 1959
Photo booklet - Tamaqua flood, August 18, 1955
Oversize photos
W.A.W. Fister personal ephemera

box 2

Reading Railroad steam locomotive photos
- named & miscellaneous
- numbered 1 through 500's

box 3

Reading Railroad steam locomotive photos:
- numbered 600's through 3000's
Steam locomotive photos, various railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio (B&O); Great Northern (GN); Missouri Pacific (MoPac); Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR); Strasburg RR; and others

box 4

Railroad rolling stock photos, mostly Reading Railroad, some non-Reading:
- Diesel Locomotives, Reading RR
- Diesel Locomotives, non-Reading
- Passenger Cars
- Freight Cars
- Cabooses, cranes, track machinery
Tugboat photos

box 5

Railroad photos, mostly Reading Railroad:
- Wrecks & Accidents
- Reading Shops
- Wayne Junction Electric Shop
- Locations, various - stations and scenes

box 6

Reading Railroad employee photos:
- Events, Safety Rallies, Christmas parties, other
- Executives

Personal Files of Walter A. W. Fister {#199m.58}

box 1

Walter A.W. Fister notebook of various railroad data
Walter A.W. Fister personal ephemera

box 6

Personal Files of Walter A.W. Fister

Samuel T. Freeman Auction - Dewire Collection

Postcard, Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, Broad Street, Philadelphia. {#199m.59}
Newspaper Clippings and Wreck Pictures, 1943, 1947, 1949 {#199m.60}
- Main Line East of Conemaugh Station, 1949
- Red Arrow Wreck at Bennington Curve, 1943
- Winber Branch Line, 1947

E.P. Gangewere Collection, 1943-1960.

Scrapbooks and Clippings, 1943-1960. (5 cartons) {#199m.61}

Richard B. Hain Collection

Pennsylvania Railroad Stereoscopic Views. {#199m.62}
- In the Valley of Kishicoquillas
- Cambria Iron Works, Johnstown
- Railroad Bridge above Harrisburg
- Settlement in the Alleghenies near Bellefonte
- Columbia Bridge across the Susquehanna from above the Furnace
- Harrisburg from the State Capitol
- County Bridge at Harrisburg
- Superintendent's Office at Altoona
- Harris's Grave at Harrisburg
- Harrisburg from the State Capitol
- Mifflintown from the Southeast
- Deep Cut, near Altoona
- Railroad Bridge above Harrisburg
- Marysville Railroad Bridge
- Bellefonte from the School House
- Railroad Bridge above Harrisburg
- In the Valley of the Kishiquillas
- View of Altoona from the Northwest
- View of Altoona from the Northwest
- Harrisburg from the Southeast
- Under the Bridge at Livermore Falls, Plymouth, New Hampshire

George M. Hart Collection

Letter, 1841 {#199m.63}

Howard G. Hill Collection

Clippings. (1 folder) {#199m.64}
- The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society National Railway Historical Society Association of Manufacturers of Chilled Car Wheels - A Treatise on Train Resistance, 1938.
Construction Drawings. (2 folders) {#199m.65}

American Locomotive Company - Erecting 0-8-0 Test Engine 4311 S30700.
Pennsylvania Railroad.

Illustrations. (1 folder) {#199m.66}
Locomotive Album. (8 boxes) {#199m.67}
Locomotive Diagrams and Rosters. (5 boxes, 2 folders) {#199m.68}
Manuscripts. (4 folders) {#199m.69}
- Loose Leaf Notebook #4 - Testing Plant for Locomotive Greases and Oils.
- Loose Leaf Notebook #12 - Miscellaneous Data on Locomotives and Railways.
- Riding the Broadway Limited's K4s Pacifics.
- Riding in the Locomotive Cabs of the Broadway Limited and the 20th Century Limited.
Photographs - The Development of Electrification of Railways in Japan. (1 folder) {#199m.70}
Publications. (11 boxes, 20 folders) {#199m.71}
- Administracion Obrera de los Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico-Sistema de Senales "CTC" Entre Torreon y Gomez Palacio.
- The Alden Absorption Dynamometer Made and Sold by George I. Alde.
- American Locomotive Company - Lateral Driving Box Cushioning Device.
- American Locomotive Company - The Lever Principal as Applied to Reciprocating Steam Locomotives, 1941.
- American Locomotives, an Engineering History 1830-1880, by John H. White, Jr.
- American Railway Master Mechanics' Association - Individual Paper on Freight Train Resistance; Its Relation to Average Car Weight.
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1915-1927.
- Association of American Railroads Maintenance Book, 1925.
- Axleboxes and Relate Parts, Their Maintenance on Locomotives, Carriages and Wagons, by R.E. Brinkworth, 1936.
- Baby Pathfinder Railway Guide, 1889.
- The Baker Locomotive Valve Gear, 1925.
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1908-1920.
- Baldwin Locomotive Works - Miscellaneous.
- Bassett-Lowke Limited -0-6-0 Tank Locomotive National Association for Uniformed Services Newsletters, 1972-1975.
- Bassett-Lowke Model Railways Gauge 'O', 1952.
- Buckeye Engine Company - Buckeye Mobile the American Locomobile, 1913.
- Caledonian Railway Centenary, 1847-1947.
- Code of Federal Transportation Regulations, 1972.
- Davenport Locomotive Works Circular.
- Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1911.
- Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration - Laws, Rules, and Instructions for Inspection and Testing of Locomotives other than Steam, 1968.
- Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Bureau of Railroad Safety, 1969.
- The Design, Application and Operation of Railway Roller Bearings, 1929.
- Detroit Lubricator Company Catalog, 1924.
- Dulien Steel Products, Incorporated.
- Edna Locomotive Bullseye Lubricator.
- Elesco Locomotive Superheaters Instruction Book, 1925.
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, 1923.
- The Fort Eustis Military Railroad Timetable, No.8, 1967.
- Frisco Lines - Engine Specifications and Diagrams.
- G.R.S. Automatic Train Control Handbook.
- Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
- Henschel Hefte, 1932.
- High Iron Company, 1971.
- Highway Transportation, 1970.
- Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Locomotive Inspection Records, 1919-1947.
- Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts - Locomotive Tests with Iowa and Illinois Coals, 1917.
- Japanese National Railways Teacher's Manual, 1951.
- Journal of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers - Grease Lubrication by N.A. Shove.
- Laughs Along the Lines, Compiled by S. Evelyn Thomas, 1944.
- Locomotion - Coal to Oil, 1830-1928. Précis of a Lecture by E. Kitson Clark, 1928.
- Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review, 1942.
- Locomotive Specifications from Railway Age - Railway Mechanical Engineer.
- Locomotive Stoker Company - Instruction Manuals.
- Locomotive Superheater Company - Instructions Relating to Superheater Locomotives.
- Locomotive Valve Gears, 1912-1928.
- Madison-Kipp Corporation Journal.
- The Mechanics of a Locomotive on Curved Track by S.R.M. Porter, 1935.
- Military Railways Rule Book, 1938.
- The Modern Locomotive Headlight - Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Company, 1920.
- Modern Locomotive Operation Manual.
- Modern Trends in Railway Motive Power by William C. Dickerman, 1933.
- National Railway Historical Society, 1970-1972.
- A New Analysis of the Cylinder Performance of Reciprocating Engines by J. Paul Clayton.
- The New York Air Brake Company - Instruction Pamphlets, 1906, 1910-1913, 1939.
- New York Central Railroad Company Safety Rules, 1926.
- Operation of Railroads Transportation Rules.
- Pacific News - Your Western News Service - 23, 1963.
- Penn Central - Central Region Timetable, 1968.
- Pennsylvania Railroad - The Broadway Limited, 1902-1927.
- Pennsylvania Railroad - Roster of Pacific (4-6-2) type Locomotives, 1974.
- The Pennsylvania Railroad Chesapeake Region Timetable, No.7, 1959.
- Pennsylvania Railroad Company - No.99, 1916.
- Pennsylvania Railroad Safety Rules, 1933.
- Principal Express Freight Train Services and Facilities, 1958.
- The Pyle - National Headlight Equipment "E" & "C," 1920.
- The Pyle National "K-2" and "K" Headlight Equipments, 1920, 1921.
- Railroads at Work.
- Railroad Photo Album.
- Railroad Land Grant Legend in American History Texts by Robert S. Henry.
- The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins, 1921-1971.
- A Record of Events in Connection with the Railway Centenary Celebrations Held in England, 1925.
- Society of American Military Engineers.
- The Standard Stoker Company - Standard HT-1 Stoker - Publication No.60 - A Description and Instructions for Care, Operation, and Maintenance.
- Steam Locomotive Performance - The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1940.
- Stephenson Locomotive Society, 1958-1959.
- Sunset-Central Lines Rules and Regulations Governing Care and operation of Air Brake and Air Signal Apparatus, 1915.
- The Superheater Company - Origin, Development, Results of the Elesco Locomotive Superheater, 1924.
- The Superheater Company - Instructions Books, 1917, 1925.
- The United States Air Brake Corporation - The "O-R" Locomotive Equipment, 1912.
- United States Railroad Administration Firemen's Schedule, 1919.
- University of Illinois Bulletins, 1915, 1931-1935.
- Wakefields Patent Lubricators, 1913.
- War Department Engineer Field Manual, 1932.
- War Department Field Manuals, 1944, 1945.
- War Department Manual - Transportation Rules - Military Railway Service, 1942.
- War Department Technical Manual, 1945.
- War Department TM 5-415 Operating Manual, 1941.
- This War to Me - Mostly Railroad 1943, 1944, by Major John E. Ausland, Transportation Corps United States Army.
- Westinghouse Air Brake Company Instruction Pamphlets, 1906, 1927-1930.
- The Westinghouse Air Brake Company - Westinghouse Automotive Air Brakes Association of American Railroads - Maintenance of Air Brake and Air Signal Equipment on Locomotives and Cars, 1925.
- Will's Cigarette Picture Card Album.
- Woodward Governor Company - PG Locomotive Governor.
- Worthington Locomotive Feedwater Heating Equipment - General Instructions for Operation.
- The Young Locomotive Valve Gear and Reverse Gear, 1915, 1920.

Ralph Hull Donation

Files from the General Superintendent's Office, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1939-1947. (1 volume, 17 folders) {#199m.72}

Charles F. Kindred Collection

Postcard, The Broadway Limited. {#199m.73}

Walter A. Lucas Stereographs

Stereographs, [ca. 1875-1927]. (4 boxes) {#199m.122}
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&ORR)
  - "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Centenary & Pageant, September 24, 1927 - October 16, 1927" - contains 77 stereographs with storage case.
  - Engine 82, Piedmont VA, no date
  - Engine 82, Duplicate, no date
  - Engine 8, at road crossing, no date
  - Engine 33, outside station, no date
  - "Harpers Ferry," W. M. Chase, no date
  - "327 Harpers Ferry," Kilburn Brothers, no date
  - "Harpers Ferry," Bell and Bro, no date
  - "B&O Martinsburg, WV (handwritten)," no date
  - "B&O Martinsburg, WV (handwritten)," no date
  - "From the Chesapeake to the Ohio… No. 1120 Relay House," W. M. Chase, no date
- Bellefonte & Snow Shoe Railroad (B&SSRR)
  - "Great Disaster Near Bellefonte, PA, June 11, 1878," L. W. Moore, Bellefonte, PA - contains 3 different stereographs of train wreck, 11 June 1878
- Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad (BC&MRR)
  - Engine 8 "Pehaungun" with notes on reverse, no date
  - "Lancaster" Engine with notes on reverse, no date
  - "351. Lake Winnipeseogee," Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, NH, no date
  - "81. BC.&M. Railroad Bridge, Woodsville, NH," with duplicate and negative (3 stereographs), no date
  - "Boston & Albany R.R. Iron Double-Track Railway Bridge," no date
  - "Crompton's Block, Mechanic's Street," French & Sawyer, August 1871
- Boston & Maine Railroad (B&MRR)
  - "Hoosac Tunnel Series - North Adams & Vicinity," H. M. Ramsdell, North Adams, no date
  - "261 Hoosac House & Depot," J. S. Moulton, Salem, no date
  - "Hoosac Tunnel," no date
- Central Pacific Railroad - see also Pacific R.R. and Union Pacific R.R.
  - "2. Trestle at Newcastle, Placer County," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "42. Long Ravine Bridge from below," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "44. American River and Cañon from Cape Horn," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "56. Rounding Cape Horn," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "289. Truckee Meadows," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - Photograph of "321. Advance of Civilization," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "323. Shoshone Indians Looking at Locomotive in desert," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "338. First Construction Train Passing the Palisades," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "329. Alcove in Palisades," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "349. Scene near Deeth," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "352. Salt Lake from Monument Point," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "353. Poetry and Prose," C. E. Watkins, no date
  - "1100. Central Pacific Railroad, Boomer Cut," Thomas Houseworth & Co., 1868
  - Photograph of "1257. Railroad Depot at Cisco," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - Photograph of "41. Long Ravine Bridge," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - "1263. Snow Plow of the Central Pacific," Thomas Houseworth & Co., 1868
  - "1268. Emigrant Gap. View from the tunnel," Thomas Houseworth & Co., 1868
  - "1298. Snow Sheds Below Cisco - exterior," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - "1320. Passenger Train on Secret Town Bridge," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - "1333. Train Rounding Cape Horn," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - "1334. Train Rounding Cape horn," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - "1351. Wood Train and Chinamen in Bloomer Cut," Thomas Houseworth & Co., no date
  - "13. View in Bloomer Cut," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "39. Long Ravine Bridge," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "44. American River and Canyon from Cape Horn," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "154. American River, From Green Bluffs," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "158. Across Blue Canyon, looking east," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "168. Bear Valley," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "287. Entering Lower Canyon of Truckee River," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "44. American River and Canyon from Cape Horn," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "57. Excursion Train at Cape Horn," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "144. American River Bridge - most distant view," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "154. American River, from Green Bluffs," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "161. Across Blue Canyon, looking west," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - "185. Depots at Cisco," Alfred A. Hart, no date
  - Photographs mounted on cardboard (three sets) depicting the "1000 Mile Tree," a mountain cut, and the wharf of Oakland, CA, no dates
  - Various Photographs and negatives, no dates
  - Landscape of desert canyon, Frank Durgan, no date
  - "4. Devil's Slide," Milan Warner, 1873
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&QRR)
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad (C & NWR)
- Colorado Southern Railroad, and Colorado and Central City Railroad
- Connecticut Western Railroad
  - "Railroad Wreck on Tariffville Bridge," Worden, 15 January 1878
  - Photographs of Tariffville Bridge wreck, 2, no date
- C. S. P. M. & O. R. R.
- Delaware & Hudson Canal Company (D. & H. C. C.)
- Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad (D&LRR)
- Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RGRR)
- Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (D&SLRR)
- Denver, South Park, & Pacific Railroad (DSP&PRR)
- Eastern Railroad (N. H.)
- Erie Railroad
- Fitchburg R.R.
- Hudson River Railroad (see also New York Central R.R.)
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R.R.
- Lehigh Valley R.R. (See Also New Jersey Central R.R. for more on Mauch Chunk Switchback)
- Martha's Vineyard R.R.
- Michigan Central R.R.
- Mt. Washington R.R.
- New Haven R.R. (13 items)
  - "No. 3758. Norwalk Bridge, from Fort Point," E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., no date (with duplicate)
  - "Harragansett Pierr R. R. (handwritten)," Clarke's, no date
  - "Photographic Sketches in and about the City of Hartford," D. S. Camp, no date
  - Unlabeled wreck, E. W. Hazard, no date
  - "HMB 79," H. & J. H. Palmer, no date
  - "New Haven, R.R.," no date
  - "3767," no date
  - View of Train Shed, no date
  - "New Haven, R.R.," no date
  - "Looking Toward Wesport, Conn. From the Bridge at East Norwalk, CT (Taken 1895-1900) (handwritten)," no date
  - Three unlabeled photographs of an Adams Express Co. Telegraph Station, and train views, no dates
- New Jersey Central R.R. & Mauch Chunk, PA (see also Lehigh Valley R.R.) (27 items)
- New York Central R.R. (33 items)
- New York City Elevated R.R. (47 items)
- New York & Harlem R.R. (3 items)
- New York, Ontario & Western R.R. (10 items)
- Northern Pacific R.R. (7 items)
- Oahu R.R. (5 items)
- Pacific R.R. (10 items) - also see Central Pacific R.R.
- Pennsylvania R.R. (77 items) (Includes Pennsylvania Central R.R.)
- Philadelphia & Erie R.R. (2 items)
- Portland & Ogdenburg R.R. (54 Items)
  - Kilburn Brothers (several mixed, incomplete series), no dates except where noted
  - "No. 196. Pemigewasset House, Plymouth N. H."
  - "1787. Fabyan House and Railroad Train, White Mountains" (with duplicate)
  - "2041. Frankenstein Trestle and Train"
  - "2042. Frankenstein Trestle and Train"
  - "2087. Willey Brook Bridge"
  - "2087. Willey Brook Bridge" (different view)
  - "2088. Gates of Crawford Notch"
  - "2088. Gates of Crawford Notch" (different view)
  - "2115. Willey Brook Bridge"
  - "2116. Willey Brook Bridge and Mt. Webster"
  - "2117. P.&O.R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H."
  - "2118. Portand & Ogdensburg Railroad"
  - "2135. Frankenstein Trestle and Cliff"
  - "2136. Frankenstein Cliff"
  - "2215. P. & O. R.R. Train, Winter" (with duplicate)
  - "2335. Willey Brook Bridge, and Train" (with duplicate)
  - "4584. Sky Railroading, White Mts., N. H." (with duplicate)
  - "4830. The Railroad, 'Tis like life," Kilburn, 1891
  - "6810. Danger Signal, Railroad of Life," Kilburn, 1891 (with duplicate)
  - "12667. Away Barbarism and Murder, Justice and Humanity demand it," Kilburn, 1898
  - "187. Pulpit Rock, Crawford Notch"
  - "191. The Gem of Crawford Notch"
  - "192. Willey Brook Bridge, Crawford Notch"
  - "193. The Mountaineer, Crawford Notch"
  - "204. Fabyan House"
  - "307. Frankenstein Trestle and Train" (with 3 duplicates)
  - "309. Gates of the Crawford Notch" (with duplicate)
  - "310. Mt. Willard and Train" (with duplicate)
  - "682. The Great Trestle, Profile & Franconia Notch, R.R."
  - "804. Great Cut and Train"
  - "No. 117-P. & O. R.R.," N. W. Please, no date
  - "Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. (handwritten)," J. W. & J. S. Moulton, no date
  - "739. P. & O. R.R., White Mt'n North," Littleton View Co., no date
  - No label on a trestle [Frankenstein?], no date
  - "Train on the P & O R.R.," F. G. Weller, no date
  - "Base Mt. Willard (handwritten)," no date
  - View of the cut and Pemigewasset House with no label, no date
  - 6 more photographs of stereographs, no dates
- Reading R.R. (3 Items)
- Southern Pacific R.R. (7 Items) - See also Central Pacific R.R., Pacific R.R. and Union Pacific R.R.
- Union Pacific R.R. (47 Items) - See also Central Pacific R.R., Pacific R.R. and Southern Pacific R.R.
- Miscellaneous & Unidentified R.R. (26 items)

William M. McFarlan Collection

Photographs. {#199m.74}
- General Store Company, 1948
- Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotives and Trains, 1937-1956

Harry W. Michaels Collection

System Road Charts, Long Island Railroad, 1918. {#199m.75}
Time Books, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1946-1969. {#199m.76}

Joseph E. Muckley Donation

Northern Central Rail-Way Company (Pennsylvania and Maryland) Stock Certificate Book, 1854-1865 (1 volume) {#199m.77}
Pennsylvania Canal Company Stock Certificate Book, 1867-1871. (1 volume) {#199m.78}
Pennsylvania Railroad Scrapbook of Assistant General Passenger Agent, Cleveland, Ohio, 1930, 1931. (1 volume) {#199m.79}
Pennsylvania Railroad Scrapbook of Freight Agent with Loose Receipts and a Bill, Manor Station, 1859-1866, 1875, 1900. (1 volume) {#199m.80}
Pennsylvania Railroad System Maps, 1840-1927. {#199m.81}

Elwin Mumford Collection

Photograph Albums. (2 boxes) {#199m.82}

Robert E. Phillips Collection

Miscellaneous Album, 1946, 1962-1968. (3 boxes){#199m.83}
- Photographs Pictures, Maps, and Old Locomotive Rosters of the Reading Company. (4 folders) {#199m.84}
- Maps and Timetables.
- Reading Company Motive Power.
Reading Company Data Sheets and Prints. (6 folders) {#199m.85}
Reading Company Information - Correspondence with the Reading and Howell North Books and other Publishers on the Manuscript. (3 folders){#199m.86}
- Correspondence, 1964-1966.
- Correspondence and Reference Materials.
- Correspondence on the Reading Company Manuscript, 1962-1968.
Research Materials used on Manuscript Pertaining to Camelbacks. (8 folders) {#199m.87}
- Camelbacks.
- Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western.
- Erie Railroad.
- Lehigh Valley.
- Prints and Negatives.
- Railroad Magazines.
- Reference Materials.

Reading Railroad Company Collection

Mechanical Engineering Drawings. (53 boxes) {#199m.88} [Holdings] [Track Plan Index] [Mechanical Drawing Index]

Crusader Equipment.
Rolling Stock.
Steam Locomotive: Classes A - G, I - P, T1 and Engine #110 and Proposed 4-4-2.
Steam Locomotive: Miscellaneous Parts and Appliances.
Tenders.
Water Columns.

Charles B. Schlegel Collection

Clippings, [ca. 1956-1957]. (1 folder) {#199m.89}
Curatorial Records, 1922-1976. (1 folder) {#199m.90}
- Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1926.
- Conrail General Order Number R-5, 1976.
- Interstate Commerce Commission Finance Docket, 1965.
- Jersey Central Lines, 1922, 1946, 1951, 1962,
- Science of Locomotive Management, George H. Baker, 1925.
Manuscript - Correspondence, 1937-1966. (1 folder) {#199m.91}
Manuscript - Historical, [ca. 1874-1929]. (1 folder) {#199m.92}
Photographs - Wreck at Laurel Run, 1965. (1 folder) {#199m.93}

Paul Seel Collection

Photograph: Electric Traction Trolley Number 5702 C.R.C. {#199m.94}
Budd Company Car Diagrams. {#199m.95}
Track Charts. {#199m.96}
- Eastern Region - Pennsylvania Railroad
- Central Region - Pennsylvania Railroad
- Western Regoin - Pennsylvania Railroad
- Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Line
- Pennsylvania Railroad - Industrial Tracks

James H. Stevenson Collection

Brochure: The California Zephyr. {#199m.97}
Correspondence - Stevenson to George Hart, 1974. (1 folder) {#199m.98}
Maps. (2 folders) {#199m.99}
- Penn Central Transportation Company - Operations Maps of Divisions and Districts, 1974.
- Pennsylvania Railroad Division Maps, 1964.
Interstate Commerce Commission Railroad Accident Investigation Report, number 3846, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Frazer, Pennsylvania, 1959. {#199m.100}
List of Pennsylvania Railway Post Offices. (1 folder) {#199m.101}
Penn Central Transportation Company Passenger Train Consists. (2 folders) {#199m.102}
- Boston-Washington.
- East - West, 1970.
- New York-Philadelphia, 1970.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Film Catalog, 1965. (1 folder) {#199m.103}
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Hiring Manual, 1956. (1 folder) {#199m.104}
Pennsylvania Railroad Management Organization, 1955 {#199m.105}
Pennsylvania Railroad Miscellaneous Train Schedules, Train Consists, etc., 1956-1959. (1 folder) {#199m.106}
Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Train Consists, 1953-1967. (13 folders) {#199m.107}
- Army-Navy Game, 1956.
- East-West, 1958, 1959, 1967.
- New York-Philadelphia, 1959.
- New York-Washington, 1958.
- Presidential Inaugurations, 1953, 1961.
- Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, 1958.
- Through Train Service via Washington, 1958.
Pennsylvania Railroad Train Schedules, 1956, 1957. (1 folder) {#199m.108}
Railroad Man's Magazine (fragment). {#199m.109}
Report to Crawford County Citizens on the Record of the Republican Party, 1940 - 1950. {#199m.110}
Tracings Blueprints - Baltimore Union Station, 1910. (1 folder) {#199m.111}
Track Charts - Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1915, 1941-1960. (1 box, 1 folder) {#199m.112}
- Bank to Clayton - Track and Signal Layout, 1955.
- Caton & Loudon Railway.
- Chesapeake Region - Delmarva District - Wilmington to Delmar Main Line, 1958.
- Chesapeake Region Detour Chart, 1958.
- Chesapeake Region - Maryland District - Baltimore, Maryland, 1957.
- Chesapeake Region - Maryland District Main Line Signal Layout, 1946, 1960.
- Chesapeake Region - Maryland District - Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad - Chester Vicinity, 1959.
- Chesapeake Region - Maryland District - Popes Creek Branch, 1960.
- Chesapeake Region - York to Cly - Track and Signal Layout, 1956.
- Chester and Philadelphia Branch.
- Chester Creek Branch.
- Columbia to Perryville.
- Columbia and Port Deposit Branch, 1954.
- Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, 1956.
- Delaware Branch - Maryland Division Main Line - Delmarva Division - Tasker to Clayton - Track and Signal Layout.
- Delmarva Branch - Bank to Cape Charles.
- Eastern Region - Maryland Division - Baltimore, Maryland, 1952.
- Eastern Region - Maryland Division - Interlockings.
- Eastern Region - Northern Central Railway - Maryland Division.
- Eastern Region - Maryland Division - Popes Creek Branch, 1954.
- Explanation of Pennsylvania Railroad Absolute Permissive Block System-SK-BR-845, 1954.
- Local Arranged Freight Train Service - Maryland District, 1957.
- Map of Maryland Division, 1945.
- Maryland District.
- Maryland Division - Main Line Signal Layout.
- Maryland Division - Union Railroad and Sparrow Points Branch, 1952.
- Maryland Division - Washington, D.C. to Ragan, Delaware, 1941.
- Maryland Division - York Branch and York, and Hanover, and Frederick Railway, 1952-1954.
- New Castle Cut-Off.
- New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad - Station Map Tracks and Structures, Cape Charles, Virginia, 1915.
- Northern Central Branch - Parkton, Maryland to York, Pennsylvania, 1954.
- Northern Central Railway, 1957.
- Octorora Branch.
- Pomeroy Branch.
- Rosslyn Connecting Railroad.
- Sparrows Point Spur, 1954.
- Washington Terminal Company Washington, D.C. Interlocking, 1950.
- York Branch and Penndel Company.
Train Orders, 1957. {#199m.113}

Michael J. Winey Collection

Miscellaneous: Schuykill Canal Navigation Company Records. {#199m.114}

Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Records

Freight Tariffs and Miscellaneous: Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Records. {#199m.115} [Description] [Holdings]

Thomas T. Taber Collection

Four Track Diagram Tracings Drawn By T.T. Taber - Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad - Utica Branch, Richfield Springs Branch and Unadilla Valley Railroad, circa 1925, Oversized Charts/Drawings: Passengers and Freight Hauled by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 1899-1960; Diazos: Map of Proposed Route of DL&W Through New Jersey, 1906; Northern New Jersey Railroad Map, c.1900; Profile map of DL&W System Hoboken-Buffalo, November 1920. (2 folders). {#199m.116}

General Collections

Audio-Visual Collections

Unprocessed 35mm Film Negative, Black and White, 250’ showing Central Railroad of New Jersey Ashley Planes, circa 1940s. (1 roll) {#199m.125} [Holdings]
Photographs and Negatives, 1872-1970. (6 boxes, 1 folder) {#199m.117} [Holdings]

Architectural Maps and Drawings

(1) Map and Profile, "Map Showing the Route of the North Pennsylvania Rail Road, From Philadelphia to Bethlehem, With Branches to Doylestown and Freemansburg, and Its Connections with the Lehigh Valley Rail Road," January 1857. (1 item) {#199m.118} [Holdings]

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