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Statements of Car Purchases: Freight Cars, 1913-1930

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: IC:A 2

Scope and Contents note

From the Record Group:

Subject files and documents relating to records of purchasing and maintaining rail cars, and to buildings and bridges construction and repair. Statements of Car Purchases are price lists of different cars, in reverse chronological order. Sundry subject files include New Buildings in Lexington, Mississippi (correspondence about a new dept at Wilson's Crossing), Chicago Memorial Hospital Right of Way issues (building a retaining wall), and Bridge repair at Manchac, Louisiana. The Historical and Current Record of Passenger Cars is a card file of IC cars, filed numerically by Car number. Series 1100 and 1200 cars are Suburban Motor cars, built between 1926-1929; Series 1300 and 1400 cars are Suburban Trailer cars, built between 1921-1929. The back of each card has repair information about the car, which ends at 1970. Each card lists the general description and dimensions (interior and exterior), type of truck, type and brand of hardware (wheels, couplers, hand brake, etc.), lighting and electrical system, seating, plumbing, interior and ceiling finish color, and seating upholstery. Some cards in the series are lacking.

Dates

  • Creation: 1913-1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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