Railroads -- United States -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company records
Collection
Identifier: CB&Q-Main
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, maps, blueprints, financial documents, advertising materials, photographs, and other items documenting the history of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), which existed from 1855 to 1970.
Dates:
1820-1999
Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives
Collection
Identifier: IC
Abstract
The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes, reports and legal documents, financial records, stock information, historical material, maps, blueprints, and...
Dates:
1831-1984; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1970
Pullman News Indexes and Article Transcripts
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pullman News
Abstract
Three volumes containing typewritten indexes to articles in the Pullman News, the Pullman Company’s employee magazine, together with article transcripts, 1922-1947. Also index to conductors and porters who were mainly listed in the Pullman News monthly honor roll, 1922-1924.
Dates:
1922-1947