Railroad History Collection of America

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Object Details

Summary

The collection documents railroad ephemera, primarily relating to Amtrak and Conrail.

Content Description

The collection contains photographs, internal documents such as safety and procedures manuals, employee copies of schedules, a scrapbook of clippings and photographs, brochures, timetables, advertising, "consists" (i.e., listings of which types of cars were on each train and in what order), maintenance regulations, track charts, publications such as annual reports, maps, etc. The collection relates almost entirely to Amtrak and Conrail. A file on fellow railroad collector and enthusiast is also included.

sova.nmah.ac.1327

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8371b7aec-a157-458e-a150-804e11851fdb

Creator

Amtrak

ConRail

Former owner

Jiranek, Andrew

Mathis-Oster, Patricia

Perrin, Francis

Topic

Maps

Railroad companies

Railroad engineers

Railroads -- Trains

Railroads

Railroads -- 20th century

Railroads -- Employees

Railroads -- History

Technical manuals

Provenance

The collection had been the property of Railroad History Collection of America, Inc., which was liquidated after the death of the corporation's owner, Frank Perrin. The collection was donated to the Archives Center in 2014 by the heir, Patricia Mathis-Oster, through attorney Andrew Jiranek, Receiver.

Creator

Amtrak

ConRail

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Railroad History Collection of America

Extent

13 Cubic feet (47 boxes, 1 map folder)

Date

1867-2000

bulk 1970s

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1327

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Arrangement

Collection is arranged into seven series. Series 1: Directories, Instructions, Manuals and Rules, 1907-2000 Series 2: Publications, 1942-1992 Series 3: Timetables, 1967-2000 Series 4: Photographs, 1940-1994 Series 5: Train Consist Books, 1971-1983 Series 6: Maintenance Programs and Track Charts, 1947-1985 Series 7: Ephemera, 1867-1989

Processing Information

Collection processed by John Benko, intern; Isaac Meth, intern, Kendall McKinley, intern; and Alison Oswald, archivist, 2022.

Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Restrictions

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

NMAH.AC.1327

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8371b7aec-a157-458e-a150-804e11851fdb

NMAH.AC.1327

ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1583168405676-1583168405681-0

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