The Harold Stirton Photography collection contains photographs of locomotives and trains in North America. This collection contains photographs that were collected by Stirton, but also by other railroad photographers.

Harold James Stirton was born between 1928 and 1930 in the city of Chicago, Illinois. He was born to parents Thomas Stirton, and Dorothy Stirton. By 1947, Harold Stirton began working for the Chicago and North Western Railroad, both as a clerk and a trucker. He was an active fan of railroad photography, as he both collected and took photographs of locomotives across the United States, as well as participated in railfan groups of various focuses, such as the Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society, and the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society.

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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Collection is open for research by appointment.