Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Collection Description
Historical Background
Descriptive Summary
Title: James Fay Bailey Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1950-1965
Collection number: MS 15
Creator:
Bailey, James Fay
Extent: 1 document box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library
Sacramento, California 95814
Shelf location: Big Four Building or off-site storage. Please contact
the Library in advance of your visit.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Frances E. Bailey, 1986
Publication Rights
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 Senior
Curator. 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Fay Bailey Collection, MS 15, California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento, California.
Collection Description
Letters, reports, orders, passes, and clippings relating to James Fay Bailey's career as a service inspector for the Pullman
Company. The collection includes Mr. Bailey's accounts and other documents regarding the rescue of passengers from the stranded
City of San Francisco passenger train during the winter of 1952, and passenger service following the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake.
Historical Background
James Fay Bailey was born November 12, 1916 in Dallas, Texas, and died October 5, 1976, in Walnut Creek, California. He worked
as a service inspector for the Pullman Company.