Guide to the Arizona and New Mexico Railway Collection MS 108
Library & Archives Staff
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
2024
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Arizona and New Mexico Railway Records
Identifier/Call Number: MS 108
Physical Description:
16 Volumes
16 volumes
Date (inclusive): 1881-1935
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center: I2.211.Q7-Q8
Abstract: The Arizona and New Mexico Railway Collection contains sixteen bound volumes of both equipment and financial records of the
company from 1881 to 1935. One volume belongs to the equipment series, while the remaining fifteen belong to the financial
records series. The equipment series contains a memorandum of depreciation of equipment from 1919 to 1924 that is arranged
by type of equipment. The financial series contains cash books, balance sheets and general ledgers, accounts receivable, and
agents' remittances.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.
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 be obtained by the reader.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
There were two Arizona & New Mexico railways. The first was incorporated in 1883. It was a consolidation of: The Clifton
& Southern Pacific Railway, with 41 miles between Clifton and the Arizona-New Mexico border and The Clifton & Lordsburg Railway,
with 29 miles of line between the Arizona-New Mexico border and Lordsburg. The second Arizona & New Mexico Railway was incorporated
on June 30, 1911 as a consolidation of : The Arizona & New Mexico Railway of 1883, with 70 miles between Clifton, Arizona
and Lordsburg, New Mexico, and the Lordsburg & Hachita Railroad, with 38.9 miles between Lordsburg and Hachita. It was sold
to the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Company on January 1, 1922.
¶ The Arizona and New Mexico Railway Collection contains sixteen bound volumes of both equipment and financial records of
the company from 1881 to 1935. One volume belongs to the equipment series, while the remaining fifteen belong to the financial
records series. ¶
¶ The single volume in the equipment series is a memorandum of depreciation of equipment from 1919 to 1924 that is arranged
by type of equipment. The equipment covered in this series is specifically locomotives, work cars (outfit, derrick, ballast,
tank, steam shovel, business, flat, and ballast spreaders), freight cars (ballast, caboose, flat, stock, box, tar (tank),
gondola, oil tank), and passenger cars (baggage and mail, coach, observation, gasoline motor car). ¶
¶ The volumes in the financial series are arranged alphabetically by materials and contains accounts recievable, agents' remittances,
balance sheets of general ledgers, bank balances regular and wage accounts, bills rendered and recievable, bonds, cash books
and disbursements, transfer books, and voucher records. ¶
[Identification of item], Arizona and New Mexico Railway Collection, MS 108, California State Railroad Museum Libary & Archives,
Sacramento, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley and the Southern Pacific Company
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads--United States--History
Southern Pacific Railroad