box 1, folder 1
Rail construction
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
30 5x5 color photographs, 4 sheets of negatives, 6 negative strips, depicting rail construction.
box 1, folder 2
Groundbreaking events
circa 1992, 2005
Scope and Contents
7 5x7 black and white photographs depicting Metrolink groundbreaking at Baldwin Park, 1 8x10 photographic print of negtives
strips and two negative strips depicting Richard Stanger, Executive Director of SCRRA, 5 8.5x11 photographic prints of negative
strips depicting Baldwin Park Metrolink groundbreaking event, 1 8x10 photographic print of negative strips and 5 negative
strips circa 1997. 2 4x5 negatives, 2 5x7 black and white photographs, 1 8x10 photographic print of negatives, 5 negative
strips, and 13 35mm color slides of first Metrolink train groundbreaking event. 1 4x6 color photo of unidentified speaker
at Buena Park Station Groundbreaking on December 14, 2005.
box 1, folder 3
Platforms
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
3 4x5 negatives, 11 5x7 black and white photos, and 25 35mm color slides of riders entering and exiting trains, riders walking
and waiting at various platforms, including Orange County, Santa Clarita, Burbank, and Union Station.
box 1, folder 4
Ticketing and ridership
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
1 4x5 negative and 6 5x7 black and white photos of riders purchasing tickets, 1 8x10 black and white photo of Metrolink employee
assisting a rider, 19 35mm color slides of riders and ticket machines at various stations.
box 1, folder 5
Publicity
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
10 5x7 black and white photos depicting train cars and riders, 1 8x10 photographic print of negatives of ArtCenter College
of Design student Gretchen Barnes, winner of the Commuter Rail design competition, with Richard Stanger, 1 8x10 photographic
print of negatives depicting ridership, 17 negative strips and 2 8.5x11 photographic print of negatives depicting riders,
1 8.5x11 photographic print of negatives and 7 negative strips depicting Metrolink event, 2 8.5x11 photographic prints of
negatives of Metrolink rail cars and LA Metro buses with four photos of former MTA Cheif Executive Officer Franklin E. White,
1 8x10 photographic print of color negatives and 5 color negatives strips of Metrolink event, 1 5x7 black and white portrait
of Metrolink SCRRA manager Ron Mathieu, 32 35mm color slide sof vehicles, riders, stations, and Metrolink logo.
box 1, folder 6
Union Station Grand Opening
26 October 2016
Scope and Contents
5 4x5 negatives, 3 5x7 black and white photos, 4 8x10 black and white photographic prints depicting former MTA CEO Franklin
E. White, former MTA Board Chair Richard Alatorre, Nick Patsaouras, Jackie Bacharach, and Richard Stanger, 1 8x9 color photographic
print of negatives, 10 negative strips, and 14 35mm color slides.
box 1, folder 7
Opening day events
circa 1990s, 14 June 1993
Scope and Contents
1 4x5 negative, 1 3.5x5 black and white photo, 9 5x7 black and white photos, 14 35mm color slides, 1 8x10 photographic print
of negatives, 1 9x11 color photographic print of negatives, and 9 negative strips depicting Orange County opening day with
Mickey Mouse and Baldwin Park opening day. 1 5x7 black and white photo, 1 8.5x11 photographic print of negatives, 6 negative
strips, and 16 35mm color slides of Riverside station opening day on 14 June 1993.
box 1, folder 8
Press events
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
11 5x7 black and white photos, 7 8x10 photographic prints of negatvies, 4 8.5x11 photographic prints of negatives, and 64
negative strips of press events, including Transit Store opening in Pomona at Indian Hills Mall, 2 April 1992, Simi Valley
press event, and a San Bernardino press event. 3 8.5x11 photographic prints and 14 negative strips of Southern California
Reigonal Rail Authority and Union Pacific Railroad inaugural run from Riverside to Union Station, 10 January 1992. People
depicted in photographs include Jacki Bacharach, Larry Walker, Art Schoener, Robert Presley, Jack Clarke, and Richard Alatorre.
box 1, folder 9
Emergency procedures
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
2 5x7 black and white photos of Senator Dianne Feinstein presenting a 3 million dollar check from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) on behalf of Bill Clinton, accompanies by Richard Stanger, and Richard Alatorre, 160February 1994. 2 5x7 black
and white photos of Metro employees at Lancaster station, 23 January 1994. 1 5x7 black and white photo of crowds exiting a
train on Santa Clarita line at the Metrolink Burbank station shortly after the Northridge earthquake. 2 5x7 black and white
photos and 1 8x10 black and white photographic print from an emergency drill.
box 1, folder 10
Station and rail maintenance
19 January 1994 - 7 February 1994
Scope and Contents
6 5x7 black and white photos of rail maintenance at Lancaster and Palmdale stations and 40 3.5x5 color photos of station and
rail maintenance along the Antelope Valley line, after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
box 2, folder 1
Commuter Rail Design Competition
1991
Scope and Contents
1 5x7 black and white photo of Commuter Rail Design Competition winner Gretchen Barnes, 3 8.5x11 black and white photographic
prints of negatives with corresponding negative strips depicting competitors from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena,
California and their train and logo designs.
box 2, folder 2
Vehicle renderings
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
1 2x2.5 single color negative, 3 4x5 single color negatives, 2 5x7 black and white photos of artistic renderings of trains,
1 8.5x11 black and white photographic print of negatives with corresponding negative strips, 3 35mm color slides.
box 2, folder 3
Vehicle, station, and rail
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
54 35mm color slides, 15 4x6 color photos, 10 8.5x11 color photos printed on paper, 1 8x10 color photo, used for rectangular
pin in Box 6, 5 4x6 color postcards, 1 4x6 color photo of train signs, 13 5x7 black and white photos, 1 4x5 black and white
photo, 10 4x5 negatives of locomotives, train cars, stations, and railroads.
box 2, folder 4
Station art
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
1 4x5 single negative, 2 5x7 black and white photos, 3 8x10 black and white photos of El Monte Metrolink Station, 24 8.5x11
color photos printed onto paper, 14 35mm color slides of various stations.
box 2, folder 5-6, box 3, folder 1-3
Reports and Manuals
1994-1997
box 2, folder 5
Station Design Manual, part 1
4 May 1993
Scope and Contents
Part 1 of Metrolink Station Design Manual issued by the SCRRA Engineering Department. Detailed criteria, design goals, and
guidelines for rail station and adjacent facilities.
box 2, folder 6
Station Design Manual, part 2
4 May 1993
Scope and Contents
Part 2 of Metrolink Station Design Manual issued by the SCRRA Engineering Department. Drawings of standard designs and some
optional elements.
box 3, folder 1
SCRRA Project Status Report
March 1994
Scope and Contents
1 copy of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Project Status Report. This document discusses pending and future
contracts regarding new stations, status reports on vehicles, and fares.
box 3, folder 2
SCRRA Emergency Contingency Plan
13 July 1994
Scope and Contents
2 copies of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Emergency Contingency Plan. Subtitle reads "In case of Work Stoppage
Action Against the MTA."
box 3, folder 3
RegioSprinter Demonstration Event
18 January 1997
Scope and Contents
2 copies of RegioSprinter Tour-USA LA County Demonstration Event, 18 January 1997. This document was distributed to guests
and elected officials for the first run of the Siemens RegioSprinter rail car and includes letters from Metropolitan Transportation
(MTA) chairman and board members, a fact sheet about the rail car, and information about each city along the route.
box 3, folder 4
Employee safety awareness video
circa 2000s
Scope and Contents
1 copy of CD-ROM containing 15 minute video about safety and emergency response, largely focused on Metrolink train derailment
near Glendale in 2005. Title reads, "Heart of Metrolink: Mission to Excellence" with slogan, "In a tragedy, there are no silos."
Introduced by John Fenton, CEO of Metrolink at the time, and includes commentary by Melvin Lawson, dispatcher, Fred Jackson,
Metrolink Systems Safety Officer, Jesus Ojedo, Manager of Security, and Edward Pederson, Manager of Metrolink Safety and Security
and Incident Commander at the time.
box 3, folder 5-8
Financial Records
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
Financial statements and budget reports in this series include Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Report
on Audited Financial Statements for the Years ended 30 June 1993 and 1992; SCRRA Preliminary Budget Fiscal Year 1994-95, 27
April 1994; SCRRA Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ended 30 June 1995; SCRRA Approved Budget Fiscal Year 1995-96, 8 September
1995.
box 3, folder 5
SCRRA Report on Audited Financial Statements
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
1 copy of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority's Report on Audited Financial Statements For The Years Ended 30
June 1993 and 1992.
box 3, folder 6
SCRRA Preliminary Budget Fiscal Year 1994-95
27 April 1994
Scope and Contents
1 copy of Southern California Redional Rail Authority Preliminary Budget Fiscal Year 1994-95, Proposed 27 April 1994.
box 3, folder 7
SCRRA Financial Report Fiscal Year Ended 30 June 1995
circa 1995
Scope and Contents
1 copy of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended
30 June 1995.
box 3, folder 8
SCRRA Approved Budget Fiscal Year 1995-96
circa 1995
Scope and Contents
1 copy of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority Approved Budget for Fiscal Year 1995/96, adopted 8 September 1995.
box 3, folder 9-13, box 4
Public Relations and Marketing
1991-2012
box 3, folder 9
Anniversary report
1993
Scope and Contents
2 copeis of first anniversary report, "A Year To Remember."
box 3, folder 10
Two-year anniversary report
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
1 copy of two-year anniversary report, "A Year That Won't be Forgotten."
box 3, folder 11
Fourth anniversary report
circa 1996
Scope and Contents
1 copy of 4th anniversary report, "Building on Success."
box 3, folder 12
Tenth anniversary report
circa 2002
Scope and Contents
3 copies of 10th anniversary report, "The Metrolink Story: How It All Began."
box 3, folder 13
Twentieth anniversary report
circa 2012
Scope and Contents
3 copies of 20th anniversary report, paper. 3 copies of complementary CD-ROM.
box 4, folder 1
RCTC 'On The Move'
1 November 1992
Scope and Contents
1 copy of 1 November 1992 issue of RCTC's "On the Move," from "The 1991-1992 Annual Report of the Riverside County Transportation
Commission," pages A-15 to A-18 of The Press-Enterprise, a Riversisde County newspaper
box 4, folder 2
Metrolink Connection
June 1992 - January 1993
Scope and Contents
1 copy of June 1992 issue, 2 copies of August 1992 issue, 2 copies of October 1992 issue, 2 copies of January 1993 issue.
Headlines cover unveiling of Metrolink cars, regional roghts-of-way agreement to expland Metrolink to San Bernardino, Orange
County, and Riverside, announcement of Metrolink opening and Red Line opening.
box 4, folder 3
OC Metrolink
March 1994
Scope and Contents
2 copies of March 1994 publication of OC Metrolink, insert from the Orange County Times newspaper.
box 4, folder 4
Miscellaneous publications
31 March 1994 - 7 August 1996
Scope and Contents
2 photocopied newspaper clippings regarding Cal State LA Metrolink station, 3 copies of Mid Valley News, Vol 31 No. 54 from
7 August 1996 with cover story on station art at El Monte Metrolink station.
box 4, folder 5
The Link
1995-1997
Scope and Contents
5 issues of The Link, "a magazine for commuters in the nineties," covering fitness, commuting in Los Angeles, leisure, and
Metrolink news and updates. 1 copy of May 1995 issue, 1 copy of Fall 1995 issue, 1 copy of Fall 1996 issue, 1 copy of Winter
1997 issue, 1 copy of Summer 1997 issue.
box 4, folder 6
Metrolink Matters
July 1998 - October 2004
Scope and Contents
1 copy of July/August 1998 issue, 1 copy of March 2004 issue, 1 copy of October 2004 issue.
box 4, folder 7
The Urban Transportation Monitor
21 December 2012
Scope and Contents
1 copy of 21 December 2012 issue.
Advertisements and brochures
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 8
Miscellaneous advertisements and brochures
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
1 RCTC brochure for Trainbuck$, 1 copy of Metrolink Express: Homes for sale, centered around suburban housing for commuters,
1 copy of an early 1990s LA County Fair ad, 1 sheet circa November 1993 with coupons for Train With a Friend program, for
increasing ridership, 4 photocopied sheets from Train Yourself ad campaign familiarizing LA County residents with Metrolink,
1 "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" coupon circa April 1994, 1 copy of a Metrolink mail pass brochure, 1 copy of an "Are You
the Type" pamphlet, 1 copy of a Ventura County "Ride Home Guaranteed" pamphlet, 1 color copy of Metrolink logo printed on
8.5x11 sheet, 1 copy of "Metrolink's Great 'a-TRACK-tions' bropchure, 1 copy of Ride Guide brochure circa 2007, 1 copy of
"Tier 4 Locomotive" brochure, emphasizing engine efficiency and clean emissions.
box 4, folder 9
Safety brochures and flyer
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
3 brochures and 1 flyer for "Don't Pick a Fight With a Heavyweight" track safety campaign, in English and Spanish
box 4, folder 10
Antelope Valley emergency transportation handbook
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
1 brochure with information on the Metrolink Antelope Valley Emergency Extension, added after the Northridge Earthquake in
1994.
Announcements and press releases
1992-2005
box 4, folder 11
Grand opening flyers
circa 1992 - 1994
Scope and Contents
1 copy of Union Station Grand Opening event on 26 October 1992, 1 copy of Fontana Metrolink Plaza Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
flyer for 30 November 1993, 3 copies of Grand Opening of Terry Schoonhoven mural at Cal State L.A. Station on 26 Octber 1994,
2 copies of Cal State L.A. Station Grand Opening on 26 October 1994.
box 4, folder 12
Station art announcements
circa 1994 - 1996
Scope and Contents
1 brochure for El Monte Metrolink Station Public Art Competition circa 1994, 3 flyers for the dedication fo "The Muralist"
by Terry Schoonhoven presented by the Cal State LA Metrolink Station Consortium circa 1995, 2 pamphlets for the dedication
of Victor Henderson's and Elizabeth Garrison's collaborative "Gay's Lion Farm" at the El Monte Metrolink Station circa 1996.
box 4, folder 13
Metrolink inaugural press release
13 September 1991
Scope and Contents
1 copy of press release announcing Southern California Regional Rail Authority formantion, "Metrolink" name selection and
logo, color specifications, and car design by Gretchen Barnes.
box 4, folder 14
Metrolink derailment press release
26 January 2005
Scope and Contents
1 copy of news release immediately following the train derailment along the Ventura County and Antelope Valley lines near
Glendale, California.
box 4, folder 15
Metrolink commuter update
27 January 2005
Scope and Contents
1 copy of news release with updates on train operation following the derailment near Glendale along the Antelope Valley and
Ventura County lines.
Informational material
1991-2002
box 4, folder 16
Safety information packet and pamphlets
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
1 copy of Metrolink Rail Safety Program Information Packet for Principals and Teachers, presented by the Southern California
Regional Rail Authority, 2 copies of "Operation Lifesaver" pamphlets with safety tips preventing highway-rail grade crossing
accidents.
box 4, folder 17
Fact sheets
1991-2002
Scope and Contents
1 copy of fact sheet created 15 April 1991, 1 copy of undated fact sheet, circa 1992, 1 copy of fact sheet created 6 May 1993,
3 copies of fact sheets dated 17 February 1994, 1 copy of Orane County Line fact sheet created 17 February 1994, 1 copy of
fact sheet created February 1997, 1 copy of fact sheet created March 1997, 1 copy of fact sheet created May 2002 prepared
by the Metrolink External Communications Unit.
Presentations
circa 1990s
box 4, folder 18
Presentation material
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
69 35mm color slides for presentations, including photographs and maps; 1 photograph of safety pamphlet front and back cover.
box 5
Maps and timetables
1992-2016
box 5, folder 1
Early brochure maps
circa 1992
Scope and Contents
3 copies of "Regional Rail Network" brochures; 3 copies of "Regional Commuter Rail Network" brochures. Contains information
on projected stations and folds out into a map of "Adopted Plan" for rail network.
box 5, folder 2
How 2 Ride Guide and map
circa 2012
Scope and Contents
1 copy of How2Ride Guide with large fold-out Southern California System Map.
box 5, folder 3
Paper maps
circa 1990 - 2002
Scope and Contents
1 copy of adopted plan from August 1991, 2 copies of fare zone map from September 1992, 2 copies of commuter train entwork
adopted plan from October 1992, 3 copies of commuter train network map from July 1993, 3 copies of site maps from 12 July
1994, 1 copy of commuter train system map effective August 1996, 2 copies of system maps circa 2002, 3 copies of Cal State
LA Metrolink Station Bus/Shuttle Connections maps circa 1994, 2 copies of system maps showing future statiosn, undated.
box 5, folder 4
Plastic maps
circa 1993 - 2003
Scope and Contents
2 plastic tote bags circa 1993, 2 plastic bags circa 2003, 1 plastic bag, undated.
box 5, folder 5
Timetables
1992-1998
Scope and Contents
2 copies of timetables circa 1992, 1 copy of timetable circa 1992, 2 copies of timetables circa April 1993, 2 copies of timetables
circa May 1993, 3 copies of timetables circa June 1993, 2 copies of timetables circa November 1993, 3 copies of timetables
circa February 1994, 1 copy of timetable circa March 1994, 1 copy of timetable circa April 1994, 1 copy of timetable circa
May 1994, 3 copies of timetables circa December 1994, 2 copies of timetables circa February 1995, 1 copy fo timetable circa
November 1996, 1 copy of timetable circa October 1998. Includes for the Santa Clarita San Bernardino, Ventura County, Riverside,
Orange County, and Inland Empire-Orange County Lines.
box 5, folder 6
Timetables
2000-2016
Scope and Contents
1 copy fo timetable circa May 2000, 1 copy of timetable circa April 2005, 1 copy of timetable circa July 2006, I copy of timetable
circa September 2006, 1 copy of timetable circa September 2007, 1 copy of timetable circa May 2008, 1 copy of timetable for
Ventura County Line circa May 2008, 1 copy of timetable circa October 2015, 1 copy of timetable circa April 2016, 1 copy of
timetable circa June 2016. Includes timetables for San Bernardino, Antelope valley, Ventura County, Orange County, Inland
Empire-Orange County, 91/Perris Valley, and Riverside Lines.
box 6, box 7, folder 4
Ephemera
undated
Scope and Contents
4 pencils, unsharpened with Metrolink logo and train; 1 keychain; 2 magnets with Metrolink logo and phone number; 2 coasters;
3 round opening day pinback buttons, "October 1992"; 3 rectangular train pinback buttons; 1 round Travis the Safety Owl Travel
Club pinback button, "Be Rail Wise!"; 1 metal pin circa 2000; 3 metal rail crossing pins, "Operation Lifesaver"; 3 10 year
anniverdary pins enclosed in paper booklet, "History in the Making"; 1 metal 12 year anniversary metal pin attached to card,
"Connecting Southern California"; 2 rubber erasers; 1 rectangular train picture used to make pinback buttons; 3 commemorative
passes for grand opening on 26 October 1992; 3 yellow Travis the Safety Owl bookmarks in English and Spanish;3 red railraod
crossing bookmarks in English and Spanish; 1 cardboard sheet with 4 tokens, "Safety Series Collectibles"; 1 commemorative
ticket for RegioSprinter Car; 1 platic card holder, "Ride & Relax." 1 foldable three-dimensional paper model of a Metrolink
train, 2 plastic Metrolink rulers in Box 7, Folder 5.
box 7, folder 1
Dayton Avenue Signal Tower historic plan
22 December 1931 - 1 May 1998
Scope and Contents
1 copy of letter addressed to Erica Goebel (Los Angeles County Transportation Commission) from Historical Consultant Gerald
G. Reynolds, dated 4 February 1992, attached to 4 photo negative strips and 1 photographic print of negative strips. 1 copy
of letter addressed to Greg Angelo (Real Estate), Duncan Robb (MTA Real Estate), Andrea Burnside (Area Team), and Dorothy
Gray (MTA Library) from Michael E. McGinley (Director of Engineering and Construction, SCRRA) concerning the historic plan
reference notes for Dayton Avenue signal tower. 1 copy of blueprint plans for Dayton Avenue signal tower circa 22 December
1931.
box 7, folder 2
Personnel
1997-2002
Scope and Contents
1 copy of Metrolink Board of Directors, printed from web browser on 19 August 2002. 1 copy of job announcement for Metrolink
Ambassador posted on 30 January 1997.
box 7, folder 3
Invitation to Metrolink signing agreement
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
1 copy of an invitation to the "signing agreement for the purchase of rights of way and operation rights for the Metrolink
commuter rail line to travel between Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles," for 10 January 1992.