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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Interstate Commerce Commission accident reports
creator:
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Identifier/Call Number: MS 869
Physical Description:
20 Linear Feet
(20 record cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1919-1979
Abstract: The Interstate Commerce Commission Accident Reports is an assembled collection of accident reports developed by the ICC pertaining
to accidents involving railroads that took place at a specific location on a specific date.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Future accruals are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items were acquired through multiple donations.
MS 869 is arranged in alphabetical order by railroad, then geographic location (by state, city), then by date.
History of the ICC Accident Reports
The International Commerce Commission Accident Reports are an assembled collection of accident reports developed by the ICC
pertaining to accidents involving railroads that took place at a specific location on a specific date. ICC Reports began in
1901 and were sparsely written with few details. Starting in May 6, 1910, accidents needed to document the location of the
accident any deaths that happened within 24 hours of the accident.
Most accidents prior to 1901 were reported in Railway Age and the Railway Gazette. During most of the 19th century, crashes
resulting in death became subject of inquiries by coroner's juries. Local jurisdictions might have these reports within their
collections.
[Identification of item], Interstate Commerce Commission Accident Reports, MS 869, California State Railroad Museum Library
& Archives, Sacramento, California.
In addition to the Interstate Commerce Commission Accident Reports, the following collections may contain some information
on various accidents.
CSRM Collections
MS 10 Southern Pacific Railroad Company Records
MS 31 Louis Lorenz Stein, Jr. Collection (Box 25, Medical Department, Accident/Injury reports)
MS 43 Western Pacific Railroad Company Records, Record Group 1, Office of the President
MS 49 Pacific Fruit Express Company Records
MS 54 Union Pacific Collection, (Series 6, Box 5)
MS 56 Northwestern Pacific Railroad Collection
MS 79 Central Pacific Railroad Collection, Record Group 6, Miscellaneous Documents, Forms and Correspondence
MS 115 Central California Traction Company Collection
MS 208 California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Industrial Safety, Accident Investigation Report
MS 190 California Fruit Exchange Documents
MS 298 Reno traction Company Correspondence
MS 307 San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railroad Accident Reports
MS 395 Joseph Allen Roberts Papers
MS 460 Paul Harrison Ramsey, Accident Report
MS 469 Annual Reports to Government Agencies: United States. Department of the Interior, Commissioner of Railroads (photocopies
of original reports in the collection of the National Archives, June 30, 1894-June 30, 1904)
MS 553 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Accident Reports
MS 605 Sierra Railway/ Sierra Railroad Records (Accident Reports 1935-1951)
MS 613 Ralph L. Barger Pullman Company Collection
MS 633 Carl Bradley Collection (Accident Reports 1973)
MS 634 Catellus Land Records of the Southern Pacific, Central Pacific, Its Predecessor and Subsidiary Companies
MS 868 California State Railroad Museum Subject Files (Accidents folder)
MS 834 Southern Pacific Business Cars and Relief Outfit scrapbooks Album 133 (photos and specifications for SP Relief equipment)
California State Railroad Museum Photograph Files ("Southern Pacific. Accidents"; "Western Pacific. Accidents"; and Accident
photos sorted by railroad / corporate name, geographic location, date)
Publications
Reed, Robert Carroll (1968). "Train wrecks: A Pictorial History of Accidents on the Main Line." Superior Publishing Co.
Shaw, R. B. (1961). "Down Brakes: A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices in the United
States of America." London: P.R. Macmillan.
RAILWAY AGE
RAILWAY GAZETTE
External Resources
https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx
Federal Railroad Administration: Office of Safety Analysis
National Archives: Railroad Accident Reports
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/accidentreports/pages/railroad.aspx
National Transportation Safety Board
The Interstate Commerce Commission Accident Reports is an assembled collection. Some reports are missing. Also, the ICC only
reported on a small number of accidents. Most railroad accidents were not the subject of an ICC inquiry.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads--Accidents
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission