Duke (Donald) Collection of Railroad and Electric Railway Photographs and Ephemera

Box 66, Folder 5

San Luis Central Railroad.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 6

San Luis Valley Southern Railway.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 7

Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 34 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 8

Seaboard Air Line Railway Company.

Physical Description: 26 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 9

Shenandoah Central Railroad.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 10

Sierra Railroad.

Physical Description: 42 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 11

Smoky Mountain Railroad.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 12

South Georgia Railroad.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 66, Folder 13

South Pacific Coast Railroad.

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes card photograph of rail cars on bridge over San Lorenzo River, California (approximately 1875 - 1887). Photographer: E. B. Andrews (Santa Cruz, Ca.).

Box 67

Southern Pacific Railroad Company - Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Company

Box 67, Folder 1

Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Narrow gauge lines.

Physical Description: 92 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Majority of views in Owens Valley, Ca. See also photograph files of: San Bernardino and Redlands Railway; South Pacific Coast Railroad; Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company (Southern Pacific subsidiaries).

Box 67, Folder 2

Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 31 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes four views of construction of a trestle on the Ogden-Lucin cutoff, Utah (1902-1904). Also: San Bernardino station for Southern Pacific and "Salt Lake Route" [The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad] (approximately 1900); Long Beach, Ca. train station (1890); 20 views of various trains in California (1973).

Box 67, Folder 3

Southwest Lumber Mills Railroad.

Physical Description: 32 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 4

St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 5

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company.

Physical Description: 18 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Also called "Frisco Lines."

Box 67, Folder 6

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 7

Strasburg Rail Road.

Physical Description: 19 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 8

Sumpter Valley Railway.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 9

Sumter and Choctaw Railroad.

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 10

Suncook Valley Railroad.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 11

Sylvania Central Railway Company.

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 12

Talbotton Railroad.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 13

Tennessee Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 14

Texas and Pacific Railway.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 15

Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad.

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

Box 67, Folder 16

Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Box 68

Tremont and Gulf Railway Company - Union Pacific Railroad Company. Steam locomotives and trains

Box 68, Folder 1

Tremont and Gulf Railway Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 2

Trona Railway.

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 3

Tuskegee Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 4

Twin Seam Mining Company Railroad.

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 5

Uintah Railway.

Physical Description: 51 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 6

Ulster and Delaware Railroad.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 7

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Steam locomotives and trains.

Physical Description: 75 Photographic Prints

Box 68, Folder 8

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Steam locomotives and trains.

Physical Description: 68 Photographic Prints

Box 69

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Diesel and other non-steam - Virginian Railway

Box 69, Folder 1

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Diesel and other non-steam.

Physical Description: 83 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 2

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Rolling stock (passenger and freight cars); railroad workers.

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 3

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Interiors, dining and bar cars; passenger publicity photos.

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 4

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Early trains and locomotives.

Physical Description: 62 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes train at San Diego (1910); train at waterfront, San Pedro (late 19th c.); cabinet card landscape view of train passing a ranch by photographer M. M. Hazeltine. Also includes some Central Pacific Railroad trains (copy prints).

Box 69, Folder 5

United States Potash Company Railroad.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 6

Ventura County Railroad.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 7

Vermont Railway.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 8

Verde Tunnel and Smelter Railroad.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes United Verde Copper Company smelter in Jerome, Arizona (late 19th c.) (train is not visible). Three other views of an unidentified mining operation in Salt Lake City.

Box 69, Folder 9

Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad.

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 10

Virginia and Truckee Railroad.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 11

Virginia Blue Ridge Railway.

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 69, Folder 12

Virginian Railway.

Physical Description: 29 Photographic Prints

Box 70

Wabash Railway Company - Yreka Western Railroad; Photograph album

Box 70, Folder 1

Wabash Railway Company.

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 2

Wadley Southern Railway Company.

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 3

Warren and Saline River Railroad.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 4

West Side Lumber Company Railroad.

Physical Description: 24 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 5

Western Maryland Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 6

Western Pacific Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 37 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 7

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Railroad.

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 8

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 9

White Pass and Yukon Route [Canada and U.S.].

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 10

White River Lumber Company Railroad.

Physical Description: 39 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 11

Willis Shortline Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 12

Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 13

Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 14

Yosemite Valley Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 15

Yreka Western Railroad.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 70, Folder 16

Photograph album of trains across United States, 1939-1947.

Physical Description: 122 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

A personal photograph album of 122 photographs on 85 pgs. (disbound), by an unidentified compiler/photographer. Contains snapshots of a variety of trains, locomotives and a few people, with handwritten captions identifying railroad name, location and date.

B. Photographs: Electric railways (interurban, streetcar and light rail), United States and Canada

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by railroad name except for city and state-operated systems, which are listed by city or state.

Arrangement

The majority of images in this subseries are interurban passenger motor cars and streetcars, with a small number of light rail trains.

Box 71

Alabama Power Company - Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad

Box 71, Folder 1

Alabama Power Company.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 2

Androscoggin and Kennebec Rail-Road Company.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 3

Atlantic City and Shore Railroad.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 4

Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway.

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 5

Baltimore Transit Company.

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 6

Bamberger Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 7

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit).

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Views of test trains, stations and passengers riding first trains (1972). Also color snapshots of trains (1999).

Box 71, Folder 8

Birmingham Electric Company.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 9

Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 10

[Boston, Massachusetts]. Streetcars and rapid transit.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad's electrified line (1939, 1940); Boston Elevated Railway (1939, 1940); and Metropolitan Transit Authority rail lines (1952-1977).

Box 71, Folder 11

British Columbia Electric Railway Company [Canada].

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 12

Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 13

Butte, Anaconda, and Pacific Railway Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 14

California Street Cable Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

See also "San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)" (Box 80, folder 8) for cable cars.

Box 71, Folder 15

Capital Transit Company.

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Later called D.C. Transit.

Box 71, Folder 16

Cass Scenic Railroad.

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 17

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company.

Physical Description: 19 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 18

Central California Traction Company.

Physical Description: 18 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 19

Charles City Western Railway Company.

Physical Description: 12 Photographic Prints

Box 71, Folder 20

Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad.

Physical Description: 26 Photographic Prints

Box 72

Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad - Conestoga Transportation Company

Box 72, Folder 1

Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad.

Physical Description: 104 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Also called "North Shore Line."

Box 72, Folder 2

Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad.

Physical Description: 53 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Also called "South Shore Line."

Box 72, Folder 3

[Chicago, Illinois]. Streetcars and rapid transit.

Physical Description: 22 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes Chicago Surface Lines and Chicago Transit Authority.

Box 72, Folder 4

Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 45 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 5

Cincinnati, Newport and Covington Railway.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 6

City Lines of West Virginia.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 7

Cleveland Southwestern Railway and Light Company.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 8

Cleveland Transit System.

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 9

Cleveland Union Terminals Company.

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 10

Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway.

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 72, Folder 11

Conestoga Transportation Company.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 73

Connecticut Company - Fresno Traction Company

Box 73, Folder 1

Connecticut Company.

Physical Description: 61 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 2

Dallas Railway and Terminal Company.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 3

[Denver, Colorado]. Streetcars and rapid transit.

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 4

Des Moines and Central Iowa Railroad Company / Des Moines Railway.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 5

East Bay Transit Company [California].

Physical Description: 15 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 6

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 7

El Paso City Lines.

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Operated by National City Lines.

Box 73, Folder 7

El Paso Electric Company.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 8

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company (Electric).

Physical Description: 24 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Multiple-unit motor cars ("MU's").

Box 73, Folder 9

Eureka Municipal Railway.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 10

Fort Collins Municipal Railway.

Physical Description: 55 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 11

Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway.

Physical Description: 29 Photographic Prints

Box 73, Folder 12

Fresno Traction Company.

Physical Description: 53 Photographic Prints

Box 74

Gary Railways - Interstate Public Service Company [Indiana]

Box 74, Folder 1

Gary Railways.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 2

Georgia Power Company.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 3

Grand River Railway [Canada].

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 4

Hagerstown and Frederick Railway.

Physical Description: 48 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 5

Harrisburg Railways Company.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 6

Hershey Transit Company.

Physical Description: 23 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 7

Holyoke Street Railway Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 8

[Honolulu, Hawaii]. Streetcars.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

One view of streetcar in city (1900s).

Box 74, Folder 9

[Idaho]. Various interurbans and streetcars.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 10

Illinois Central Electric Railway.

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 11

Illinois Power Company.

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 12

Illinois Terminal Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 47 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 12

Illinois Traction Company System.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Exterior view of parlor car (1925).

Box 74, Folder 13

Indiana Railroad.

Physical Description: 49 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 14

Indiana Service Corporation.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 15

International Railway Company [Buffalo, New York].

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 74, Folder 16

Interstate Public Service Company [Indiana].

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

Box 75

Interurban Electric Railway - Lehigh Valley Transit Company

Box 75, Folder 1

Interurban Electric Railway [East Bay, California]. Alameda line.

Physical Description: 39 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

(Operated by Southern Pacific.) Includes West Alameda shops; Pacific Junction Tower; Willow station; Alameda station.

Box 75, Folder 2

Interurban Electric Railway. Berkeley line.

Physical Description: 24 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 3

Interurban Electric Railway. Oakland, San Francisco, and others.

Physical Description: 41 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes Fruitvale station, Melrose station, Oakland and Bay Bridge terminals.

Box 75, Folder 4

Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad.

Physical Description: 16 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 5

Johnstown Traction Company.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 6

Key System Transit Lines [San Francisco Bay Area].

Physical Description: 69 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 7

Key System Transit Lines.

Physical Description: 64 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 8

Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad.

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 9

Lake Erie and Northern Railway.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 10

Lake Shore Electric Railway Company.

Physical Description: 25 Photographic Prints

Box 75, Folder 11

Lehigh Valley Transit Company.

Physical Description: 29 Photographic Prints

Box 76

London and Port Stanley Railway Company [Canada] - Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division

Box 76, Folder 1

London and Port Stanley Railway Company [Canada].

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 2

Long Island Rail Road.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 3

Los Angeles Railway.

Physical Description: 31 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 4

Market Street Railway [San Francisco].

Physical Description: 30 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 5

Milwaukee Electric Lines.

Physical Description: 38 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 6

Missouri Pacific Lines.

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 7

[Montreal, Canada]. Streetcars.

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes passengers on Montreal Tramways open-air observation trolley (1949).

Box 76, Folder 8

New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

Physical Description: 16 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 9

New York and Queens Transit Corporation.

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 10

[New York, New York]. Various interurbans and streetcars.

Physical Description: 32 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 11

Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 12

Oklahoma Railway.

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 13

Pacific Coast Steamship Company (train).

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 76, Folder 14

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division.

Physical Description: 32 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Alhambra; San Gabriel; Temple City. Some stations.

Box 76, Folder 15

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division.

Physical Description: 31 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Monrovia; Glendora; San Marino. Some stations.

Box 76, Folder 16

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division.

Physical Description: 25 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Mount Lowe (line to); Sierra Madre; Sierra Vista. Some stations.

Box 77

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division (continued) - Pacific Electric Railway Company. Southern Division

Box 77, Folder 1

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division.

Physical Description: 50 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Pasadena; South Pasadena; Oak Knoll; Altadena. Views of El Molino station.

Box 77, Folder 2

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division.

Physical Description: 98 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

San Bernardino; Pomona; El Monte; Baldwin Park; San Dimas; Upland.

Box 77, Folder 3

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Northern Division.

Physical Description: 67 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

San Bernardino; Riverside; Colton; Redlands; Santa Ana River bridge.

Box 77, Folder 4

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Southern Division.

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Catalina Island Special; Dominguez Junction.

Box 77, Folder 5

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Southern Division.

Physical Description: 29 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

El Segundo; Gardena; Torrance; Watts; Slauson Junction.

Box 77, Folder 6

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Southern Division.

Physical Description: 71 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Long Beach; San Pedro; West Basin; Redondo Beach; Compton.

Box 78

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Southern Division (continued) - Pacific Electric Railway Company. Misc.

Box 78, Folder 1

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Southern Division.

Physical Description: 45 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Balboa; Huntington Beach; Newport Beach; Santa Ana; Fullerton; Whittier.

Box 78, Folder 2

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Western Division.

Physical Description: 57 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Redondo Beach; Glendale; Burbank; Van Nuys; other San Fernando Valley

Box 78, Folder 3

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Western Division.

Physical Description: 16 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Hill Street tunnels and Subway Terminal Building (Downtown Los Angeles); Inglewood; Culver City Junction.

Box 78, Folder 4

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Western Division.

Physical Description: 30 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Hollywood (Franklin Avenue); West Hollywood shops.

Box 78, Folder 5

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Western Division.

Physical Description: 51 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

West Los Angeles; Venice; Santa Monica; Brentwood; "Air Line".

Box 78, Folder 6

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Los Angeles Terminal District.

Physical Description: 33 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Terminal at 6th and Main streets and streetcars downtown.

Box 78, Folder 7

Pacific Electric Railway Company. Misc.

Physical Description: 80 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Detail views of streetcars and interiors; workers; machinery. One group portrait of passengers on Old Mission Trolley trip (1912).

Box 79

Pacific Gas and Electric Company [Sacramento] - Portland Traction Company (Oregon)

Box 79, Folder 1

Pacific Gas and Electric Company [Sacramento].

Physical Description: 19 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 2

Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 21 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 3

Philadelphia and Western Railway.

Physical Description: 18 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 4

Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company.

Physical Description: 26 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 5

Philadelphia Transportation Company.

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 6

Phoenix Street Railway.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 7

Piedmont and Northern Railway Company.

Physical Description: 125 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 8

Pittsburg County Railway [Oklahoma].

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 9

Pittsburgh Railways Company [Pennsylvania].

Physical Description: 29 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes six color inkjet prints (1960-1985).

Box 79, Folder 10

Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) / Port Authority Trans Hudson Corporation (PATH), [New York and New Jersey].

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

Box 79, Folder 11

Portland Traction Company (Oregon).

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

Box 80

Public Service Corporation of New Jersey - Southern California Motor Road Company

Box 80, Folder 1

Public Service Corporation of New Jersey.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 2

Quebec Railway Light and Power [Canada].

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 3

Richmond Shipyard Railway [California].

Physical Description: 16 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Operated by Key System Transit Lines.

Box 80, Folder 4

Roanoke Railway and Electric Company.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 5

Sacramento Northern Railway Company.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 6

Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 7

San Diego Electric Railway.

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 8

San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI).

Physical Description: 101 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes cable cars. See also "California Street Cable Railroad" (Box 71, folder 14).

Box 80, Folder 9

San Jose Railways Company.

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 10

Sand Springs Railway [Oklahoma].

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 11

Santa Barbara and Suburban Railway.

Physical Description: 41 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Group of original snapshots in Santa Barbara (1913-1914) showing: train running near Santa Barbara Mission; work crew building rail extension to State Normal School; grading and filling tracks on State Street; building of trolley car barn; railway engineers in office. People identified in photographs: Edna Rich, president of State Normal School; J. C. Brackenridge, Chief Engineer.

Box 80, Folder 12

Savannah Electric and Power Company.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 13

Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 14

Shaker Heights Rapid Transit.

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Box 80, Folder 15

Southern California Motor Road Company.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 81

Southern Iowa Railway - York Railways Company

Box 81, Folder 1

Southern Iowa Railway.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 2

Springfield Terminal Railway [Vermont].

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 3

St. Louis Water Works Railway.

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 4

Stockton Electric Railroad.

Physical Description: 24 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 5

Texas Electric Railway.

Physical Description: 51 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 6

Third Avenue Transit System [New York City].

Physical Description: 31 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 7

Tidewater Southern Railway [California].

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 8

Toronto Transit Commission [Canada].

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes Government of Ontario Transit light rail train (1970).

Box 81, Folder 9

Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 10

Union Electric Railways [Kansas].

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 11

Union Traction Company of Indiana.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 12

Visalia Electric Railroad Company.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 13

Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad.

Physical Description: 43 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 14

[Washington D.C.] Metro.

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Two views of light rail system (1977).

Box 81, Folder 15

Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railroad.

Physical Description: 26 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 16

West Penn Railways Company.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 17

Youngstown and Suburban Railway.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Box 81, Folder 18

York Railways Company.

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

C. Photographs: Foreign railroads

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes some interurban railways, light rail trains and streetcars.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by country, with all railroads together in country folder.

Box 82

Bermuda - South Africa

Box 82, Folder 1

Bermuda.

Physical Description: 19 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 1

Bolivia.

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 2

Great Britain.

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 2

Haiti.

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Locomotive stopped at outdoor food market (1948).

Box 82, Folder 3

Ireland.

Physical Description: 25 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 3

Jamaica.

Physical Description: 35 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 4

Japan.

Physical Description: 48 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Group of black-and-white prints and 35mm color slides (1961-1962), with accompanying correspondence from photographer. Views of light rail trains, interurbans, passengers at stations.

Box 82, Folder 5

Mexico. Ferrocarril de Chihuahua al Pacifico (Chihuahua Pacific Railway).

Physical Description: 40 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Majority dated 1963.

Box 82, Folder 6

Mexico. Ferrocarril de Coahuila y Zacatecas (Coahuila and Zacatecas Railway).

Physical Description: 40 Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Majority dated 1960.

Box 82, Folder 7

Mexico. Others, various.

Physical Description: 25 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 8

New Zealand.

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 82, Folder 9

South Africa.

Physical Description: 37 Photographic Prints

Series 3. Negatives

Physical Description: 2,781 film negatives in 7 boxes, 4 x 5 inches and smaller; includes some 35mm color film.

Conditions Governing Access

The negatives have been placed in cold storage for preservation. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance.

Scope and Contents

This series contains film negatives, with most identified by railroad name, locomotive number, date and location, which were transcribed from the original negative sleeves. Photographers were mostly unidentified, but included Donald Duke and other amateur photographers.

Arrangement

Organized in three subseries:

Subseries A. Railroads, United States (Boxes 83-88)
Subseries B. Electric railways, Los Angeles and vicinity (Box 89)
Subseries C. Miscellaneous (Box 89)

A. Negatives: Railroads, United States

Scope and Contents

The majority of images in this subseries show single locomotives, with some views of trains in transit or at roundhouses, rail yards or stations. Almost all were made in the 1940s-1950s by Donald Duke and other amateur photographers (chiefly uncredited). There are some copy negatives (copies of other photographs) of early locomotives.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by railroad name, and then numerically by locomotive number.

Box 83

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (Items 1-375)

Scope and Contents

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway images in Boxes 83-84 are almost all in California, with a few views in other Western states.

Box 83, Item 1-333

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Steam locomotives no. 6-9057 (not inclusive). 1939-1950s

Box 83, Item 334-375

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Diesel locomotives no. 17-149 (not inclusive). Late 1940s-1950s

Box 84

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (Items 376-484) - Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Items 544-800)

Box 84, Item 376-453

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Diesel locomotives no. 157-8837 (not inclusive). Late 1940s-1950s

Box 84, Item 454-456

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Miscellaneous. Approximately 1947

Scope and Contents

Detail of switches on engine; water tower with Santa Fe logo, Williams, Arizona.

Box 84, Item 457-484

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Train stations. 1950s

Scope and Contents

Stations in Arizona (Clarkdale, Kingman, Seligman); California (Atwood, Bakersfield, Encinitas, Oceanside, Pasadena, Soledad, South Pasadena, Summit); New Mexico (Fort Sumner, Grants). Also four unidentified stations.

Box 84, Item 485-489

Central Pacific Railroad Company.

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of early locomotives.

Box 84, Item 490-491

El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company.

Scope and Contents

Locomotive no. 1 on display; copy negative of locomotive no. 405.

Box 84, Item 492-494

North Pacific Coast Railroad [California].

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of early locomotives no. 13, 18, 21.

Box 84, Item 495

Sacramento Valley Railroad.

Scope and Contents

Copy negative of early locomotive "L.L. Robinson."

Box 84, Item 496-524

San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company. 1947-1953

Box 84, Item 525-535

San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company / Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company.

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of early locomotives.

Box 84, Item 536-542

South Pacific Coast Railroad.

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of early locomotives no. 2, 6, 8, 15, 20, 21, 22.

Box 84, Item 543

St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad. 1948

Scope and Contents

Locomotive no. 569.

Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company negatives in Boxes 84-87 are original negatives made in the 1940s-early 1950s, with a few 1930s negatives and some copy negatives. The majority are identified by location, date and sometimes name of train. Many photographs of locomotives at Taylor Yard, Los Angeles.

Box 84, Item 544-800

Locomotives no. 1-1786 (not inclusive). Bulk 1940s-early 1950s

Box 85

Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Items 801-1137)

Box 85, Item 801-1137

Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Locomotives no. 1788-3128 (not inclusive). Bulk 1940s-early 1950s

Box 86

Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Items 1138-1542)

Box 86, Item 1138-1542

Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Locomotives no. 3201-4454 (not inclusive). Bulk 1940s-early 1950s

Scope and Contents

Includes trains at Modesto and Bakersfield stations, California (items 1495-1496).

Box 87

Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Items 1543-1751); Union Pacific Railroad Company (Items 1752-1914)

Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Box 87, Item 1543-1684

Locomotives no. 4455-9272 (not inclusive). Bulk 1940s-early 1950s

Scope and Contents

Includes train at Saugus, California station (item 1652).

Box 87, Item 1685-1714

Miscellaneous. Bulk 1940s-early 1950s

Scope and Contents

Rear views of trains in transit; equipment details; medical examination car; baggage car; motor cars; Southern Pacific billboard; El Centro, California railyard; Lamar Street roundhouse and Taylor Yard (Los Angeles).

Box 87, Item 1715-1740

Railroad accidents.

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of early 20th c. train wrecks. Some unidentified.

Box 87, Item 1741-1751

Train stations. Bulk 1940s-early 1950s

Scope and Contents

Stations in California (Gilroy, Indio, Northridge, Ravenna, Salinas).

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Scope and Contents

Almost all of the Union Pacific Railroad Company negatives in Boxes 87-88 are in California, Colorado and Wyoming. Arranged numerically by locomotive number, resulting in varying types of motive power sometimes intermingled. Includes turbine-powered engines built in the 1950s (examples: locomotive nos. 74, 75).

Box 87, Item 1752-1914

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Locomotives no. 1-2908 (not inclusive). bulk 1940s-mid 1950s

Scope and Contents

Notable views include:

Donald Duke in cab (Item 1757)
Kellogg Wardner station, Idaho (Item 1778.1)
East Los Angeles station (Items 1794, 1795, 1831)
San Bernardino station (Item 1825)
Union Pacific "Welcome to Los Angeles" billboard (Item 1836.3)
Railyard workers (Item 1841.5)
Colton Tower (Item 1852)
Lucerne station, Colorado (Item 1914)

Box 88

Union Pacific Railroad Company (Items 1915-2334)

Box 88, Item 1915-2278

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Locomotives no. 3114-9514 (not inclusive). Bulk 1940s-mid 1950s

Scope and Contents

Notable views include:

Sherman station, Wyoming (Items 2043, 2048)
Worker brush-washing huge locomotive (Item 2103)
Trains crossing Los Angeles River (Items 2113, 2114, 2191)

Box 88, Item 2279-2295

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Other engines, trains and motor cars. Bulk 1940s-mid 1950s

Scope and Contents

Includes "Aerotrain" streamliner passenger train built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. Also engines no. CD-06, M-10001 (streamliners); E-100 (electric); M-32, M-33, M-41 (gas-electric passenger motor cars).

Box 88, Item 2296-2303

Union Pacific Railroad Company. "City of Los Angeles" train. 1936-1971

Scope and Contents

Streamliner passenger train.

Box 88, Item 2304-2324

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Miscellaneous. Bulk 1940s-mid 1950s

Scope and Contents

Includes views in East Yard (City of Commerce, Los Angeles County); cattle cars; railroad workers; caboose views; unidentified railroad accidents.

Box 88, Item 2325-2334

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Train stations and employee club. 1941-1971

Scope and Contents

Views of train stations in California (East Los Angeles, Riverside, San Pedro) and Utah (Ogden, Tintic). Also exteriors of Union Pacific Employee Club (Yermo, California).

B. Negatives: Electric railways, Los Angeles and vicinity

Arrangement

Arranged by railway company, then numerically by streetcar or engine number.

Box 89

Electric railways, Los Angeles and vicinity

Box 89, Item 2335

Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway.

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of streetcar no. 210.

Box 89, Item 2336-2351

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. Approximately 1950s

Scope and Contents

Streetcars in transit.

Box 89, Item 2352-2356

Los Angeles Railway. Approximately 1941

Scope and Contents

Streetcars in transit.

Box 89, Item 2357-2413

Los Angeles Transit Lines. Approximately 1941-1954

Scope and Contents

Mostly streetcars in transit and in railyards. Some views in South Park Shops, (South Los Angeles). Also: People boarding and de-boarding streetcar (Items 2380-2382); streetcar in front of large "Los Angeles Transit Lines" sign at Broadway Yard, Los Angeles (Item 2389).

Box 89, Item 2414-2696

Pacific Electric Railway. Bulk 1945-1955

Scope and Contents

Mostly streetcars in transit throughout Los Angeles and adjacent communities (San Pedro, Long Beach, Venice and others). Some stations and railyards. Also: box motors and non-passenger vehicles (Items 2596-2696); Railway Post Office car (Item 1405); interior of streetcar (Item 2429); view of worker inside Dominguez Tower, Los Angeles (Item 2628).

C. Negatives: Miscellaneous

Box 89

Miscellaneous

Box 89, Item 2697-2708

Railroad accidents. Approximately 1906-1930s

Scope and Contents

Copy negatives of train wrecks, some with dates and locations.

Incline railways [cable]

Box 89, Item 2709

City of Industry funicular (California). 1996

Scope and Contents

17 negatives. Color, 35mm film negatives. See also corresponding prints (Box 41, folder 27).

Box 89, Item 2710

Court Flight, Los Angeles. Approximately 1930s

Scope and Contents

View of cable railway and surrounding buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Photographer: Bob Plunkett.

Box 89, Item 2711

Getty Center tram, Los Angeles. 1998

Scope and Contents

17 negatives. Color, 35mm film negatives. See also corresponding prints (Box 41, folder 29).

Box 89, Item 2712

Site of former Mount Washington railway and hotel, Los Angeles. 1994

Scope and Contents

27 negatives. Color, 35mm film negatives. See also corresponding prints (Box 41, folder 35).

Box 89, Item 2713

Ward Kimball and Golden Spike Centennial sign. 1969

Scope and Contents

11 negatives. Kimball painting and installing a reproduction of original sign that stood in Promontory, Utah, reading "10 Miles of Track, Laid in One Day, April 28th, 1869." See also print file on Kimball (Box 42, folder 14).