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A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

Our mission is to promote, honor and celebrate the legacy of A. Philip Randolph, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and contributions made by African-Americans to America's labor movement; with a significant focus on the African American Railroad Employee.

A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

Celebrating this leader in the African American labor movement and the African American Railroad Attendant.

Archives of Appalachia

East Tennessee State University.

BC Rail Ltd. Historical Archives

Formerly the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, British Columbia, Canada.

Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society - Online Archives Updated

Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives

Not the official archives of the B & M, but the primary focus of the collection is documentary material pertaining to the B&M RR and its corporate predecessors, the collection includes materials pertaining to the history of other New England railroads and electric railroads (trolley lines). The collection is comprised of paper items and photographs. Some of the photos and documents in the collection date back to the mid 1800's, though most of the collection is 20th Century.

Business Records as a Resource

The Greater Manchester County Record Office holds the Manchester Ship Canal Co., the Manchester & Salford Savings Bank, and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Works at Horwich.

California State Railroad Museum - Library & Collections

Holds records for: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Western Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific, Southern Pacific Railroads.

Center for Railroad Photography and Art

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - Transcontinental Railroad

Photographs, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad.

Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records

Harrisonburg, Virginia.

DeGolyer Library

Dallas, Texas. From Southern Methodist University. Includes the Baldwin Locomotive collection, the Muskogee collection, and more.

Erie Lackawanna Railroad Inventory

University of Akron Archival Services.

Guide to the Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen Records, 1883-1973

From the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Guide to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Archives

University of Connecticut, Archives & Special Collections.

Illinois Rail Museum

Union, Illinois.

James J. Hill Reference Library

James J. Hill was one of the founders of the Great Northern Railroad. This library holds his personal papers and corporate records. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Louisville and Nashville Company Records

From the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections. Chartered in 1850, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a major contributor to the development of the southeastern United States. The growth of the steel industry and the development of the eastern Kentucky coal fields were in fact dependent upon the services and financial support of the railroads, including the L&N.

Manuscript Sources for Railroad History Research at the Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech

Milwaukee Public Library

Home of the archives for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as The Milwaukee Road.