Railroads » Records: Administrative, Employment and Pensions

Ancestry.com - California, U.S., Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950 $ New!

Original source: California Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950. 579 volumes. California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento, California. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Kansas, U.S., Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Prior Service Records, 1859-1935 $ New!

Original source: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Records. Topeka Kansas: Kansas State Historical Society. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 $ New!

Original source: Chicago and North Western Railroad Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel Files, 1890-1963 $ New!

Original source: Personnel Files, circa 1909–1960s. Personnel Dept. records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987 $ New!

Original source: Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934-1987. Record Group 184. The National Archives at Atlanta, Morrow, Georgia. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956 $ New!

Original source: Railway Employment Records. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com Wiki - Employee Records - Railroad Employees

Angelina and Neches River Railroad Company Records New!

Collection held at the Stephen F. Austin State University.

Boston & Maine Railroad Employee Rosters

Lists of B&M employees dated 1908, 1911, 1914, 1917 with more promised. Gives branch in which person was employed, date of service and promotion if any.

Family Tree Connection - Railroad Records

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

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

Locating Railroad Employee Records for Genealogy | American Railways (1826-1900's)

An extensive list of railroad employee record repositories, which include records acquired by Genealogy Today.

Mid-Continent Public Library - Who Really Was Working on the Railroad?

Genealogy Quick Look allows you to search the index to over 1.5 million pension records from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, spanning from 1936 to the early 2000s.

National Archives at Atlanta - Railroad Retirement Board Records $ New!

Northern Pacific Hospital Records

The Washington State Historical Society's Research Center has posted 11,000 hospital records from the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Northern Pacific Hospital Records, Tacoma, Washington, 1905-1930.

Railways: An Overview

Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom .

Railways: Staff Records

Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom .

Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Description of the microfilmed holdings of the Chicago Historical Society and the Newberry Library.

Records Relating to North American Railroads

From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Records Relating to Railroads in the Cartographic Section of the National Archives

From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.