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Railroads

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Sojourn in America

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2638
Abstract

Typescript photocopy book, 1978, containing Haralambos Kambouris' diary, 1912-1915, describing his life in America and work on various northwest railroads and mining enterprises in Utah; poems; photographs; and miscellaneous documents and letters, many in Greek. Kambouris (1898-1964) was a Greek immigrant who lived in Oregon and various western states.

Dates: 1978

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-B
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, including laying of tracks in East St. Johns in July 1952; railroad trains and tracks; railroad stations, particularly in Washington state; and interior views of railroad cars.

Dates: 1938-1954

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line scenes photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-A
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs by multiple photographers, circa 1920-1969, of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, from Portland, Oregon, to Spokane, Washington. A large number of the images were taken along the Columbia River and in the Columbia River Gorge. Also included are photographs of Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams, and aerial views of Portland and Spokane.

Dates: circa 1920-1969

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 78
Abstract

Collection consists of marketing and promotional photographs used by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway. It includes images of rolling stock, railroad tracks, railroad stations, agriculture, street scenes, and landscapes.

Dates: 1890-1970

Collection on the status of title of lands required for proposed boat railway from foot of The Dalles Rapids to head of Celilo Falls

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 838
Abstract

Collection includes typescript correspondence and reports, 1899; a typescript release of mortgage by George H. Williams, 1899; and a manuscript report by J. S. Polhemus, 1898, on improving the Columbia River between Vancouver, Washington, and the mouth of the Willamette River.

Dates: 1898-1899

Sumpter Valley Railway records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2872
Abstract

Collection includes time sheets, financial records and reports of delays, conductors, train repairs, etc.

Dates: 1906-1929

Train at Garibaldi Park

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5375
Abstract

Pen and ink sketch by Litchard Kiehle, depicting the caboose of a train in Garibaldi Park, Garibaldi, Oregon.

Dates: 1978

Transport Consultants collection of Oregon railroad records and research

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2958
Abstract Agreements, contracts, and financial records of the 19th-century railroad firms Oregon and California Railroad Company; the Oregon and Transcontinental Company; the Oregon Improvement Company; and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. The collection also includes Oregon Railroad Commission reports, railroad guidebooks, and files of the Southern Pacific Railroad research team. The materials were compiled by Transport Consultants, Inc., whose president, Lynn D. Farrar, had worked for...
Dates: 1873-1975; Majority of material found within 1873-1928

Trestle bridge photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 278
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of trestle bridges and railroad workers constructing them.

Dates: circa 1860-1910

Harold J. Turner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 918
Abstract

Papers of Harold J. Turner (1893-1964), primarily relating to his role as railroad lobbyist and manager of the Oregon Railroad Association. Turner worked for the railroad industry, and from 1934 to 1961 was manager of the Oregon Railroad Association.

Dates: 1939-circa 1958