Railroad employee timetable collection 1862-2000

Union Pacific Railway Company

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Burlington Northern Railroad Company

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Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) was created on March 2, 1970, by the merger of four primary railroads: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. (CB&Q); Northern Pacific Railway Co. (NP); Great Northern Railway Co. (GN); and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Co. (SP&S). From the description of Burlington Northern Railroad Company records [manuscript], circa 1920-1960. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 756206544 From the g...

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Pacific Coast Railroad Company

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The company was incorporated in 1880, as the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad, to take over the properties of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad. It extended its rail line to a total of 58 miles running between Seattle and Black Diamond. It also owned 417 acres of industrial property in North Renton and Black River. Its name change occurred in 1916. From the description of Corporate records, 1880-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313845142 ...

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

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The Burlington Northern Railroad and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway merged in the 1970s. From the guide to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs collection, circa 1920-1979, (Oregon Historical Society) The Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway was incorporated in 1905 in Washington as the Portland & Seattle Railway. Its name was changed in 1908. The company, jointly owned and controlled by the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Great N...

Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company or the "Milwaukee Road" opened in Montana in August, 1908. The company felt that to be competitive it had to expand its services to the Pacific Coast. Despite the fact that it had to buy most of its right away and avoid established areas, they were able to build 2,300 miles of track in three years. Along with building track from Glenham, South Dakota to Seattle, they absorbed local railways such as the famous Jawbone of Central Montana a...