Records, 1954-1967.

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Records, 1954-1967.

The files are primarily those of General Manager, Freight Rates Russell W. Talbot but also include correspondence of subordinate officers, particularly of Harvey M. Johnson, Jr., and R. B. Wright as Assistants to the General Manager, Freight Rates, and of Johnson and H. E. Simmons as Managers, TrucTrain Sales. Some material carries over into Talbot's tenure as Assistant Vice President, Marketing. The files are the principal surviving source for the development of TOFC and COFC services on the PRR between 1954 and 1967.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6814256

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Johnson, Harvey M.

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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Florida East Coast Railway Company.

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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company

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Associated Motor Carriers Tariff Bureau.

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Ryan, Eugene

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Newell, J. P. 1902-1982.

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Rail-Trailer Company.

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of General Manager, Freight Rates.

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The office of General Manager, Freight Rates, was created in the Freight Sales and Services (Traffic) Department on November 1, 1955, as part of the general reorganization to improve the customer-orientation of the department. Russell W. Talbot, whose previous position was Assistant to the General Traffic Manager, was named the first General Manager, Freight Rates. He was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Marketing on November 1, 1965, and succeeded by J. D. Finley, who served u...

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Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation

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Talbot, R. W. 1906- .

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Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

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Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Company.

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company.

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Clark Equipment Company

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Canadian National

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Simmons, H. E. (Hezzleton Erastus), 1885-1954

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

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Carpi, Fred, 1900-1967.

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