Christisen railroad collection, 1880-1999.

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Christisen railroad collection, 1880-1999.

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This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by D. M. Christisen between 2002 and 2005. The collection was donated in memory of Locomotive Engineers H. L. Christisen and Glenn Linn, employees of the Milwaukee Road. The collection contains records for the Milwaukee Road, Amtrak, and the B&O railroads, with some materials from the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJ&E), the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) , the Nickel Plate Railroad (NKP), and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) lines. The collected materials are employee timetables, images of locomotives, instructional materials for the use and maintenance of locomotives, periodicals devoted to railroads, public timetables, union information, etc. The collection dates from the 1880s to the early 1990s.

10.0 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7107926

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