Railroad subgroup, 1907-1949.

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Railroad subgroup, 1907-1949.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44014511

Photographs include the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad (1912-1922), the Santa Fe Railroad (1936-1949), Southern Pacific Railroad (mostly 1910-1928), and the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico. Images include workers laying track and building bridges, diesel and steam engines, depots, wrecks, and flooding of the Rio Yaqui, Sonora and Rio Fuerte, Sinaloa. There are also photographs of Mexican towns including Guaymas, Jalisco, and others. There are photographs of Mexican revolutionaries (1906-1916) including Villista soldiers and casualties.

5.5 linear ft. (11 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7537127

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company

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El Paso and Southwestern Railroad was formed in 1901 by Dr. James Douglas to expand and take over the Arizona and Southeastern Railroad. In 1905, the EP&SW bought the El Paso & Northeastern System which included lines from El Paso to Santa Rosa, N.M. From the description of Railroad company records, 1902-1922. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 41415869 ...

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...

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Ferrocarril Sud Pacífico de Mexico

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Wallace, Norman G., 1885-1983.

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Chief locating engineer for the Arizona Highway Dept, 1934 to 1955, and photographer. From the description of Arizona places subgroup, 1931-1951 (bulk 1931-1940). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 44013532 Chief locating engineer for the Arizona Highway Dept., 1934 to 1955, and photographer. From the description of General subgroup, 1916-1959 (bulk 1933-1944). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). Worl...