A. Crane Jones collection of railroad timetables, track charts, and other material, 1939-1985 [manuscript]

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A. Crane Jones collection of railroad timetables, track charts, and other material, 1939-1985 [manuscript]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607370569

Employee timetables, track charts, and other material from railroads in the southeastern and midwestern United States. Items are dated between 1939 and 1985. All of the material, except the map of the Port of Charleston, comes from companies that eventually merged into CSX Corporation.

4.5 linear feet (9 archival boxes)

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7784456

North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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