Collections tagged Railroads

John Davis Barnett fonds

J. Davis Barnett (1846-1926) was an engineer with the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada. He also built a huge library on his many interests and was a noted bibliophile. His library and archives were donated to Western Libraries in 1918, with him acting as our first 'librarian' cataloguing his own...

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Semaphore Magazine

The Semaphore magazine covers the cities that the Piedmont & Northern and Durham & Southern railways passed through. Includes birth/marriage announcements, plus photographs and articles about mid-20th century economic and industrial development in the cities served by the railroad.

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Central Pacific Railroad Company Lawsuits

Legal documents relating to lawsuits resulting from Central Pacific Railroad stock manipulation. Attorney Alfred A. Cohen represented the plaintiffs, and likely owned these documents. Individual stockholders in these cases received reduced or no dividends from their holdings, or were persuaded...

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Railway Accident Project

Part of a joint initiative between the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum (NRM) and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick (MRC). We’re also working with other institutions including The National Archives of the UK and the RMT Union. The aim is to make it...

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Railway Accidents Project (2)

Part of a joint initiative between the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum (NRM) and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick (MRC). We’re also working with other institutions including The National Archives of the UK and the RMT Union. The aim is to make it...

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