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Utah railroad collection, 1868-2012
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Utah railroad collection
- Dates
- 1868-2012 (inclusive)18682012
- Quantity
- 51.75 linear feet, (31 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2973
- Summary
- The Utah railroad collection (1868-2012) contains ephemeral materials that were created by various railroad companies within Utah and the West. The types of materials within the collection include locomotive operating manuals, historical information regarding railroads, timetables, ticket stubs, telegrams, labor union items, promotional booklets, stationary, calendars, and much more.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Utah railroad collection contains ephemeral materials that were created by various railroad companies within Utah and the West. The types of materials within the collection include locomotive operating manuals, historical information regarding railroads, timetables, ticket stubs, telegrams, labor union items, promotional booklets, stationary, calendars, and much more.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection was arragned into the following series: I. General materials; II. General railroad history materials; III. Collected ephemeral materials; and IV. Oversize materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
General materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Train operating manuals |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | O. W. Brandt, Explanation of Train Rules and Train Orders
|
1921 |
| 1 | 2 | Electrical circuits maintenance |
|
| 1 | 3 |
Engine Maintenance Manual
Manual for Model 567 C Engines, published by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation.
|
1957 |
| 1 | 4 |
Enginemen's Manual for Operating Fairbanks-Morse Diesel-Electric Locomotives
|
1946; 1947 |
| 1 | 5 |
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company, Rules and Instructions for All Departments
|
1956 |
| 1 | 6 | "On-the-Road Trouble-Shooting" booklets
Manuals published by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation.
|
1948; 1949; 1952 |
| 1 | 7 | Operating manuals
This folder contains the following operating manuals:
|
1947-1949; 1941; 1947; 1947; 1947; 1947; 1947; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| 1 | 8 | Operating manuals
This folder contains the following operating manuals:
|
1950-1954; 1970; 1950; 1953; 1954; 1954; 1954; 1970 |
| 2 | 1 | Operating manuals
This folder contains the following operating manuals:
|
undated; 1954; 1970 |
| 2 | 2 | Oregon Short Line Railroad, Rules and Instructions
|
|
| 2 | 3 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Eastern and South-Central Districts, Operating Rules and Eastern and South-Central Districts and Idaho Division, Maintenance of Way and Signal Rules
|
1940; 1946; 1954; 1972 |
| 2 | 4 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Spokane International Railroad Company, Rules and Instructions Governing Operation of Air Brakes, Communicating Signal System, Electric Headlights, Heating, Air Conditioning, Water Systems, and Lighting
|
1974 |
| 2 | 5 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Centralized Traffic Control System Rules" |
1950 |
| 2 | 6 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Freight Car Safety Inspection Standards Established by the Federal Railroad Administration" |
1974 |
| 2 | 7 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Rules and Instructions Governing Automatic Train Control Between East Portland and the Dalles Via Graham
|
1941 |
| 2 | 8 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Safety Instructions" |
1946; 1954 |
| 2 | 9 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Signal Test Requirements" |
1942; 1952; 1954 |
| 2 | 10 | Union Pacific System, Rules and Instructions of the Transportation Department and Operating Rules and Instructions Governing Air Brakes, Air Signals, Heating and Lighting Passenger Cars, and Electric Headlights
|
1919; 1925 |
| 2 | 11 | Union Pacific System, "Special Rules No. 2" |
1935 |
| 2 | 12 | Union Pacific-Western Pacific, "Rules for Joint Operation Between Smelter and Salt Lake City" |
1967 |
Timetables |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Burlington Timetable |
1970 |
| 3 | 2 | Inter-Mountain Time Books, California Division |
1957; 1964 |
| 3 | 3 | Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Employee's Timetable |
1899 |
| 3 | 4 | Southern Pacific Timetable |
1968 |
| 3 | 5 | Southern Railway System Timetable |
1969 |
| 3 | 6 | Union Pacific Railroad Timetables |
1953; 1968; 1970 |
| 3 | 7 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Central and Southwestern Districts, Joint Timetables, numbers 57 and 61 |
1936; 1937 |
| 3 | 8 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Idaho Division, Timetables |
1941; 1947; 1970 |
| 3 | 9 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles Division, Timetables |
1938; 1940; 1941; 1943; 1946; 1948 |
| 3 | 10 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Idaho and Los Angeles Divisions, Salt Lake Yard, Timetable |
1938 |
| 3 | 11 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Yard Railroad Company, Timetable |
1935 |
| 3 | 12 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Northwestern District, Timetable |
1975 |
| 3 | 13 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, South-Central District, Timetable |
1975 |
| 3 | 14 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southwestern District, Timetables |
1937 |
| 3 | 15 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah Division, Timetables |
1942; 1943; 1945; 1946 |
| 4 | 1 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah Division, Timetables |
1947; 1954 |
| 4 | 2 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah Division, Timetables |
1955; 1956; 1957 |
| 4 | 3 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah Division, Timetables |
1966; 1968; 1969; 1970 |
| 4 | 4 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Wyoming Division, Timetables |
1967; 1970 |
| 4 | 5 | Union Pacific System, Timetable |
1922 |
| 4 | 6 | Union Pacific System, Timetables, Number 1 and 6 |
1978; 1982 |
| 4 | 7 | General timetables |
1943 |
Daily operational materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Switch lists |
1917; 1942 |
| 5 | 2 | Salt Lake Route telegrams |
1917 |
| 5 | 3 | Union Pacific System telegrams |
1917; 1930-1932; 1942 |
| 5 | 4 | Western Union and general telegrams |
1917; 1927-1937 |
| 5 | 5 | Manifest pick-up reports |
1917; 1930-1932; 1942 |
Employment materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Amtrak, "Restrictions Governing Free and Reduced-Rate Travel" |
1975 |
| 6 | 2 | "By-laws of Salt Lake City Railroad Transportation Empolyees Federal Credit Union" |
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| 6 | 3 | Hospital and Medical Depatment regulations for the Oregon Short Line Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company |
1912; 1945; 1957 |
| 6 | 4 | "Questions and Answers on the Railroad Retirement Act" |
1947; 1957; 1959 |
| 6 | 5 | "Railway Employees Seniority List and Time Books" |
1937; 1942; 1947; 1962 |
| 6 | 6 | Rates of pay |
1922-1952 |
| 6 | 7 | "Rules of the Utah Central and Utah Southern Railroad Employees Mutual Aid Society" |
1875; 1878 |
| 6 | 8-10 | Seniority rosters |
1909-1981 |
| 6 | 11 | Unemployment insurance |
1938; 1940 |
| 7 | 1 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "General Information for the Maintenance and Operation Diesel Engines-Streamliners, Questions and Answers for Examination and Re-examination of Engineer-Motormen and Helpers" |
1936 |
| 7 | 2 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Physical Examination Rules" |
1958 |
| 7 | 3 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Progressive Mechanical Examination for Locomotive Firemen" |
1941 |
| 7 | 4 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Questions and Answers for Examination and Re-examination of Engineers on Rules and Instructions Governing Operation of Air Brakes" |
1964 |
| 7 | 5 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Questions and Answers for Promotion of Firemen to Hostler and Oral Re-examination of Hostlers" |
1951 |
| 7 | 6 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Questions and Answers of Air Brake Examination for Promotion of Firemen to Engineer and Oral Air-Brake Re-examination of Engineers" |
1950 |
| 7 | 7 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Questions and Answers of Mechanical Examination for Promotion of Firemen to Engineer" |
1948; 1950 |
| 7 | 8 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Rules Governing Duties and Deportment of Employees. Safety Instructions and Radio" |
1974 |
| 7 | 9 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, South-Central District, Los Angeles Division, "Schedule of Rules Governing Wages and Working Conditions of Conductors, Brakemen and Train Baggagemen" |
1939 |
| 7 | 10 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southwest District, "Schedule of Pay, Rules and Working Conditions of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen and Hostlers" |
1923 |
| 7 | 11 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Time Service" |
1946 |
| 7 | 12 | Western Pacific Railroad Company, Provisional Retirement Plan |
1945 |
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | "Agreement between the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the Territory Los Angeles-Salt Lake City and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers" |
1942; 1950 |
| 8 | 2 | "Arbitation Award and Vacation Agreement" |
1944 |
| 8 | 3 | "Chicago Joint Agreement" |
1923 |
| 8 | 4 | "Constitution and By-laws of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers" |
1936; 1950; 1956; 1962 |
| 8 | 5 | "General Chairman's Report" |
1946 |
| 8 | 6 | General materials |
1959-1972 |
General materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | 25th Annual Report of the Union Pacific Railroad Company |
1921 |
| 9 | 2 | Bulletin orders |
1940; 1969; 1973 |
| 9 | 3 | Conductors 110% Memorandum Table |
1942 |
| 9 | 4 | Minutes of the Utah Division of Safety meeting |
1942 |
| 9 | 5 | Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway Company, General Freight Department forms |
1920s |
| 9 | 6 | Stockholder shares certificates |
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| 9 | 7 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Transportation of Blind Persons" |
1939 |
| 9 | 8 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Naming Rates on Classes and Commodities" |
1915 |
| 9 | 9 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders" |
1966 |
| 9 | 10 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Weights Diesel-Electric and Gas-Turbine-Electric Power Units" |
1960; 1963 |
| 9 | 11 | General materials |
1911-1974 |
General railroad history materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Railroad history |
1918-1972 |
| 10 | 2-3 | Train and railroads history scrapbook |
|
| 10 | 4 | Description of wrecks |
1930s; undated |
| 10 | 5 | Engines bought and repaired |
1970s |
| 10 | 6 | Old engines of early days |
|
| 10 | 7 | News clippings |
1954-1985 |
Collected ephemeral materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 11-12 | Bamberger Railroad Company
The binders stored in these boxes contain freight tariff materials, stationary, ticket stubs, reports, schedules, passenger passes.
|
1907-1958 |
| 13 | Bingham & Garfield Railway Company
This box contains passenger passes, two letters, a stock certificate and other items.
|
1909-1937 |
| 14 | Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
This binder contains passenger passes, menus, correspondence, timetables, tourist's handbooks, telegrams and other items.
|
1883-1976 |
| 15 | Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway Company and the Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway Company
This binder contains passenger passes, travel information regarding Saltair, ticket stubs, postcards, and other items.
|
1893-1929 |
| 16 | Salt Lake Route
This binder contains schedules of pay, travel information, telegrams, switch lists, ticket stubs, postcards, and other items regarding the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
|
1906-1917 |
| 17 | Santa Fe Railway System
This binder contains timetables, calendars, passenger passes, correspondence and other items.
|
1890-1993 |
| 18 | Southern Pacific Company
This binder contains timetables, calendars, and postcards.
|
1889-1968 |
| 19 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Timetables |
1906-1969 |
| 20 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Brochures |
1900-1960 |
| 21 | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Miscellaneous
This binder contains menus, correspondence, bills of lading, telegrams, stationary, time and seniority rosters, rules and regulations, and mechanical examination questions booklets.
|
1868-1948 |
| 22 | Union Pacific Railroad Company and Oregon Short Line, Miscellaneous
This binder contains passenger passes, claim tickets, calendars, paper model trains, stationary, labels and other materials.
|
1884-1968 |
| 23 | Utah Inter-Urban Rail Lines
This box contains passenger passes, claim tickets, timetables, travel brochures, and other materials.
|
1917-2012 |
| 24-25 | Utah Railroads
The binders held within these boxes contains passenger passes, timetables, travel information, correspondence, ticket stubs, postcards, and other items.
|
1876-1966 |
| 26 | Utah Railway Company
The binder held within this box contains passenger passes, stock certificate, time table, correspondence and other items.
|
1913-1971 |
| 27 | Western Pacific Railroad Company
The binder held within this box contains passenger passes, postcards, time table, promotional brochures and other items.
|
1912-1944 |
Oversize materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 28 | Fellow railroad workers and friends scrapbook
This scrapbook contains obituaries.
|
1936-1998 |
| 29 | "The Best Years of Railroading: Souvenirs of the Past," news clippings scrapbook
This scrapbook was compiled by M. H. Stanley.
|
1938-1990 |
| 30 | Promotional booklets
This box contains the following booklet:
|
1907; undated |
| 31 | General materials
This box contains Union Pacific wall calendars, a map of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, and two posters of locomotives.
|
1934-1939; 1963; 1967 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Locomotive engineers--Archives
- Locomotives--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Railroads--Employees--Labor Unions--United States
- Railroads--Labor Unions--United States--Sources
- Railroads--United States--History
- Street-railroads--Utah--Sources
Corporate Names
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--Archives
- Bamberger Railroad Company--Archives
- Bingham and Garfield Railway Company--Archives
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)--Archives
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Archives
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Archives
- General Motors Corporation. Electro-Motive Division
- San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company--Archives
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Archives
- Western Pacific Railroad Company--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Brochures
- Calendars
- Collective labor agreements
- Handbooks and manuals
- Maps
- Menus
- Newspaper clippings
- Obituaries
- Operating manuals
- Personnel records
- Postcards
- Posters
- Promotional materials
- Records (Documents)
- Scrapbooks
- Stationery
- Telegrams
- Ticket stubs
- Transportation timetables
Finding aid created by Betsey Welland.
2017 (last modified: 2020)
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