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1972.5375_1983.12_1986.19
Burlington Northern Railroad
Company
Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Records
1876-1971
approximately 9 linear
feet
See at accession level
Records, including photographs, of the
Burlington Northern Railroad and its predecessor companies.
Collection materials are in
English.
Historical Note:
The Burlington Northern Railroad was a product of the merger of the
Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific Railway, the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway in 1970. In
1996, the Burlington Northern merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway to become the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.
The Burlington Northern Railroad Company Records is comprised of 3
accessions and includes Burlington Northern Railroad Company record books
(1876-1971), Great Northern Railway account books (1922-1924), and a series of
Northern Pacific Railway Company notebooks of photographs showing joint
facilities with other railroads (1931-1935).
Arranged in 3 accesssions:
- Accession No. 1972.5375, Burlington Northern Railroad Company
record books and other material, 1876-1971
- Accession No. 1983.12, Great Northern Railway account books,
1922-1924
- Accession No. 1986.19, Northern Pacific Railway Company joint
facilities notebooks, 1931-1935
The collection is open to the public by appointment.
The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in
the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research,
publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI
before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Burlington Northern Railroad Company Records, Museum of History &
Industry, Seattle
The Railroad Employee Timetable Collection (Accession No. 1983.75,
including several interfiled accessions) includes employee timetables for
northwest United States and Canadian railroads, 1862-2000.
The James C. Mattson Collection on Northwest Railroads (Accession Nos.
1985.52, 1989.8, 1989.14, 1995.47, 1990.60, 2002.2, and 2007.48) includes
photograph albums and Official List of Officers, Agents and Stations booklets
from the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway AFE register copies,
railroad company annual reports and northwest railroad passenger
timetables.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Northern
Pacific Railway Company
Great
Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Northwest,
Pacific
Railroads --United
States--Records
Railroads
Transportation
British Columbia
Washington (State)
Photographs
Account books
Photograph
albums
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1972.5375
Burlington Northern Railroad
Company record books and other material
1876-1971
10 boxes
5 linear feet
13A.2.5
13A.3.4-5
Documents relating to the Burlington Northern Railroad Company and
its predecessor companies: Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, Columbia and Puget
Sound Railroad Company, Pacific Coast Railroad Company and the Oregon
Improvement Company. The Pacific Coast Railroad Company series includes records
documenting the takeover of the PCRR by Great Northern.
Gift of the Burlington Northern Railroad Company, 1972
5375.1
1
Record book of the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad
1876
August 14- 1881 February 18
1 volume
Handwritten book with title page inscribed "Records pertaining
to the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad - H. Villard, Purchaser." This volume
appears to be a copy from original records, made for Henry Villard sometime
after the Seattle and Walla Walla was purchased by Villard's Oregon Improvement
Company and renamed the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad.
Columbia and Puget Sound
Railroad
5375.2
1
Corporate minutes and other
records
1884 October 18-1891 May
1 volume
5375.3
2
Corporate minutes and other
records
1889 November 21-1896 April 23
1 volume
5375.4
2
Corporate minutes and other
records
1896 June 19-1901 May 27
1 volume
5375.5
3
Records and
correspondence
1901 May 19-1904 March 23
1 volume
5375.6
3
Records and
correspondence
1904 March 24-1906 March 3
1 volume
5375.7
4
Records and
correspondence
1906 March 9-1912 May 12
1 volume
5375.8
5
Records and
correspondence
1912 May 27-1917 January 23
1 volume
5375.23
1
"Index to the records of the
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad"
undated
1 volume
Handwritten index in alphabetized, bound index book, but with
few entries
Pacific Coast Railroad Company
(PCRR)
5375.9
6
Corporate minutes
1917 April 23-1932 May 17
1 volume
5375.10
7
Corporate minutes and
correspondence
1932 June 15-1959 September 11
1 volume
5375.11
6
Corporate minutes
1959 December-1970 February
1 volume
5375.16
9
Correspondence
1947 September 11-1971 February 10
1 volume
5375.17a
9
Report on Great Northern
acquistion of PCRR
1950 May 16-1950 July 20
Includes correspondence
5375.17b
9
Great Northern Board of
Directors minutes regarding PCRR
1950 August 10
5375.17c
9
PCRR map - "Condensed profile
Seattle to Black Diamond"
1957 September
5375.18
9
Great Northern option and offer
to buy PCRR
1950 June 26-October 3
Includes correspondence
5375.19
9
Great Northern takeover
documents
1950 September 11-1957 March 19
5375.20a
10
Takeover statements and
correspondence
1951 April 16-1970 February 9
5375.20b
10
Application of Bruce Anderson
to the Interstate Commerce Commission to become officer of more than one
carrier
1968 November 8
Related to the Great Northern takeover of PCRR
5375.21
10
Stock purchase contract and
related correspondence -- Great Northern/PCRR
1951 October-1968 February 13
5375.22
10
Agreements between Great
Northern and PCRR
1951 November 4-1968 February 13
Oregon Improvement Company /
Pacific Coast Company
The Oregon Improvement Company defaulted in 1893 and was
reorganized under the name Pacific Coast Company.
5375.12
8
Purchasing agent records for
Oregon Improvement Co.
1892 March 11-1894 October 11
1 volume
5375.13
8
Purchasing agent records for
Oregon Improvement Co.
1894 October 5-1897 June 21
1 volume
Includes index
5375.14
8
Purchasing agent records for
Oregon Improvement Co. and Pacific Coast Co.
1897 June 21-1898-August 10
1 volume
Includes index
5375.15
8
Purchasing agent records for
Pacific Coast Co.
1889 August 11-1899 August 16
1 volume
Includes index
1983.12
Great Northern Railway account
books
1922-1924
Great
Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
2 ledger books
13a.3.9
Received from Burlington Northern Railroad Company via Kim Forman,
February 4, 1983.
1
Great Northern Railway, King
Street Station ledger
1923-1924
1
Great Northern Railway
ledger
1921-1924
1986.19
Northern Pacific Railway Company
joint facilities notebooks
1931-1935
Northern Pacific Railway Company
13 volumes
13a.2.4
Thirteen 3 ring binders, each 9.25"x14", containing a photographic
record of Northern Pacific joint facilities with other railroads. The
photographs were taken in 1927-1929 and the notebooks prepared in 1931-1935.
Each photograph is labelled with letters and numbers corresponding to features;
the accompanying key includes detailed descriptions of each signal, switch,
sign and track depicted. The notebooks also include copies of the text of
contracts covering joint use of lines
Gift of Burlington Northern Railroad Company, August 25, 1986
1
Tacoma Division -
Tacoma
1931-1935
2
Tacoma Division - Tacoma to Roy
via South Tacoma
1931-1935
3
Tacoma Division - Roy to Tenino
and Tacoma to Nisqually
1931-1935
4
Tacoma Division - Nisqually to
Centralia
1931-1935
5
Tacoma Division - Centralia to
Olequa
1931-1935
6
Tacoma Division - Olequa to
Woodland
1931-1935
7
Tacoma Division - American Lake
Line and Woodland to Vancouver
1931-1935
8
Tacoma Division - Grays Harbor
Line
1931-1935
9
Rocky Mountain Division - Butte
to Missoula
1931-1935
10
Seattle Division - Tacoma to
Orillia
1931-1935
11
Seattle Division - Black River to
Seattle
1931-1935
12
Seattle Division -
Seattle
1931-1935
13
Seattle Division - Seattle and
Everett
1931-1935