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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to Montana Public Service Commission,
          Transportation Division Records<date encodinganalog="date" type="inclusive" normal="date/date">1907-1981 </date></titleproper>
        <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Montana Public Service Commission,
          Transportation Division records</titleproper>
        <author encodinganalog="creator">Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau; Updated by Lindsey
          Mick</author>
        <sponsor encodinganalog="contributor"> Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided
          through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. </sponsor>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Montana Historical Society</publisher>
        <date encodinganalog="date" normal="2007/2025" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">2007;
          2025</date>
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      <creation> Finding aid encoded by Ellie Arguimbau; Updated by Lindsey Mick<date encodinganalog="date" normal="2007/2025" calendar="gregorian" era="ce">2007;
        2025</date></creation>
      <langusage>Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng" scriptcode="latn"> English.</language>
      </langusage>
      <descrules>Finding aid based on DACS ( <title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content
          Standard, 2nd Edition</title>)</descrules>
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        <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Montana Historical Society<subarea encodinganalog="852$b">
            Archives</subarea></corpname>
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      <unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="us" repositorycode="mthi">RS 107_RS 501</unitid>
      <origination>
        <corpname encodinganalog="110" source="lcnaf" role="creator">Montana. Public Service
          Commission</corpname>
      </origination>
      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana Public Service Commission, Transportation Division
        records</unittitle>
      <unitdate encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" normal="1907/1980">1907-1981</unitdate>
      <physdesc>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">33 linear ft</extent>
      </physdesc>
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">This collection is a <emph render="bold">subgroup
          (Division)</emph> of the Montana Public Service Commission records, RS 501. The
        Transportation Division was renamed Transportation/Centralized Services Division, and
        eventually became just the Centralized Services Division. Please see the primary finding aid
        for more <extref href="https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv605319">Montana
          Public Service Commission records</extref>. These records consist of annual reports
        (1907-1980) and accident reports (1958-1974) made by railroads and express companies to the
        Montana Public Service Commission and its predecessor the Montana Board of Railroad
        Commissioners. There are also annual reports (1975) of motor carriers.</abstract>
      <physloc label="Location of Collection:" encodinganalog="852$z">21:8-3</physloc>
      <langmaterial>
        <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="546">English</language>
      </langmaterial>
    </did>
    <bioghist encodinganalog="5450_">
      <p>The Montana Board of Railroad Commissioners was established by the Montana legislature in
        1907. The board, consisting of three members elected statewide, was given the authority to
        set rates and establish regulations governing freight and passenger transportation within
        the state. All railroads owning, operating, or having any rail line in Montana were required
        to file annual reports. In addition the companies were required to report any accident,
        including time, place, names of injured and killed persons, and the value of property
        destroyed.</p>
      <p>In 1913, the Board of Railroad Commissioners was made ex officio the newly created Montana
        Public Service Commission. In 1919, the Board also was made ex officio the Montana Trade
        Commission and the Montana Irrigation Commission. In 1971, the Montana Board of Railroad
        Commissioners was abolished and its work was taken over directly by the Public Service
        Commission. In the 1970s, the PSC had three Divisions: Transportation, Utility and Legal. By
        the 1990s, the Transportation Division was renamed the Transportation/Centralized Services
        Division. Around 2014, "Transportation" was dropped, and the Division became the Centralized
        Services Division.</p>
    </bioghist>
    <scopecontent encodinganalog="5202_">
      <p>These records consist predominantly of annual reports (1907-1980) made by railroads and
        express companies to the Montana Public Service Commission and its predecessor the Montana
        Board of Railroad Commissioners. The reports include a vast amount of data on the history,
        financing, corporate ownership, track mileage, freight shipment statistics, and other
        nationwide information of railroads doing business in Montana. Many of the reports are
        copies of the reports made to the federal Interstate Commerce Commission. For most companies
        there are two reports for 1916 (when they switched from a July-June reporting year to a
        January to December reporting year) and for 1918-1919 (when there was a report by the
        railroad and a report of World War I federal operations).</p>
      <p>In addition, there are railroad accident reports (1958-1974, predominantly 1969-1974).
        Included also are annual reports (1975) for motor carrier companies, including trucks,
        buses, taxies, etc. Two special reports are an engineering report (1919) of the Butte
        Electric Railway Company; and a report (1960) on railroad grade crossing elimination in
        Billings.</p>
    </scopecontent>
    <arrangement encodinganalog="351">
      <p>The collection is arranged by series</p>
    </arrangement>
    <accessrestrict encodinganalog="506">
      <p>Collection is open for research.</p>
    </accessrestrict>
    <userestrict encodinganalog="540">
      <p>The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library &amp; Archives and
        makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission
        must be obtained from the Library &amp; Archives before any reproduction use. The Society 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.</p>
    </userestrict>
    <processinfo encodinganalog="583">
      <p>In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Public Service Commission were integrated
        under one collection identifier, RS 501, in order to help facilitate access, reduce
        redundancy in the Montana Historical Society Library &amp; Archives catalog, and to follow
        best archival practices.</p>
      <p>Collections from Montana Public Service Commission's various Divisions and Predecessor
        Agencies that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into <emph render="bold">this collection, RS 501</emph>. Rather than reprocessing over 80 linear
        feet of PSC materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those
        collections/finding aids and provide access to them via links in the primary finding aid.
        This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over
        the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency
        finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to
        determine if this subgroup pertains to your research needs. </p>
    </processinfo>
    <prefercite encodinganalog="524">
      <p>Item description and date. Name of Collection. Collection Number. (box and folder number).
        Montana Historical Society Library &amp; Archives. Helena, Montana.</p>
    </prefercite>
    <acqinfo encodinganalog="541">
      <p>Acquisition information is available upon request.</p>
    </acqinfo>
    <controlaccess>
      <p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
        catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
        search under these terms. </p>
      <controlaccess>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="local">Express companies--Montana</subject>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Railroads--Montana</subject>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Railroad accidents--Montana</subject>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Transportation--Montana</subject>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <geogname role="subject" encodinganalog="651" source="lcsh">Montana--Commerce</geogname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcsh">Montana. Board of Railroad
          Commissioners</corpname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcsh">Montana. Public Service Commission</corpname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690">Montana</subject>
        <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690">Public
          Utilities</subject>
        <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690">Railroads</subject>
      </controlaccess>
    </controlaccess>
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      <head>Detailed Description of the Collection</head>
      <c01 level="series">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Annual Reports</unittitle>
        </did>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">1 / 1-10</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Adams Express Company (operated on Chicago, Burlington
              and Quincy lines)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1909-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">1 / 11-20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">American Express Company (operated on Butte, Anaconda
              and Pacific lines)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1910-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">1 / 21-23</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">American Railway Express Company (successor to
              American Express Company)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1918-1920</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">2 / 1-9</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">American Railway Express Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1921-1929</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">2 / 10</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Anaconda Copper Mining Company Street Railway Dept.,
              Butte (formerly Butte Electric Railway Company)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1936-1937</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">2 / 11-13</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Anaconda Copper Mining Company Street Railway Dept.,
              Anaconda (formerly Butte)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1937-1951</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">2 / 14-16</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Big Blackfoot Railway Company (Bonner to
              Potomac)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1914-1916</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">2 / 17-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Burlington Northern Inc. (merger of Great Northern
              Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Pacific
              Coast Railroad)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1970-1977</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">3 / 1-3</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Burlington Northern Inc. </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1978-1980</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">3 / 4-32</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1935</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">4 / 1-19</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1936-1971</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">4 / 20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Butte Electric Railway Company (succeeded by Anaconda
              Copper Mining Company, Street Railway Dept.) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1931-1936</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">4 / 21-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company (only
              track in Montana from </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1910</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">5 / 1-23</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1911-1933</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">6 / 1-19</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1934-1952</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">7 / 1-17</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1953-1969</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">7 / 18-19</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company of
              Montana</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1908</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">7 / 20-22</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, and Puget Sound Railway
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1909-1911</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">8 / 1</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, and Puget Sound Railway
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1912</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">8 / 2-17</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1913-1928</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">8 / 18-20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1928-1930</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">9 / 1-19</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1931-1949</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">10 / 1-17</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1950-1966</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">11 / 1-14</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
              Company (under bankruptcy, 1980; succeeded by Burlington Northern Inc.)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1967-1980</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">11 / 15-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Gallatin Valley Railway Company (Three Forks to
              Bozeman, with branches to Salesville, Bozeman Hot Springs, and Belgrade) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1911-1919</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">11 / 25-28</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Company (Armstead,
              Montana, to mines at Gilmore, Idaho) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1913-1916</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">12 / 1-21</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1918-1938</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">12 / 22-23</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Express Company (subsidiary of Lake
              Superior Company, 1919-1910; subsidiary of Great Northern Railway beginning in 1911) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1909-1913</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">13 / 1-5</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Express Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1914-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">13 / 6-23</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1924</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">14 / 1-20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1925-1945</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">15 / 1-18</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1946-1963</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">16 / 1-6</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company (merged into Burlington
              Northern Inc.) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1964-1969</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">16 / 7-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Milwaukee, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
              Company (only line in Montana was branch line from Whitetail to North Dakota state
              line) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1914-1931</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">17 / 1-19</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Milwaukee, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
              Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1932-1950</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">18 / 1-10</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Milwaukee, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
              Company (name changed to Soo Line Railroad Company, January 1, 1961) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1951-1960</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">18 / 11</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Missoula Street Railway Dept. of Montana Power Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1931</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">18 / 12-22</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana Western Railway Company (Conrad to Valier) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1934</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">19 / 1-7</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana Western Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1935-1969</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">19 / 8-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad Company
              (Bridger to Washoe; previously Yellowstone Park Railroad Company) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1910-1927</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">20 / 1-21</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1928-1948</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">21 / 1-3</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1949-1952</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">21 / 4-8</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Northern Express Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1909-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">21 / 9-20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Northern Pacific Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">22 / 1-21</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Northern Pacific Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1919-1939</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">23 / 1-18</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Northern Pacific Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1940-1957</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">24 / 1-12</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Northern Pacific Railway Company (merged into
              Burlington Northern Inc.) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1958-1969</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">24 / 13-21</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Oregon Short Line Railroad Company (owned by Union
              Pacific Railroad Company) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907-1915</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">25 / 1-20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Oregon Short Line Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1916-1935</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">25 / 21</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Pacific Express Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1909</unitdate>
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        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">26 / 1-6</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Pullman Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1951-1968</unitdate>
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        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">26 / 7-18</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Railway Express Agency (successor to American Railway
              Express Company; includes complete list of railroads on which they operated) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1929-1941</unitdate>
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        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">27 / 1-25</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Railway Express Agency </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1941-1969</unitdate>
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        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">27 / 26</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">REA Express (formerly Railway Express Agency) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1970-1971</unitdate>
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        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">27 / 27</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">REA Express (in bankruptcy) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1980-1981</unitdate>
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        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">27 / 28</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company
              (leased to Great Northern Railway Company) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1907</unitdate>
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        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">27 / 29-31</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Soo Line Railroad Company (formerly Minneapolis, St.
              Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1961-1963</unitdate>
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        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">28 / 1-17</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Soo Line Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1964-1980</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">28 / 18-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Union Pacific Railroad Company (includes line from
              Garrison to Meaderville leased to Northern Pacific Railway Company)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1936-1942</unitdate>
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        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">29 / 1-17</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Union Pacific Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1943-1959</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">30 / 1-20</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Union Pacific Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1960-1980</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">30 / 21-25</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Wells Fargo and Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1910-1914</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">31 / 1-4</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Wells Fargo and Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1915-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">31 / 5-8</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Western Express Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1915-1918</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">31 / 9-21</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway
              Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1916-1978</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">32 / 1-3</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Yellowstone Park Railroad Company (Bridger to Washoe;
              succeeded by Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railroad Company) </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1908-1909</unitdate>
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      <c01 level="series">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Accident Reports</unittitle>
        </did>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">32 / 4-17</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Burlington Northern Inc.</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1970-1974</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">32 / 18</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969-1974</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">32 / 19</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
              Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969-1970</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">32 / 20-24</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
              Company (1963-1967 are telegrams only)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1963-1974</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">32 / 25</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company (reports,
              investigations etc.)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1958-1959</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 1-2</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company (reports, telegrams,
              investigation etc.; includes head-on collision of two passenger trains near Chester,
              March 7, 1966)</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1960-1966</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 3</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Great Northern Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969-1970</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 4</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Montana Western Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 5</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Northern Pacific Railway Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969-1970</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 6</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Soo Line Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969-1974</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 7</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Union Pacific Railroad Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1969-1974</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 8</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway
              Company </unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1970-1974</unitdate>
          </did>
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      <c01 level="series">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Motor Carrier Annual Reports</unittitle>
        </did>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 9-29</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">A-Z</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1975</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c02>
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      <c01 level="series">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Other Reports</unittitle>
        </did>
        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 30</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Butte Electric Railway Company engineering report by
              John H. Bonner</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1919</unitdate>
          </did>
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        <c02 level="file">
          <did>
            <container type="box-folder">33 / 31</container>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Report on railroad grade crossing elimination,
              Billings, Montana, by DeLeuw, Cather and Company</unittitle>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1960</unitdate>
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