| Quantity: | 92 Boxes (48 cubic feet) |
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| Access: | Collection is open for research |
| Acquisition: | Gift of Mary Blanken Kohler, ca. 1980 |
| Processed by: | Fred Bassett, Senior Librarian, Manuscripts and Special Collections, April 2003. |
The Walter Kohler Railroads and Railroading Collection is organized into two series:
The timetables and railroad company publications are arranged alphabetically by name of railroad line or company, as it existed circa 1930s-1950s primarily in the United States and Canada. Public timetables contained information on the schedule of trains, station stops, and the type of equipment and services available on a particular train; they were distributed to travelers and ticket agents. Other railroad company literature includes brochures related to travel and tourism, and magazines distributed to employees and stockholders. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, articles from periodicals, and printed materials arranged mostly by topic. Some of the topics are locomotive and engines, railroad cars, and stations.
| Box | Folder(s) | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-2 | Alaska RR |
| 3 | Ann Arbor RR | |
| 4-10 | Atcheson, Topeka, & Santa Fe RR | |
| 11 | Atlanta & Birmingham RR | |
| 12 | Atlanta & West Point RR | |
| 13 | Atlantic City & Shore RR | |
| 14-16 | Atlantic Coast Line RR | |
| 2 | 1-3 | Atlantic Coast Line RR (cont.) |
| 4 | Baltimore & Eastern RR | |
| 5-15 | Baltimore & Ohio RR | |
| 3 | 1 | Bangor & Aroostock RR |
| 2 | Bessemer & Lake Erie RR | |
| 3-4 | Boston & Albany RR (New York Central System) | |
| 5-6 | Boston & Maine RR | |
| 7 | Buffalo & Lake Erie RR | |
| 8 | Buffalo, Rochester, & Pittsburgh RR (B&O System) | |
| 9 | Catskill Mountain RR | |
| 10 | Central of Georgia RR | |
| 11-17 | Central of New Jersey RR | |
| 4 | 1 | Central Vermont RR |
| 2-4 | Chesapeake & Ohio RR | |
| 5 | Chicago & Alton RR (GM&O) | |
| 6 | Chicago, Aurora, & Elgin RR | |
| 7-17 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR (Burlington Route) | |
| 5 | 1 | Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR |
| 2 | Chicago Great Western RR | |
| 3 | Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Louisville RR (MONON) | |
| 5-9 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR (Milwaukee Road) | |
| 10 | Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee RR (North Shore Line) | |
| 11-16 | Chicago & Northwestern RR | |
| 6 | 1-3 | Chicago & Northwestern RR (cont.) |
| 4-7 | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR (Rock Island) | |
| 8 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis RR (Big Four) | |
| 9 | Colorado & Southern RR (Burlington) | |
| 10-11 | Delaware & Hudson RR | |
| 12-17 | Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR | |
| 7 | 1-3 | Denver, Rio Grande, & Western RR |
| 4 | Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RR Duluth, Missabe & Northern RR |
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| 5-11 | Erie RR | |
| 8 | 1 | Georgia RR Georgia & Florida RR |
| 2-4 | Great Northern RR | |
| 5-6 | Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RR | |
| 7 | Hocking Valley RR | |
| 8-9 | Illinois Central RR | |
| 10 | Illinois Terminal RR | |
| 11 | International Railway | |
| 12 | Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern RR | |
| 13 | Kansas City Southern RR | |
| 14-15 | Lehigh Valley RR | |
| 16-10 | Long Island RR | |
| 9 | 1 | Los Angeles Railway |
| 2 | Louisiana & Arkansas RR | |
| 3-5 | Louisville & Nashville RR | |
| 6 | Maine Central RR | |
| 7 | Manitou & Pikes Peak RR | |
| 8 | Michigan Central RR | |
| 9 | Minneapolis & St. Louis RR | |
| 10 | Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RR (Soo Line) | |
| 11 | Missouri, Kansas & Texas RR (KATY) | |
| 12 | Missouri Pacific RR | |
| 13 | Mobile & Ohio RR | |
| 14 | Mount Washington Cog Railway | |
| 15 | Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RR (Dixie Line) | |
| 16 | New York & New Jersey RR (Erie) | |
| 17-21 | New York Central RR | |
| 10 | 1-12 | New York Central RR (cont.) |
| 11 | 1-5 | New York Central RR (cont.) |
| 6 | New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate) | |
| 7 | New York & Greenwood Lake Railway (Erie RR) | |
| 8 | New York & Long Branch RR | |
| 9-14 | New York, New Haven & Hartford RR | |
| 12 | 1-3 | New York, Ontario & Western RR |
| 4 | New York, Susquehanna & Western RR | |
| 5 | Niagara Gorge RR | |
| 6 | Norfolk & Southern RR | |
| 7 | Norfolk & Western RR | |
| 8-10 | Northern Pacific RR | |
| 11 | Northern Railroad of New Jersey | |
| 12 | Northwestern Pacific RR | |
| 13-18 | Pennsylvania RR | |
| 13 | 1-13 | Pennsylvania RR (cont.) |
| 14 | 1-15 | Pennsylvania RR (cont.) |
| 15 | 1-2 | Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore RR |
| 3 | Pere Marquette RR | |
| 4 | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR | |
| 5 | Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern RR | |
| 6-11 | Reading RR | |
| 12 | Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR | |
| 13 | Rutland RR | |
| 14 | Saint Louis & San Francisco RR (FRISCO) | |
| 16 | 1 | Saint Louis & Southwestern RR |
| 2 | Seaboard RR | |
| 3-16 | Southern Pacific RR | |
| 17 | 1-2 | Southern Railway |
| 3 | Spokane International Railway | |
| 4 | Spokane, Portland & Seattle RR | |
| 5 | Staten Island Rapid Transit | |
| 6 | Texas & Pacific RR | |
| 7-14 | Union Pacific RR | |
| 15 | Virginian Railway | |
| 16 | Wabash RR | |
| 18 | 1-3 | Western Pacific RR |
| 4 | Western Railway of Alabama | |
| 5-9 | West Shore RR (New York Central) | |
| 10 | Wheeling & Lake Erie RR | |
| 11 | Wichita Valley RR (Burlington) | |
| 19 | 1-3 | Canadian National RR |
| 4-7 | Canadian Pacific RR | |
| 8 | Dominion Atlantic RR | |
| 9 | Newfoundland Railway | |
| 10 | Ottawa Electric Railway | |
| 11 | Quebec Central RR | |
| 12 | Pacific Great Eastern RR | |
| 13 | Temiskaming & Northern Ontario RR | |
| 14 | Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo RR | |
| 15 | White Pass & Yukon RR | |
| 20 | Railroad magazines (various issues) a. Santa Fe Magazine b. B and O Magazine |
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| 21 | Railroad magazines (cont.) a. Erie b. The Lackawanna |
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| 22 | Railroad magazines (cont.) a. New York Central Headlight b. Western Pacific Mileposts |
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| 23 | 1-9 | Pullman Company |
| 24 | 1 | Directory of Named Passenger Trains Operated on Railroads in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, September, 1940. |
| 2 | Clippings: Railroads in United States history | |
| 3 | Brochures: Railroads during World War II | |
| 4 | Brochures: Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933 | |
| 5 | Brochures: New York World's Fair, 1939 | |
| 6 | The Royal Tour of Canada and the United States, 1939 (King of England) | |
| 7 | Dinning Car Souvenir Menus | |
| 8 | Model Railroad Trade Catalogs | |
| 9 | Newspaper clippings: Streamlined trains | |
| 10 | Booklet: Quiz on Railroads and Railroading | |
| 11 | Brochures: Railroad museums | |
| 12 | Clippings: Famous trains | |
| 13 | Magazines and booklets about railroads | |
| 14 | Railroad Journal, October-December 1943 | |
| 25 | Railroad Timetables and Travel Brochures |
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| 1 | West Indies and South America | |
| 2 | Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda | |
| 3 | Cuba | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | |
| 5 | Jamaica | |
| 6 | Curacao, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Virgin Islands | |
| 7-8 | Mexico | |
| 9 | Central America: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama | |
| 10 | South America: Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru | |
| 11 | Europe | |
| 12-14 | Great Britain | |
| 14 | British Railways | |
| 26 | 1-3 | London, Midland & Scottish Railway |
| 4 | London & Northeastern Railway | |
| 5 | Southern Railway of England | |
| 6 | Wales | |
| 7 | Scotland | |
| 8 | Ireland | |
| 9 | Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland | |
| 10 | Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg | |
| 11-13 | France | |
| 27 | 1-6 | France (cont.) |
| 7-8 | Germany | |
| 9 | Greece | |
| 10 | Italy | |
| 11 | Spain | |
| 12 | Switzerland | |
| 13 | Turkey | |
| 14 | Egypt | |
| 15 | Australia | |
| 28 | 1-3 | Africa |
| 4-5 | South Africa | |
| 6-7 | Japan | |
| 8 | China: Manchurian Railway | |
| 9 | India | |
| 10 | Ceylon | |
| 11 | Southeast Asia | |
| 12 | Netherlands Indies | |
| 29 | 1-7 | Scrapbook: New York State |
| 30 | 1-5 | Scrapbook: New York City |
| 31 | Scrapbooks: Travel Brochures | |
| 1 | Alabama | |
| 2 | Arizona | |
| 3-6 | California | |
| 7 | Colorado | |
| 8 | Connecticut | |
| 9 | Florida | |
| 10 | Georgia | |
| 11 | Hawaii | |
| 12 | Idaho | |
| 32 | Scrapbooks: Travel Brochures | |
| 1 | Illinois | |
| 2 | Indiana | |
| 3 | Kansas | |
| 4 | Kentucky | |
| 5 | Louisiana | |
| 6 | Maine | |
| 7 | Maryland | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | |
| 9 | Michigan | |
| 10 | Minnesota | |
| 11 | Mississippi | |
| 12 | Missouri | |
| 33 | Scrapbooks: Travel Brochures | |
| 1 | Montana | |
| 2 | Nevada | |
| 3 | New Hampshire | |
| 4 | New Jersey | |
| 5 | New Mexico | |
| 6 | North Carolina | |
| 7 | North Dakota | |
| 8 | Ohio | |
| 9 | Oklahoma | |
| 10 | Oregon | |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | |
| 12 | Rhode Island | |
| 13 | South Carolina | |
| 14 | South Dakota | |
| 15 | Tennessee | |
| 16 | Texas | |
| 34 | Scrapbooks: Travel Brochures | |
| 1 | Utah | |
| 2-3 | Virginia | |
| 4 | Washington | |
| 5 | West Virginia | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | |
| 7 | Wyoming | |
| 8 | Washington, D.C. | |
| 9 | United States | |
| Nationwide Map Service - Highway Map and Guide Series (maps, ca. 1930s for each state) | ||
| 10 | Alabama-Georgia | |
| 11 | Idaho-Louisiana | |
| 12 | Maine-Montana | |
| 13 | Nebraska-Oklahoma | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania-Utah | |
| 15 | Vermont-Wyoming | |
| 35 | Miscellany |
| Box- | Volume | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Alaska RR b. Arcade & Attica RR c. Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe RR d. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast RR e. Atlanta & West Point RR f. Atlantic City RR |
| 37 | 2 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Atlantic Coast Line b. Baltimore & Annapolis RR c. Baltimore & Eastern RR d. Baltimore & Ohio RR |
| 38 | 3 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Bangor & Aroostook RR b. Bessemer & Lake Erie RR c. Big Four Route d. Boston & Albany RR e. Boston & Maine RR f. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh RR |
| 39 | 4 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Central of Georgia RR b. Central Railroad of New Jersey (New Jersey Central) c. Central Vermont RR d. Chesapeake & Ohio RR e. Chicago & Alton RR |
| 40 | 5 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR b. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR c. Chicago Great Western RR d. Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Louisville RR e. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR (Milwaukee Road) f. Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee RR (North Shore Line) |
| 41 | 6 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Chicago & Northwestern RR b. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR (Rock Island) |
| 42 | 7 | Railroad Lines—United States a. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis RR (Big Four) b. Colorado & Southern RR c. Delaware & Hudson RR |
| 8 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR b. Denver, Rio Grande & Western RR c. Duluth, Mesabi & Northern RR d. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RR |
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| 43 | 9 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Erie RR |
| 44 | 10 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Florida East Coast RR b. Forth Worth & Denver RR c. Georgia RR d. Florida & Georgia RR e. Great Northern RR f. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RR g. Illinois Central RR |
| 45 | 11 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern RR b. Kansas City Southern RR c. Lehigh Valley RR d. Long Island RR e. Louisiana & Arkansas RR f. Louisville & Nashville RR |
| 46 | 12 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Maine Central b. Manitou & Pikes Peak RR c. Michigan Central RR d. Minneapolis & St. Louis RR e. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RR (Soo Line) f. Missouri, Kansas & Texas (KATY) g. Missouri Pacific RR h. Mobile & Ohio RR i. Mount Washington Cog Railway j. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RR k. New Jersey & New York RR |
| 47 | 13 | Railroad Lines: United States a. New York Central & Hudson River RR |
| 48 | 14 | Railroad Lines: United States a. New York Central (cont.) |
| 49 | 15 | Railroad Lines: United States a. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR (Nickel Plate) b. New York & Greenwood Lake RR c. New Jersey Central RR d. New York, New Haven & Hartford RR (New Haven) |
| 50 | 16 | Railroad Lines: United States a. New York, Ontario & Western RR b. New York, Susquehanna & Western RR c. Niagara Gorge Railway d. Norfolk & Western RR e. Northern Pacific RR f. Northern Railroad of New Jersey g. Pacific Electric RR |
| 51 | 17 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Pennsylvania RR |
| 52 | 18 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Pennsylvania RR (cont.) |
| 53 | 19 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore RR b. Pere Marquette RR c. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR d. Reading RR e. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR f. Rio Grande Southern g. Rochester & Syracuse RR h. Rutland RR i. Sacramento Northern RR j. Saint Louis & San Francisco RR (FRISCO) k. Saint Louis Southwestern RR (Cotton Belt Route) l. Seaboard RR |
| 54 | 20 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Southern Pacific RR b. Southern Railway c. Spokane International RR d. Spokane, Portland & Seattle RR e. Staten Island Rapid Transit f. Texas & Pacific RR g. Tidewater Southern RR h. Ulster & Delaware RR i. Union Pacific RR j. Virginian Railway |
| 55 | 21 | Railroad Lines: United States a. Wabash RR b. Washington & Old Dominion RR c. West Jersey & Seashore RR d. West Shore RR e. Western & Atlantic RR f. Western Maryland RR g. Western Railway of Alabama h. Western Pacific RR i. Wheeling & Lake Erie RR |
| 22 | Railroads: Canada a. Canadian Pacific RR b. Dominion Atlantic RR c. Newfoundland Railway d. Pacific Great Eastern Railway e. Prince Edward Island Railway f. Quebec Central Railway g. Quebec, North Shore & Labrador RR h. Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway i. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway j. White Pass & Yukon RR |
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| 56 | 23 | Railroads: Canada a. Canadian National b. Grand Trunk RR |
| 57 | 24 | Railroad Collections, Hobbyists, Clubs and Books |
| 58 | 25 | Street Railways, Electric Lines and Urban Transit |
| 59 | 26 | Subways and Elevated Railways a. New York City b. Chicago c. Boston |
| 60 | 27 | Railroad Cars a. Passenger Coach b. Caboose c. Circus d. Coal e. Dining and food service |
| 61 | 28 | Railroad Cars a. Freight (box, hopper, tanker, etc.) b. Mail c. Piggyback d. Sleeper e. Vista Domes f. Wreckers and Cranes |
| 62 | 29 | Railroad Cars a. Builders and Manufacturers (American Car Foundry) b. Service and Maintenance c. Yards |
| 63 | 30 | Pullman Company |
| 64 | 31 | Pullman Company (cont.) |
| 65 | 32 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. History b. Builders and manufacturers (ALCO, Baldwin, etc.) c. Parts |
| 66 | 33 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. Maintenance and repair b. Types (design and classification) |
| 67 | 34 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. Pictorial Chronology of the Steam Engine, 1789-1899 |
| 68 | 35 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. Pictorial history (Aberdeen RR-Lehigh & Hudson RR) |
| 69 | 36 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. Pictorial history (Lehigh Valley RR-Pacific Electric RR) |
| 70 | 37 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. Pictorial history (Pennsylvania RR-Yosemite Valley RR) |
| 71 | 38 | Railroad Engines and Locomotives a. Diesel—Electric Power |
| 72 | 39 | Railroad Subjects a. Accidents b. Almanacs c. Anniversaries of Railroad Companies d. Association of American Railroads e. Automobiles f. Baggage g. Boats h. Bonds and stocks i. Books |
| 73 | 40 | Railroad Subjects a. Bridges b. Builders c. Bus lines d. Calendars e. Coal f. Cogs g. Crossings |
| 74 | 41 | Railroad Subjects a. Employees b. Engineers c. Express Agencies |
| 75 | 42 | Railroad Subjects a. Fares b. Firsts c. Freight d. Gauges |
| 76 | 43 | Railroad Subjects a. Grade Crossings b. Guides c. Information Booklets d. Land Grants e. Magazines (by railroad company, A-M) |
| 77 | 44 | Railroad Subjects a. Magazines (N-Z) b. Mail c. Maps d. Mileage e. Miniatures and Models f. Movies (Motion Pictures) g. Museums h. Officers i. Ownership |
| 78 | 45 | Railroad Subjects a. Parts b. Passengers c. Payroll d. Piers e. Police f. Presidents g. Quiz h. Radio i. Real estate j. Regulations k. Retirement and Employee Benefits l. Right-of-way m. Routes n. Safety o. Shipping p. Shops q. Shorelines |
| 79 | 46 | Railroad Subjects a. Signals b. Snow c. Stations |
| 80 | 47 | Railroad Subjects a. Stationery b. Strikes (Labor) c. Supplies d. Taxes e. Telegraph f. Telephone g. Television |
| 48 | Railroad Subjects a. Ticket Stubs b. Ticketing |
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| 81 | 49 | Railroad Subjects a. Time (Railroad Standard Time) b. Timetables c. Tracks d. Trademarks e. Travel and Tours f. Tunnels |
| 82 | 50 | Railroad Subjects a. War (World War mobilization) b. Wrecks c. YMCA |
| 83 | 51A | Trains: Subjects a. Air conditioning b. Anniversaries c. Fastest trains d. First trains |
| 51B | Trains: Subjects a. Heating Systems b. Names of trains c. Robberies d. Train talks |
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| 84 | 52 | Trains (Classification) a. Aero-train b. Aluminum c. Custom-made d. Defense e. Hi-level f. Hospital g. Jet train h. Model train i. Snow train j. Talgo train k. Tubular train |
| 85 | 53A | Fairs and Expositions a. Great Lakes Exposition, 1936 b. New York World Fair, 1939 c. Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco), 1939 d. Chicago Railroad Fair, 1949 |
| 53B | Railroad Miscellany a. Historical b. Travel c. New York World's Fair, 1939 |
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| 86 | 54 | Railroads or the World: Central and South America a. Bahamas b. Barbados c. Bermuda d. Cuba e. Dominican Republic f. Haiti g. Jamaica h. Puerto Rico i. Trinidad j. Virgin Islands k. Mexico l. Guatemala m. El Salvador n. Costa Rica o. Panama p. Argentina q. Bolivia r. Brazil s. Chile t. Colombia u. Ecuador v. Peru w. Uruguay x. Venezuela |
| 87 | 55 | Railroads of the World: Great Britain and Ireland a. Associated British Railways b. City of London c. Cheshire Line Railway d. Great Western Railway e. London, Midland and Scottish Railway f. London & Northeastern Railway g. Southern Railway of England h. Great Northern Railways (Ireland) i. Great Southern Railways (Ireland) |
| 88 | 56 | Railways of the World: Europe a. Austria b. Belgium c. Czechoslovakia d. Denmark e. Estonia f. Finland g. France |
| 89 | 57 | Railways of the World: Europe a. Germany b. Greece c. Holland (The Netherlands) d. Hungary e. Italy f. Latvia g. Lithuania h. Norway i. Poland j. Russia k. Spain l. Sweden m. Switzerland n. Turkey o. Yugoslavia |
| 90 | 58 | Railroads of the World: Asia a. Burma b. Ceylon c. China d. Hong Kong e. Hawaii f. India g. Japan h. Java i. Korea j. Malaysia k. Manchuria l. Mongolia m. Pakistan n. Palestine (Israel) o. Persia p. Philippines q. Thailand |
| 91 | 59 | Railways of the World a. Africa b. Egypt c. Sudan d. South Africa e. Australia f. New Zealand |
| 60 | New York Central System: History and Excursions | |
| 92 | 61 | United States Politics and Presidential Campaigns |