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Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group Collection

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group was a special interest group specializing in the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

This collection includes railroad related materials collected by the Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group (PRR ERG). Items in the collection include timetables, books, magazines, articles, memorabilia, posters, blueprints, track layouts, right of way and track maps, and political and topographical maps of some areas. There are also a number of posters, prints and calendars. Series 6: Maps/Plans is organized by region, as defined by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1964: the Eastern Region, Central Region and Western Region.

The collection is arranged into 9 series as follows:

Series 1: Timetables, 1837-1982

Series 2: Books (including miniature books and pamphlets), 1830-1969

Series 3: Magazines, 1936-1984

Series 4: Articles, 1936-1984, undated

Series 5: Memorabilia, 1881-1985, undated

Series 6: Maps/plans, 1858-1977, undated

Series 7: Posters, 1946-1984, undated

Series 8: Atlases, 1903, undated

Series 9: Photographs, 1876-1993, undated

Placed on deposit by Michael Burshtin, President, PRR Eastern Region Group, in 1987.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in February 1998 by Matthew S. Hopper.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in July 2019 by Samuel Chun, student assistant, and Courtney Smerz, Collection Management Archivist.

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Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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Finding Aid Date
April 2024
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Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group Collection is on deposit with the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The donor has not assigned their rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Pennsylvania Railroad: Chesapeake Region: No. 10, and Philadelphia Region, No. 10, 1960.
Box 1 Folder 1
Pennsylvania Railroad: Eastern Region: No. 4, No. 8, No. 8, No. 18, 1952-1964.
Box 1 Folder 2
Pennsylvania Railroad: Eastern Region: No. 20, No. 21, No. 22, 1965-1966.
Box 1 Folder 3
Pennsylvania Railroad: Eastern Region: No. 23, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 4
Pennsylvania Railroad: Timetable Changes for daylight saving time, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 5
Pennsylvania Railroad: Copy of Harrisburg – Columbia Schedule, 1952.
Box 1 Folder 6
Pennsylvania Railroad: Copy of 1st Train Schedule of PRR, Columbia and Philadelphia Railway, 1837.
Box 1 Folder 7
Pennsylvania Railroad: PRR/B&O, Columbus and Newark Division, No. 34, 1953.
Box 1 Folder 8
Penn-Central: Northeastern Region, No. 6, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 9
Norfolk and Southern: Steam Schedule, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 10
SEPTA, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 11
SEPTA, 1971-1972.
Box 1 Folder 12
SEPTA, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 13
Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 1 Folder 14

AP Block System for Single Track Steam Locomotives, General Railway Signal Co., undated.
Box 1 Folder 12
Adventures in Success, Student Manual, undated.
Box 1 Folder 13
Agent's Daily Track List, Newtown Station, 1958-1959.
Box 1 Folder 14
Annual Report, PRR, 1937.
Box 1 Folder 15
Annual Report, PRR, 1939.
Box 1 Folder 16
Annual Report, PRR, 1940.
Box 1 Folder 17
Annual Report, PRR, 1941.
Box 1 Folder 18
Annual Report, PRR, 1942.
Box 1 Folder 19
Annual Report: PRR, 1960.
Box 1 Folder 20
Annual Report: PRR, 1965.
Box 1 Folder 21
Association of American Railroads Research Activities, 1963-1964.
Box 1 Folder 22
Brake and Train Air Signal Instructions, Penn Central EC 99, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 23
CONRAIL – Ten Years Young, undated.
Box 1 Folder 24
Delaware Valley Rails, John R. Pawson, undated.
Box 1 Folder 25
Electric Interlocking Handbook, General Railway Signal Co., 1924.
Box 1 Folder 26
Electrical Operating Instruction, PRR, CT 290, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 27
Guide to Philadelphia, undated.
Box 1 Folder 28
Guide to the East Broad Top Railroad and the Shade Gap Electric Railway, Rockhill Furnace, PA, undated.
Box 1 Folder 29
Harbor Facilities (PRR): Port of Philadelphia, ND, undated.
Box 1 Folder 30
Historic Bridges of Pennsylvania, William H. Shank, undated.
Box 1 Folder 31
A History of the American Locomotive, Its Development, 1830-1880.
Box 1 Folder 32
Information: Pennsylvania Railroad Leaflets, 1913.
Box 2 Folder 1
Information: Pennsylvania Railroad Leaflets, 1914.
Box 2 Folder 2
Information: Pennsylvania Railroad Leaflets, 1915.
Box 2 Folder 3
Information: Pennsylvania Railroad Leaflets, 1916.
Box 2 Folder 4
Information: Pennsylvania Railroad Leaflets, 1917.
Box 2 Folder 5
Inside Railroading, 1957.
Box 2 Folder 6
Inspection Trip by Special Train and Boat, New York to Philadelphia, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 7
The John Bull: 150 Years a Locomotive, John J. White Jr., undated.
Box 2 Folder 8
List of Approved Paints and Coalings, Penn-Central, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 9
Manual of Standard Practice for Construction and Maintenance of Track, Penn-Central, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 10
Modern Cars and Locomotives, 1926.
Box 2 Folder 11
Nineteenth Century Photography in Philadelphia, Kenneth Finbel, undated.
Box 2 Folder 12
Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment, March 1962.
Box 2 Folder 13
The Original 1879 Car Builder's Dictionary, 1879.
Box 2 Folder 14
Passenger Stations of Pennsylvania Railroad East of Pittsburgh, Erie and Buffalo, 1912.
Box 2 Folder 15
The Philadelphia Commuter, Transportation Displays, Inc., undated.
Box 2 Folder 16
Philadelphia Facts: Industrial and Commercial, 1944.
Box 2 Folder 17
Philadelphia In Motion, JW Bourse, Jr., undated.
Box 2 Folder 18
Pioneer III Truck, Budd Railway Division, undated.
Box 2 Folder 19
Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Delaware Railroad Co., 1877.
Box 2 Folder 20
Quiz of Railroads and Railroading, undated.
Box 2 Folder 21
A Railroad President Looks at His Job, M.W. Clement, undated.
Box 2 Folder 22
The Railroad Story, undated.
Box 2 Folder 23
Railroads at Work, 1958.
Box 2 Folder 24
Railroads of America, 1964.
Box 2 Folder 25
Railroads Unlimited! America's Modern Transportation Miracle, undated.
Box 2 Folder 26
Railroads Unlimited! The Miracle in America's Future, undated.
Box 2 Folder 27
The Reading: Building a Modern Railroad, 1958.
Box 2 Folder 28
Record of Transportation Lines Owned Leased and Operated by the PRR, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 29
Record of Transportation Lines Owned Leased and Operated by the PRR, 1958.
Box 2 Folder 30
Record of Transportation Lines Owned Leased and Operated by the PRR, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 31
Report of W. Milnor Roberts, Esq. on the Survey of a Route to Avoid the Schuylkill Inclined Plane on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad (Copy), 1848.
Box 2 Folder 32
A Review of Railway Operations in 1946, 1946.
Box 2 Folder 33
Report of the Committee on Allocating the Construction Costs of the Penna Tunnel and Terminal Railroad Co., 1914.
Box 3 Folder 1
Report on Reading, 1946.
Box 3 Folder 2
Rules for the Government of the Transportation Department, PRR, 1910.
Box 3 Folder 3
Saved from the Torch, Friends of GGI-4800, undated.
Box 3 Folder 4
Standard Maintenance of Way Plans, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 5
Safety Rules for the Guidance of all Employees, Reading Co., 1971.
Box 3 Folder 6
Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Track, PRR, CE 78, 1965.
Box 3 Folder 7
Speech of JM Symes, President of the PRR to National Defense Transportation Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 1954.
Box 3 Folder 8
Standard Code of the American Railway Association, Block Signal Rules, 1900.
Box 3 Folder 9
Steam Locomotives of Yesteryear: Broad Street Station, undated.
Box 3 Folder 10
Steam Locomotives of Yesteryear: A Picture Study of the K-4, undated.
Box 3 Folder 11
Steam Locomotives of Yesteryear: Those Amazing Class "D" Locomotives, undated.
Box 3 Folder 12
Steam Locomotives of Yesteryear: World Famous Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, PA, undated.
Box 3 Folder 13
Steel Trails: The Epic of the Railroads, Martin D. Steevers, 1933.
Box 3 Folder 14
A Study of Railway Transportation for Teachers, Vol. 1 & 2, undated.
Box 3 Folder 15
Transportation in the Future, 1942.
Box 3 Folder 16
The Transportation Revolution, 1815-1860, George Rogers Taylor, 1815-1860.
Box 3 Folder 17
Two Cent's Worth, undated.
Box 3 Folder 18
Union Classification Yard systems Route Interlocking: PRR Westward Conway Yard, Conway, PA, Union Switch Signal, ND, undated.
Box 3 Folder 19
Union Switch and Signal Centralized Traffic Control, undated.
Box 3 Folder 20
Wharves and Docks, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1942.
Box 3 Folder 21
Who Gets the Railroad Dollar?, Dr. Jules Backman, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 22
Who Pays to Move America's Freight?, undated.
Box 3 Folder 23

American History Illustrated, August 1974.
Box 3 Folder 24
Amtrak News, March 15, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 25
Baldwin Locomotives, February 1939, March 1941.
Box 3 Folder 26
Baldwin Locomotives, Third Quarter, 1946.
Box 3 Folder 27
Cinders, November 1984.
Box 3 Folder 28
CONRAIL Weekend, November 4, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 29
Express Magazine, May 1981.
Box 3 Folder 30
The Keystone, June 1983.
Box 3 Folder 31
Life, May 19, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 32
Long Island Railroader, Vols. 1-3, 1956-1958.
Box 4 Folder 1
Physical Description

OVERSIZED

CONRAIL Maintenance Program and Track Chart, Eastern Region, Philadelphia Division, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 2
Physical Description

OVERSIZED

Locomotive Engineers Journal, March 1959.
Box 5 Folder 1
Metropolis, November 1981.
Box 5 Folder 2
Modern Railroads, November 1956.
Box 5 Folder 3
Modern Railroads, August 1983.
Box 5 Folder 4
National Geographic Magazine, November 1936.
Box 5 Folder 5
New York Commercial, May 8, 1923.
Box 5 Folder 6
Passenger Train Journal, February 1980, August 1981, January 1984.
Box 5 Folder 7
Penn Central Post, 1970-1976.
Box 5 Folder 8
The Pennsy, January-February 1958.
Box 5 Folder 9
Pennsy Journal, Spring 1981, Winter 1981.
Box 5 Folder 10
Railfan and Railroad, January 1982.
Box 5 Folder 11
Railway Age, October 10, 1955; May 7, 1962.
Box 5 Folder 12
Reading Railroad Magazine, February 1960.
Box 5 Folder 13
Trains, August 1943, July 1942, May 1975.
Box 5 Folder 14
Trains, July 1982, August 1982.
Box 5 Folder 15

Harry P. Albrecht (claims investigator for PRR) Articles, 1968-1984.
Box 5 Folder 16
"CONRAIL freight train derails at Merril Road, " Pittsfield, MA, August 2, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 17
"Electric Passenger Locomotives" Railway Age, 1936.
Box 5 Folder 18
Raymond Loewy Articles: "He styles the streamliners" Trains and "Raymond Loewy, streamliner…dies" NY Times, July, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 19
"Manhattan Transfer, NJ – 1910-1936" Locomotive Engineers. Penn Central, Div. 51, undated.
Box 5 Folder 20
"Northeast Road's Creditors can only get liquidation value of assets, court rules, " Wall Street Journal, undated.
Box 5 Folder 21
"Pamphlet descriptive of corporations which the PRR and its subsidiary and affiliated companies are interested through ownership of securities, leases or otherwise" Office of the Controller Philadelphia, 1951.
Box 5 Folder 22
"Philadelphia commuters ride new MU's" Modern Railroads, May 1963.
Box 5 Folder 23
"A Pictorial review of progress on the PRR", 1953.
Box 5 Folder 24
"'Plight of the Railroads' Interview" Interview with Walter S. Franklin, President of PRR, 1950.
Box 5 Folder 25
"Railroad Buffs hope to save old 'Lemo' [Lemoyne switch tower] Sunday Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA, January 8, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 26
"Restoration of the Class GG-1 Electric Locomotive into its former Pennsylvania Railroad Paint Schemes" Michael L. Burshtin, 1982.
Box 5 Folder 27
"The State of the Industry" by Tom Shedd, Modern Railroads, December 1976.
Box 5 Folder 28
"Wasted Dollars and Lost Opportunities: A Chronicle of Mismanagement" by Dr. EP Hamilton and Andrew C. Selden, Esq., 1983.
Box 5 Folder 29
"Where are the Penn Station Eagles?" Railroad Magazine, May 1972.
Box 5 Folder 30
"Wilmington Maintenance Facility", 1979.
Box 5 Folder 31
"Working on the Railroad" by William W. Finley, undated.
Box 5 Folder 32

Pennsylvania Railroad Memorabilia "Railroadiana" Collection from binder belonging to William J. Lawton, Collector of Railroadiana, undated.
Box 5 Folder 33
Pennsylvania Railroad Memorabilia "Railroadiana" Collection from binder belonging to William J. Lawton, Collector of Railroadiana, undated.
Box 5 Folder 34
Pennsylvania Railroad Memorabilia "Railroadiana" Collection from binder belonging to William J. Lawton, Collector of Railroadiana, undated.
Box 5 Folder 35
Miscellaneous General Orders, 1954-1961.
Box 5 Folder 36
Blank Material order and charge-out form, undated.
Box 5 Folder 37
Passenger Reservation Records, undated.
Box 5 Folder 38
Blank Employee Vacation Report Cards, undated.
Box 5 Folder 39
Blank Clearance Cards, undated.
Box 5 Folder 40
Book Cover: "PRR Passenger Stations East of Pittsburgh, Erie and Buffalo, " Belonging to JHW McQuinton, Signed and dated, 1927.
Box 5 Folder 41
Bituminous Coal Tariff Budgets, 1936-1939.
Box 5 Folder 42
Guide: Agent, Chestnut Hill, PA, No. 122, 1958.
Box 5 Folder 43
Retirement and Roll of Honor Certification for Emile Mehrer, 1963.
Box 5 Folder 44
Work Orders: Bryn Mawr, PA, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 45
Work Orders: Burnham, PA, 1971.
Box 5 Folder 46
Work Orders: Columbia, PA, 1963.
Box 5 Folder 47
Work Orders: Columbia, PA, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 48
Work Orders: Harrisburg, PA, 1966.
Box 5 Folder 49
Work Orders: Harrisburg to Royalton, PA, 1963.
Box 5 Folder 50
Work Orders: Haverford, PA, 1974.
Box 5 Folder 51
Work Orders: Johnstown, PA, 1968.
Box 5 Folder 52
Work Orders: Kinzer, PA, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 53
Work Orders: Lancaster, PA, 1968.
Box 5 Folder 54
Work Orders: McClure: PA, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 55
Work Orders: New Holland, PA, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 56
Work Orders: North Kearny, NJ, 1975.
Box 5 Folder 57
Work Orders: Rohrerstown, PA, 1968.
Box 5 Folder 58
Work Orders: Shocke, PA, 1968.
Box 5 Folder 59
Information for Members of Philadelphia Chapter, PRR Technical and Historical Society, undated.
Box 5 Folder 60
Miscellaneous Per Diem Receipts, undated.
Box 5 Folder 61
Christmas Poem, PRR Theme, undated.
Box 5 Folder 62
50th Anniversary of NY-Philadelphia Electric Train – Stamps and Envelopes, undated.
Box 5 Folder 63
AMTRAK: Northeast Corridor, Bulletin Orders (1983-1984), 1983-1984.
Box 5 Folder 64
AMTRAK: Amtrack and Septa Bulletins with Maps, undated.
Box 5 Folder 65
CONRAIL: Valuation Maps, Etc. – Instruction, 1974.
Box 6 Folder 1
CONRAIL: Bulletin Orders, 1984.
Box 6 Folder 2
Penn Central: Eastern Region, General Notices, 1961-1973.
Box 6 Folder 3
National Railroad Historical Society Program: 50th Anniversary Convention, Lancaster, PA, August 24, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 4
Souvenir Envelopes and Patch: 50th Anniversary Convention, Lancaster, PA, circa 1985.
Box 6 Folder 5
Dutch Country Rails, 50th Anniversary, Lancaster, PA, circa 1985.
Box 6 Folder 6
Pre-Convention Trip to Scranton, PA and Steamtown, USA, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 7
Denver Union Station, Hundredth Anniversary, Souvenir Card, 1881-1981.
Box 6 Folder 8
Souvenir Program for Colorado Rails, 1982.
Box 6 Folder 9
Pennsylvania Steel Company – Receipts, 1890s.
Box 6 Folder 10
Abandonments, undated.
Box 6 Folder 11
Philadelphia-Reading Railroad – Invoice, undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
150th Anniversary of John Bull Locomotive, Smithsonian Institution, September 15, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 13
Miscellaneous Letters, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 6 Folder 15

Key to regions and map finder, undated.
Box 6 Folder 16
Atglen and Susquehanna Branch, Low Grade Freight Line, Parkesburg to Wago Jct., 1927.
Box 6 Folder 17
Baldwin Locomotive Works, undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
Baltimore Division, York Branch, Track Map (Negative), undated.
Box 6 Folder 19
Broad and Lehigh, undated.
Box 6 Folder 20
Broad Street Station, Fourth and Seventh Office Floor Blueprints and Proposed Remodeling, undated.
Box 6 Folder 21
Budd Co., Truck Arrangement Hand Brake, undated.
Box 6 Folder 22
Budd Co., Bolster Assembly Truck, 1960.
Box 6 Folder 23
Budd Co., Electric Multiple Unit Commuter Railroad Car (Mus), 1961.
Box 6 Folder 24
Cape May, NJ to Lewes, DE – Ferry, undated.
Box 6 Folder 25
Carmel and Northern Railway, Evansville Mountain, 1915.
Box 6 Folder 26
Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Station Map, tracks and structures, Cleveland, Cincinnati, undated.
Box 6 Folder 27
CONRAIL – Kankakee Industrial Sites, undated.
Box 6 Folder 28
CRANT's Official Indexed Street Map of Pittsburgh, undated.
Box 6 Folder 29
Delaware Extension, Atlantic, Penrose, Girard Point and Greenwich Yards, undated.
Box 6 Folder 30
Improvements for Suburban Station, undated.
Box 6 Folder 31
Long Island Railroad Company, Property in Queens, undated.
Box 6 Folder 32
Maps of Divisions: Overlay, undated.
Box 6 Folder 33
Maps of Divisions: Negatives, undated.
Box 6 Folder 34
Maps of Divisions: Paper Copies, undated.
Box 6 Folder 35
Market and 4th Street, undated.
Box 6 Folder 36
Northern Central Rail Co., Track Map, York, PA, undated.
Box 6 Folder 37
North Philadelphia Railroad Property, undated.
Box 6 Folder 38
Penn Central Rail Lines, 1972.
Box 6 Folder 39
Pennsylvania Railroad System, undated.
Box 6 Folder 40
PRR Railroads and Stations in the vicinity of NYC, undated.
Box 6 Folder 41
PRR Track Chart, 1964.
Box 6 Folder 42
PRR Right of Way and Track Map, McCay Run Branch, undated.
Box 6 Folder 43
Pennsylvania Road Map, undated.
Box 6 Folder 44
Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension, Middlesex to King of Prussia, undated.
Box 6 Folder 45
Philadelphia Columbia Railroad, undated.
Box 6 Folder 46
Philadelphia Columbia Railroad, undated.
Box 6 Folder 47
Pittsburgh, PA – Roads and Walks (negative), undated.
Box 6 Folder 48
Pittsburgh, PA – Sheet 9, No. 3, 1962.
Box 6 Folder 49
Plan for the Abolishment of Grade Crossings in South Phila., 1922.
Box 6 Folder 50
Prince George's County, Showing Topography and Election Districts, 1946.
Box 6 Folder 51
Proposed railroads – Southwest Pennsylvania, undated.
Box 6 Folder 52
Steam Railroad Map of Pennsylvania, undated.
Box 6 Folder 53
Suburban Station, undated.
Box 6 Folder 54
Trail Van Trains – Eastbound Service St. Louis, Chicago to Boston, Phila & NYC, undated.
Box 6 Folder 55
Union Railway, Station Map – Tracks and Structures, Indianapolis, In, 1927.
Box 6 Folder 56
United New Jersey Railroad easement to the State of New Jersey (New York Zone), 1947-1948.
Box 6 Folder 57
West Philadelphia Railroad, undated.
Box 6 Folder 58
AMTRACK: Washington to NYC, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 1
Broad and Lehigh Station, undated.
Box 7 Folder 2
Chicago Union Station, Track level plan of head-house and concourse, 1952.
Box 7 Folder 3
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, Station map track and structures, 1916.
Box 7 Folder 4
Darby Creek or Low Grade Lines, 1944.
Box 7 Folder 5
Delaware River Wharves and Pierse, undated.
Box 7 Folder 6
Long Island Railroad: Sunnyside Yard and Vicinity, 1945.
Box 7 Folder 7
Main Line Map, 1970.
Box 7 Folder 8
Morrisville yard, Fan track and retarder layout, Penn-Central, undated.
Box 7 Folder 9
New York Bay Railroad, 1918.
Box 7 Folder 10
New York Station: Exit concourse plan, 1962.
Box 7 Folder 11
New York Station: Lease Plan, slab level, undated.
Box 7 Folder 12
The OMNIA Building, Penn City, Philadelphia, PA – A study for the PRR, undated.
Box 7 Folder 13
Penn-Central System Rail Lines, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 14
Pennsylvania System, Philadelphia Terminal Division, 1919.
Box 7 Folder 15
PRR New Passenger Terminals, undated.
Box 7 Folder 16
PRR Valuation District No. 2 and No. 3, undated.
Box 7 Folder 17
Pennsylvania Turnpike – Proposed Western Expansion RR Bridge, undated.
Box 7 Folder 18
Philadelphia Area Railroad System, undated.
Box 7 Folder 19
Philadelphia City Planning Company, Plan for Penn Center, 1952.
Box 8 Folder 1
Port Road, Columbia, Susquehanna and A & S Branch, 1975.
Box 8 Folder 2
Proposed Schuylkill Expressway between Spring Garden St. and 30th Street station, undated.
Box 8 Folder 3
Public Transportation Lines of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1968.
Box 8 Folder 4
Reading Co.: Terminal to Park Jct., undated.
Box 8 Folder 5
Reading Co.: Rail Lines, 1948.
Box 8 Folder 6
Spring Garden to Arch, undated.
Box 8 Folder 7
Steubenville Extension, Pittsburgh Division, undated.
Box 8 Folder 8
32nd Street Office Building PRR, 1960.
Box 8 Folder 9
1-6: Reference Maps: Pennsylvania Railroad, region map, 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 1
7-12: Pennsylvania Railroad: Division Map (showing Division headquarters), 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 1
1: USA: Political, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
2: USA: Railroad, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
3-7: Pennsylvania Railroad and Affiliates: Color-coded Full Track Maps [4 various], 1944-1960.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
8-9: Area Engineers Territories, 1958-1963.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
Physical Description

[2 copies]

10: Full Track Map, 1962.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
11: Full Track Map, 1963.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
12: Full Track Map, 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
13: Full Track Map [small], 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
14: Regional Headquarters, 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
15: Full Track Map [extra-large], 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
16: Color-coded Project and Track Map, 1966.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
17-18: Penn-Central Railroad and Affiliates: Full Track Maps, 1968.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
Physical Description

[2 copies]

19-24: Penn-Central Railroad and Affiliates: Full Track Maps, 1968-1974.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
Physical Description

[6 copies]

25: Penn-Central Railroad and Affiliates: Full Track Map, 1972.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
26-37: CONRAIL: Full System Map, 1984.
Box 10 Folder Roll 2
1: General Material: Map of Eastern Region (not to scale), 1964.
Box 10 Folder Roll 3
2: General Material: Penn-Central – Eastern Region Operating Facilities, 1968.
Box 10 Folder Roll 3
3: General Material: Amtrak/CONRAIL – Switching Map – Philadelphia to DC (Landover to Potomac Yard), 1970.
Box 10 Folder Roll 3
1: New York: Trenton to NY City – Northeast Corridor (1955), 1955.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
2: New York Central Railroad System, 1951.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
3: NY Penn Station – Track Map, 1943.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
4: NY Port Authority – District Transportation Map, 1957.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
5: NY Port Authority – NY Harbor Terminals, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
6: NY Subway Terminals on Long Island in Relation to Long Island Railroad, 1946.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
7: Long Island Railroad System, 1926.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
8: Long Island showing Long Island Railroad, 1935.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
9: Long Island showing Long Island Railroad, 1947.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
10: Portland, NY - Bridge over PRR tracks, blue-print, 1908.
Box 10 Folder Roll 4
1: New Jersey: United New Jersey Railroad - NY/NJ Divisions Track Map, 1918.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
2: Hoboken, NJ - Aerial Photo, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
3: Jersey City Terminal, 1918.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
4: Jersey City Terminal, 1918.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
5: New Brunswick and Highland Park, NJ City Maps, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
6: Woodbridge, NJ - Perth Amboy Jct., 1921.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
7: State Map - USGS, 1915.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
8: Linden, NJ - City Map, partial, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
9: Metuchen, NJ - Zoning Map, 1952.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
10: Elizabeth and Jersey City, showing bay, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
11: Newark, Jersey City, and Northern NJ Railroads and Industries - CONRAIL Map, 1981.
Box 10 Folder Roll 5
1: Philadelphia Division: Air View, Negative, Philadelphia Dept. of Real Estate, 1946.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
2: Art Museum District, Aerial Photo, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
3: 40th Ward, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
4: Gray's Ferry Engine House, Blue Print, 1890.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
5: South Philadelphia Track Elevation Inventory of Railroad Facilities, showing Delaware and Washington Aves., 1914.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
6: Valuation District, corporations, valuation section and index of right of way and track maps, 1918.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
7: Region Operation Facilities, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
8-9: Terminal Division Track Map, 1978.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
Physical Description

[2 copies]

10: Route of Delaware Expressway from Bristol to Walt Whitman Bridge - Philadelphia City Planning Commission proposed revised line, 1958/1963.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
11: Wards showing population, based on census, 1910.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
12: West-side, 30th Street Station and Schuylkill River, Aerial Photo (DVRPC 75-A32-B34), undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 6
1: Plan of Schuylkill River Passenger Railway from Penna Ave. near Fairmount Basin to Gray's Ferry Road and Return, 1869.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
2: Swanson Street Line, Track Map, B&O RR, 1955-1968.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
3: Delaware River Piers and Railroad lines from Navy Yard to Tacony, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
4-11: Delaware River Piers, Track Layout, undated.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
Physical Description

[8 maps]

12: 40th Ward and Hog Island Branch, 1928.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
13: Philadelphia Improvements: Track plan and operating stages, 1930.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
14: Astroview, 1970.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
15: Girard Point Branch and 30th Street Station, 1955.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
16: South Philadelphia, Aerial Photo, showing Delaware Ave., Navy Yard and League Island Park, 1959.
Box 10 Folder Roll 7
1: Pennsylvania: Mount Joy, PA (Lancaster Co.), 1858.
Box 11 Folder Roll 8
2: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia to Trenton (Brill to Millham) Northeast Corridor, Switching Map, 1974.
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3: Pennsylvania: Delaware River District - Wilmington to Trenton, Industrial Map, 1955.
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4: Pennsylvania: Proposed Chester and Philadelphia Branch, South Philadelphia to Claymont, undated.
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5: New Jersey: Central and Metropolitan NJ, 1945.
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6: New Jersey: Pleasantville, NJ (Atlantic Co.), undated.
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7: New Jersey: Ocean County, NJ - Roads, 1934.
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8: New Jersey: Ocean County, NJ - Roads, 1947.
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9: New Jersey: Camden, NJ - Amboy Branch, Proposed Rearrangement of Tracks at Pavonia Yard, 1962.
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1: Chesapeake Division: Northern Central Branch, Parkton, MD to York, PA, 1954.
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2: Chesapeake Division: Prince George's County, MD - Topography and Election Districts - USGS, 1946.
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3: Chesapeake Division: Prince George's County, MD - Highway Planning Survey, 1937.
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4: Chesapeake Division: Norfolk, VA and Vicinity, 1924.
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5: Chesapeake Division: Newark, DE and Area, 1951.
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6: Harrisburg Division: Lebanon, PA and suburbs, undated.
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7: Harrisburg Division: Lancaster, PA - city map, undated.
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1: General Material: Penn-Central: System Damage Estimate, 1972.
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2: General Material: Penn-Central: Viability Study, 1972.
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3: General Material: Wilkes-Barre, PA to Rochester, NY - Track Map, undated.
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4: General Material: Pennsylvania Steam Railroad Map, 1945.
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5: General Material: Central Region - Negative, undated.
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6: General Material: Pennsylvania County Map, undated.
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7: General Material: Pennsylvania Map Showing Streams Polluted by Coal Mine Drainage, 1912.
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8: Allegheny Division: Altoona, PA - Right of Way and Track Map, undated.
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Physical Description

[6 maps]

9: Allegheny Division: Altoona, PA - Right of Way and Track Map, undated.
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10: Allegheny Division: Saxton, PA (Bedford Co.) - Huntington and Broad Top Mt., Blue-print, undated.
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11: Pittsburgh, Division: Pittsburgh, PA - Street Map, 1944.
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12: Pittsburgh, Division: Pittsburgh, PA - USGS Topographical, undated.
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13: Pittsburgh Division: Pittsburgh, PA - Masonry Plans for Pennsylvania, Ave. Bridge, Blue-print, 1875.
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14-26: Pittsburgh Division: Pittsburgh, PA - Pennsylvania Ave. Bridge Original Plans and Reconstruction Plans, 1875/1949.
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Physical Description

[12 sheets]

27: Pittsburgh Division: Ohio, County, WV - Highway Map, undated.
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28: Pittsburgh Division: Freeport, PA (Westmoreland Co.) - Freeport Bridge, Blue-print, undated.
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29: Pittsburgh Division: Vandergrift, PA (Westmoreland Co.) - Kiskimentas River Bridge, Blue-print, 1899.
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30: Lake Division: Eastern Ohio Railroad System, undated.
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31: Northern Division: Buffalo, NY - City Map, 1925.
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Physical Description

[2 sheets]

32: Northern Division: CONRAIL - Northeast Region, Buffalo Division, 1976.
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1: General Material: Western Region - Plan No. 14288, 1964.
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2: Fort Wayne Division: Fort Wayne Division Map, undated.
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3: Fort Wayne Division: Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway - Petoskey, MI, 1927.
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4: Southwest Division: Northwest and Southwest Regions, undated.
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5: Southwest Division: Louisville, KY - Industrial and Interchange Tracks, 1959-1969.
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6: Chicago Division: Chicago Division Map, undated.
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7: Chicago Division: East Chicago, IN - City Map, 1943.
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8: Chicago Division: Chicago, IL - Plan for Operation and Maintenance of Facilities between Alton Junction and Van Buren Street, 1938-1939.
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9: Chicago Division: Chicago, IL - Detail of Truss for Jackson Street Viaduct, 1887.
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1-12: Miscellaneous Maps and Blueprints: Snowshow Branch - Title and Cost Maps, 1918.
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1: American Freedom Train, Class T-1, Engine No. 2100-2130, Blue-print, 1945.
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2: Plan of Bridge Crossing Cheesequake Creek Near Morgan Station, NY and LBBR, Blue-print, 1885.
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3: Plan to Accompany LV, undated.
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4-7: Miscellaneous Electrical Diagrams, undated.
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Physical Description

[4 sheets]

8: Unknown Electrical Diagram, undated.
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X: Damaged, aged, and deteriorating blueprints - miscellaneous, undated.
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"A Brief History of the Long Island Railroad: Then and Now", 1984.
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"Highball…" Advertisement, 1946.
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Gerald McDonald Prints, signed, 1984.
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New York Central "End of the Run, Weehawken", undated.
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Penn Central "Race Train to Bowie", 1969.
Box 8 Folder 5
Penn Central "Pony Express to Monmouth Park", undated.
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Pennsylvania Railroad "NYC to Philadelphia to Washington", 1968.
Box 8 Folder 7
Railroad Ads. (Miscellaneous magazines), 1940s.
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"Westbound Limited" PRR, undated.
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1: Pennsylvania Railroad "One-Hundred Years, 1846-1946, " Frank Reilly, 1946.
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2: Pennsylvania Railroad Calendar, Griff Teller, 1983.
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3: Malcom "Flash" Gordon: "GG-1, Penn-Central #4886", 1972.
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4: Malcom "Flash" Gordon: "Looking Toward the West End of Sunnyside Yard", 1976.
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5: Malcom "Flash Gordon": "Penn-Central Powelton Yard", 1975.
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6: Gil Reid, "Engine in Snow", 1976.
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7-8: Griff Teller, 2 posters, undated.
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9: Charles Graham, "The Great Bridge - Fireworks and Illumination from the Brooklyn Side", undated.
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10: "Engine #78" (acetate poster), undated.
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11: "Trusses: A Study by the Historic American Engineering Record", 1976.
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12: "The last run of the GG-1, Saturday Oct. 29, 1983", 1983.
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13: "A Brief History of the Long Island Rail Road, Then and Now", 1980.
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14: AMTRACK Calendar, 1983.
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15: Pennsylvania Railroad 1970 Calendar (with 12 b/w photos), 1970.
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16: "Great Event: On the Occasion of the John Bull's 150th Anniversary", 1981.
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17: "Horseshoe Curve, On the Occasion of the John Bull's 150th Anniversary", 1981.
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18: Biederman, "Pennsylvania 4800", undated.
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19: Wilmington, Delaware Train Station, 1984.
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20: General Motors Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad Engine No. 5801, undated.
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Railroad Atlas, undated.
Box 9 Folder 1
White & Kemble's Atlas and Digest of Railroad Mortgages, PRR, 1903.
Box 9 Folder 2

John Bull reprints for MCP, undated.
Box 13
PRR Postcards, undated.
Box 13
GG-1 Locomotive 50th Anniversary, 1984.
Box 13
PRR Postcards and Christmas card, undated.
Box 13
Mt. Washington Cog Railway, undated.
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Photograph of train and railway, undated. 3 copies.
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Physical Description

3 copies

"Meet Mrs. Casey Jones", undated.
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Landscape illustrations, map, photo negatives, undated.
Box 13
Illustration from Scribner's Monthly (photo recreation), 1888.
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Norfolk and Western Locomotive (photo recreation), undated.
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5706 to Harrisburg, undated.
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Broad Street Station Anniversary and cake, undated.
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Holiday photo for the Penn 4877, undated.
Box 13
Amtrak's 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1981.
Box 13
Negatives #31-37, undated.
Box 13
PRR Bridge in Iselin, scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, 1949-1950.
Box 13
Items removed from collection, by Mane Prewett, March 11, 1993.
Box 13
Guidebook, order form, misc. PRR notes, undated.
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Storm Damage, July 19, 1951.
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Eastward View over Philadelphia, Hover Photo, undated.
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Railway Tracks, undated.
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People, undated.
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W. of South Fork, November 1889.
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Conemaugh Viaduct, undated.
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Railway Bridge Construction (1), undated.
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Railway Bridge Construction (2), undated.
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Vintage photos of railway construction, undated.
Box 13
Bennington Curve, undated.
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Horses, undated.
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Conemaugh Furnace, undated.
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SX Tower from EP Alexander's "On the Main Line", undated.
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Kittening Point Station, undated.
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Centennial Photographic Co: International Exhibit, 1876.
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