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B-4: Association of American Railroads-Bureau of Railway Economics Historical Collection
The Bureau of Railway Economics Historical Collection is comprised of approximately 30,000 volumes including rare books, pamphlets and industrial reports dating from the very beginnings of railroads in this country in the 1820s through the 1980s. Of particular note are the many nearly complete runs of corporate annual reports for dozens of companies; foundational corporate documents; reports and internal corporate histories; trade periodicals; and an outstanding group of 19th century travelers and emigrants guidebooks. Additional periodical holdings in the Barriger Library which complement the BRE Collection include the Official Railway Equipment Register, Pocket List of Railroad Officials, the Official Railway Guide, Herapaths Railway & Commercial Journal, and the American Railroad Journal. Also included in this important collection are professional railroad club proceedings which provide vital insights into railroad operating, engineering, and management practice. B-4: Association of American Railroads-Bureau of Railway Economics Historical Collection is also indexed within the special collections directory of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library.
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- Civil War Photographs of Trains
- Collection of B&W prints made in the 20th Century of historic images of Civil War railroad scenes. Mainly US Military Railroad images. However there are two prints of Hanover Junction, PA that have been notable in the possibility of the image being one of Abraham Lincoln and party around the time of the Gettysburg Address in November of 1863.
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- Important to Western & Southern Bound Passengers Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
- Broadside advertising the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad as a means of travel from New England to The South and West.
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- J.S. Morgan & Co. Letter of James B. Eads
- Letter from J.S. Morgan & Co. of London regarding financing to complete the Eads Bridge and tunnel to Union Station in St. Louis, MO.
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- St Louis Terminal Operating Information from 1983
- Operating Data for St. Louis Terminal in 1983
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