Bureau of Railway Economics

The BRE Collection contains publications and documents that were originally part of the Bureau of Railway Economics Library, a unit of the Association of American Railroads in Washington, DC. The collection is focused on the wide and varied history of North American Railroading including technological advancement, marketing, economics and historical works. The collection spans from the 1800s to the 1960s.
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library

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Report of Engineer Board to Citizen's Committee
1874 report detailing the problems and opportunities presented by the Mill Creek Valley railroad corridor through the city of St. Louis. As that corridor divided the city, various recommendations were discussed to construct bridges over it.
Report of Joint Committee to Investigate Books and Accounts of Pacific Railroad Company
Report to the Missouri General Assembly on the finances of the Pacific Railroad Company
Reports of the majority and minority of the Committee on Western Connections.
Two reports from 1857 about the B&O's interest in expanding West across the Ohio River.
Second Mortgage of the Pacific Railroad (of Missouri)
To which is Attached Contract Extending the Principal of the Bonds, At 5% interest, to July 1, 1938, and form of new coupons.
Speech of Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, on the Proposition to Limit the Rates of Fare and Freight on the Pacific Railroad
Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 26, 1868. And Also, on the Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill, Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 19, 1868.
Speech of Honorable Thomas Allen of St. Louis
On the bill proposing a loan of credit of the state to expedite the construction of the Pacific Railroad, and of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. Delivered in the Senate of Missouri.
Statement Showing the Passed Action and Progress, and Present Position of the Pacific Railroad Company, of MO
With some suggestions as to the mode of expediting and securing the construction of both the Kansas and South-West routes
Statement of the Pacific Railroad
Statement of the condition of the Pacific Railroad submitted to the legislature in 1857

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