Guide to the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection 1862-2000

Title:	Railroad employee timetable collection
Dates:	1862-2000 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	43 boxes plus oversize materials (approximately 21 linear feet)
Location of Collection:	12b.1.1-6 12b.2.4 Map drawers VIIa.1-2, Library Annex
Collection Number:	1983.75
Summary:	Employee timetables for northwest United States and Canadian railroads, 1862-2000
Repository:	Museum of History & Industry Sophie Frye Bass Library 2700 24th Avenue East Seattle, WA 98112 Phone: 206-324-1126 URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org
Languages:	Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Content Description

The collection is comprised of timetables from Northwestern United States and Canadian railroads, including timetables from subsidiary and predecessor companies. Includes primarily timetables for railroads in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia and secondarily, material from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways in several other states and provinces.

Includes timetables for the Great Northern Railway; Northern Pacific Railway; Burlington Northern Railroad; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific; Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway; Southern Pacific Company; various Canadian railroads operating in British Columbia; and other miscellaneous shortlines. Dating from 1862 to 2000, the collection contains timetables from the earliest days of the railroad in the northwest, and is believed to be the largest collection of Northwest employee timetables in existence.

Other Descriptive Information

Origins of the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection

For many years, the Great Northern Railway maintained a small museum in its general offices in St. Paul, Minnesota. Several volumes of employee timetables were included, some of them going back to the very earliest days of the railroad. After the Burlington Northern merger of 1970, the museum was discontinued and the material was placed in a basement storeroom and neglected.

James C. Mattson was an employee of Great Northern and later Burlington Northern. Over a period of many years he gathered a large personal collection of employee timetables. In 1982, he found that Burlington Northern was no longer interested in its historical material and began to search for a way to safeguard the timetables. In 1983, the company authorized donation of the timetables to the Museum of History & Industry, with the stipulation that Mattson would donate his personal collection at the same time. This original large accession from Burlington Northern and Mattson, with continuing additions by Mattson and two smaller donations from other sources, comprises the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

The collection is open to the public by appointment.

Restrictions on Use :

The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum 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.

Preferred Citation :

Railroad Employee Timetable Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Arranged largely alphabetically into series by railroad company:

Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Canadian railroads
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Milwaukee Road)
Great Northern Railway Company
Northern Pacific Railway
Pacific Coast Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Company (Southern Pacific Transportation Company)
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Miscellaneous Northwest Shortlines
Passenger timetables

Acquisition Information :

The timetables were donated in multiple accessions over several years. The bulk of the collection was donated in 1983 (Accession No. 1983.75): approximately 2000 Great Northern timetables donated by Burlington Northern Railroad Company, to which James C. Mattson added approximately 1800 timetables from his personal collection. Mattson made 18 further donations of employee timetables between 1986 and 2002: Accession Nos. 1986.6; 1987.84; 1987.96; 1988.5, 1989.1; 1990.2; 1990.59; 1991.4; 1992.1; 1993.9; 1994.1; 1994.13; 1995.11; 1996.1; 1997.13; 1998.20; 2001.27 and 2002.16. Additionally, the Washington State Historical Society donated 5 timetables in 1986 (Accession No. 1986.6); and the Cheney Cowles Museum donated 35 timetables in 1996 (Accession No. 1996.27).

Custodial History :

The 854 timetables comprising Accession No. 1990.59 were part of the estate of Robert W. Johnston before being purchased by James Mattson.

Mattson acquired the 142 timetables in Accession No. 1994.13 from Dick Rudolf, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Processing Note :

Processed by James C. Mattson in 1983, and upon the addition of each accession over several years.

Each timetable accession was interfiled with Accession No. 1985.75 upon receipt.

Additional Reference Guides :

An item level inventory of the timetable collection as of November 1996 is available in the MOHAI library.

Related Materials :

The Burlington Northern Railroad Company Records, 1876-1971, (Accession Nos. 1972.5375, 1983.12 and 1986.19) include Burlington Northern record books, Great Northern account books, and a series of Northern Pacific Railway Company notebooks of photographs showing joint facilities with other railroads.

The James C. Mattson Collection on Northwest Railroads (Accession Nos. 1985.52, 1989.8, 1989.14, 1995.47, 1990.60, 2002.2, and 2007.48) includes photograph albums and Official List of Officers, Agents and Stations booklets from the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway AFE register copies, railroad company annual reports and northwest railroad passenger timetables.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Burlington Northern Railroad Company, 1968-1997

The Burlington Northern Railroad was a product of the merger of the Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific Railway, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway in 1970. In 1996, the Burlington Northern merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to become the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.

This series includes timetables from the entire system of the Burlington Northern Railroad. Also includes some "Special Instructions" booklets.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Various divisions Includes timetables and Special Instructions for the following Burlington Northern Divisions: Alliance, Chicago, Dakota, Fargo, Hannibal, Lake, Lincoln, Minot, Ottumwa, Pacific, Portland, Rocky Mountain, Spokane, Terminal, Twin Cities and Yellowstone	1968 May 10; 1970 March 3
1	Billings Region	1970 October 25-1993 January 1
1	Chicago Region	1970 March 3-1986 October 26
1	Denver Division	1971 September 1-1979 July 15
1	Denver Region	1974 September 15-1986 October 26
1	Denver Division	1988 October 30-1991 October 27
1	Fort Worth Division	1988 October 30-1993 January 1
1	Lakes Division	1988 October 30-1991 April 7
1	Montana Division	1988 October 30-1991 April 7
1	Nebraska Division	1988 October 30-1991 October 27
1	Omaha Region	1970 March 3-1974 May 19
2	Portland Region	1970 October 25-1975 April 27
2	Portland-Seattle Region	1975 June 12-1975 October 28
2	Seattle Region	1970 October 25-1975 April 27
2	Seattle-Portland Region	1980 February 3-1983 October 30
2	Southern Corridor	1993 January
2	Springfield Region	1981 July 26-1986 October 26
2	Springfield Division	1988 October 30-1991 April 7
2	Twin Cities Region	1970 October 25-1987 October 25
2	Burlington Northern and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. Joint Timetables	1970 March 3-1984 October 28
2	Burlington Northern Inc., Fort Worth & Denver Railway Co., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad --Joint Texas Division	1972 June 18-1980 November 9
2	Burlington Northern Suburban Service Schedules	1970, 1974, 1979
10	Burlington Northern Railroad binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Minnesota, Pacific, Pasco, Portland, Powder River, Spokane, Tulsa, Willmar, Yellowstone. Also System Special Instructions, all subdivisions.	1994-1995
10	Burlington Northern Railroad binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Alliance, Amarillo, Cascade, Chicago, Fargo, Fort Worth, Galesburg, LaCrosse, Lake Superior, Lincoln, McCook, Memphis, Montana, Minot.	1994-1995
10	Burlington Northern Santa Fe binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Arizona, Chicago, Colorado, Gulf, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Northern California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon	1996-1997
10	Burlington Northern Santa Fe binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Pacific, Powder River, Southern California, South Dakota, Southeastern, Texas, Washington, Yellowstone. Also System Special Instructions and Hazardous Materials Instructions.	1996-1997

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Canadian Railroads, 1922-1998

Arranged alphabetically, then chronologically.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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42	British Columbia Electric Railway Company	1944, 1946, 1951, 1958
Box
2	British Columbia Harbours Board Railway	1970 April 1-1979 October 28
Box
2	British Columbia Railway	1983 November 27-1994 March 20
Box
2	British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Railway Division	1964 August 1-1985 October 27
	BC Rail BC Rail was known as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway before 1972 and British Columbia Railway between 1972 and 1984. This subseries includes timetables for these predecessor companies, listed separately.
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42	Pacific Great Eastern Railway Largely Pacific District timetables	1929, 1938-1939, 1946-1959
Box
3	Pacific Great Eastern Railway	1959 November 29-1972 February 6
Box
3	British Columbia Railway	1972 April 30-1984 June 3
Box
3	BC Rail	1985 April 28-1996 April 28
	Canadian National Railways
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42	British Columbia District	1922
42	Western Region - British Columbia District	1930 September 28-1959 April 26
Box
11	Western Region - British Columbia District	1959 October 25-1960 October 30
Box
11	Mountain Region - British Columbia Area	1961 April 30-1975 October 26
Box
11	Mountain Region	1976 April 25-1988 November 27
Box
10	Mountain Region	1989 April 30-1992 October 25
Box
3	CN (Canadian National) Western Canada	1993 April 25; 1993 November 1
Box
10	CN (Canadian National) binder of timetables	1994-1998
Box
3	Canadian Pacific Rail System	1994 July 1-1997 September 1
Box
10	Canadian Pacific Rail System - Revelstoke Division	1993 April 18
	Canadian Pacific Railway
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41	British Columbia District	1917, 1923-1931, 1941, 1946
41	Pacific Division	1908 November 1, 1909 June 6
41	Pacific Region	1948 April 25-1967 April 30
Box
11	Pacific Region	1967 October 29-1988 October 3
Box
10	Canadian Pacific Rail Heavy Haul Systems (Alberta South, Calgary, Revelstoke and Vancouver Divisions) Includes Operating Bulletin, September 11, 1994.	1990 January 15-1992 April 26
41	Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway	1946-1962
42	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway	circa 1910s
Box
2	Southern Railway of British Columbia Ltd.	1989 June 11
42	Wellington Collier Railway Company	1929 July 7

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Milwaukee Road), 1909-1981

Includes timetables for predecessor companies: the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway Company (prior to 1912); the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway (prior to 1928)

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
4	Aberdeen Division Name changes to Lacrosse, Twin City Terminal and Aberdeen Division as of June 11, 1972 timetable.	1959 December 1-1975 October 26
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39	Bellingham Division	1922-1927
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39	Coast Division	1909, 1917, 1921, 1924, 1931-1938
3	Coast Division	1939 April 1-1969 November 30
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39	Columbia Division	1911 October 29
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39	Idaho Division	1920-1930
3	Idaho Division	1943 August 29-1957 April 28
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39	Musselshell Division	1921 January 2
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39	Northern Montana Division	1921, 1929
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39	Olympic Division	1921
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39	Rocky Mountain Division	1928, 1931, 1934, 1937
3	Rocky Mountain Division	1939 April 1-1967 June 1
3	Rocky Mountain Division and Coast Division	1973 August 12, 1974 December 1
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39	Rocky Mountain Division and Missoula Division	1921, 1926-1927
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39	Trans-Missouri Division	1918, 1921, 1931-1936
3	Trans-Missouri Division	1939 April 1-1958 September 28
3	Montana and Washington Division	1976 January 1-1978 March 15
4	Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota Division Joint Time Table	1976 January 1-1981 April 26
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39	Tacoma Eastern Railroad Co. and Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway	1910 August 14
	Related companies
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39	Gallatin Valley Railway	1913 November 2

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Great Northern Railway Company, 1862-1968

The railway that became the Great Northern was begun when James J. Hill purchased the failing St. Paul & Pacific Railroad in 1878. The St. Paul & Pacific was reorganized the following year as the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, which operated under that name until 1889, when it became the Great Northern Railway.

This series includes timetables for the entire Great Northern system, including predecessor and related companies.

With the exception of some early timetables at the beginning of the series, timetables are arranged largely by division, and include timetables of predecessor companies. For example, within a file of timetables for a particular division, the timetables dating between 1879 and April 1890 are those of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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VIIa.2	St. Paul & Pacific Railroad-First Division	1869, 1877, 1879
VIIa.2	St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway	1879 July 13-November 9
VIIa.2	St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Notice to Employees	1880, 1881
VIIa.2	Breckenridge Division	1879 November 9-1882 October 8
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13	Breckenridge Division	1880 December 19-1894 October 21
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14	Breckenridge Division	1895 May 5-1905 April 2
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15	Breckenridge Division	1905 November 19-1912 September 1
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16	Butte Division See also under Montana Central Railway for earlier timetables (Montana Central Railway became the Butte Division)	1908 June 3-1936 December 13
Box
4	Butte Division	1937 April 11-1967 June 1
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17	Cascade Division Includes 3 timetables for Pacific Coast Lines (1896, 1898)	1892 November 14-1931 September 6
Box
4	Cascade Division	1947 July 1-1968 August 15
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18	Dakota Division	1887 March 27-1906 December 30
VIIa.2	Dakota Division	1902 July-August
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19	Dakota Division	1907 November 17-1936 May 31
Box
4	Dakota Division	1937 May 2-1963 May 26
VIIa.2	Eastern Division	1902 July-August
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20	Eastern Division	1902 May 30-1903 March 15
VIIa.2	Fergus Falls Division	1879 November 9-1882 May 7
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26	Fergus Falls Division See Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division for timetables between 1884 and 1917.	1922 April 9
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21	Havre Division	1917 November 18-1921 April 17
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22	Kalispell Division	1892 August 17-1937 January 10
Box
5	Kalispell Division	1937 May 2-1965 April 25
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22	Klamath Division	1928 May 6-1934 March 18
Box
5	Klamath Division	1938 April 10-1967 June 1
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23	Marcus Division See Spokane Falls & Northern Railway in Related Companies subseries for earlier timetables	1909 March 3-1916 May 14
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20	Mesabi Division See Superior and Mesabi Division for earlier timetables	1912 November 3-1936 May 31
Box
5	Mesabi Division	1937 May 2-1969 March 23
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15	Minot Division	1905 April 30-1936 May 31
Box
5	Minot Division	1937 August 13-1968 August 15
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21	Montana Division	1887 July 10-1931 July 121
Box
5	Montana Division	1967 July 1-1968 August 15
VIIa.2	Northern Division Timetables prior to November 7, 1880 are listed as the St. Vincent Division.	1879 November 16-1882 September 24
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24	Northern Division	1882 December 17-1917 November 18
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26	Saint Cloud Division See Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division for earlier timetables	1924 June-1931 May 31
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25	Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division	1882 November 27-1896 November 29
VIIa.2	Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division Short Line See Fergus Falls Division for earlier timetables	1884 May 14-1900 January 5
VIIa.1	Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division Short Line	1890 February 6-1894 June 24
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26	Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division	1897 February 28-1917 November 18
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25	Saint Cloud Division Circulars	1888-1892
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14	Sioux City Division	1908 May 17-1917 November 18
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23	Spokane Division	1903 July 12-1937 January 10
Box
5	Spokane Division	1937 July 25-1968 August 15
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20	Superior Division See Superior and Mesabi Division for earlier timetables	1912 November 3-1918 June 30
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20	Superior and Mesabi Divisions See separate Superior Division and Mesabi Division files for later timetables	1903 July 12-1910 February 20
VIIa.1	Terminals Division --Short Line	1899 August 18-November 26
VIIa.2	Terminals Division	1900 January, 1902 August-September
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27	Terminals Division	1900 February 1-1905 December 10
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28	Terminals Division	1906 January 7-1917 November 18
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28	Twin City Terminals, St. Cloud Division	1925 January 18-1931 September 27
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28	Twin City Terminals, Willmar Division	1931 October 18-1936 September 1
Box
5	Twin City Terminals, Willmar Division	1937 April 11-1961 September 5
Box
6	Twin City Terminals, Willmar Division	1961 September 24-1968 August 15
VIIa.1-2	Willmar Division- Short Line	1894 September 2-1897 June 26
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29	Willmar Division	1894 September 10-1937 January 10
Box
6	Willmar Division	1937 May 2-1968 August 15
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14	Willmar and Sioux Falls Division	1907 November 17 and December 22
	Related companies Some of the companies operating under Great Northern later became Great Northern divisions.
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14	Duluth, Watertown & Pacific Railroad	1888 September 11-April 11 1894
20	Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota	1890 November 30-1894 October 28
Box
5	Montana Western Railway Company	1935, 1952, 1955, 1960
Box
5	Farmers' Grain and Shipping Railroad	1932, 1939, 1942
16	Montana Central Railway Became the Butte Division 1908. See above under Butte Division for later timetables.	1892 August 1-1908 February 9
Box
5	Oregon, California and Eastern Railway	1940, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968
22	Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway	1927 May 29-1935 April 14
Box
5	Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway	1937 November 14-1941 October 1
23	Spokane Falls & Northern Railway See Marcus Division for later timetables	1905 September 10-1908 February 9
14	Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway	1888 September 11-1906 October 28
Box
5	Great Northern Railway Condensed Freight Schedules	1954 October 1-1957 October 1, 1968 January 1
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22	Great Northern Railway Pacific Extension Distance Cards	1891-1892
Box
5	Correspondence and announcements	1862, 1883, 1891-1893

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Northern Pacific Railway, 1873-1983

Entire system and related companies

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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33	Timetable for various divisions Timetable for East Minnesota, St. Paul, West Minnesota, Dakota and Missouri Divisions	1881 December 18
31	Dakota Division	1891 November 1-1931 April 26
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VIIa.2	Duluth and Superior Short Line	1900, 1902
30	Duluth and Superior Terminals	1908 May 31-1932 September 25
Box
6	Duluth and Superior Terminals	1933 October 29-1960 December 30
35	Fargo Division	1915 June 1-1933 July 2
Box
6	Fargo Division	1933 November 26-1968 August 18
33	Idaho Division	1885, 1891-1902, 1907-1932
Box
6	Idaho Division	1933 July 2-1968 August 18
35	Joint Terminal with Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad	1905 November 19-1933 January 1
Box
7	Joint Terminal with Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Name changed to Chicago and Northwestern Railway Joint Terminal between April 3 and May 28, 1961.	1933 October 1-1966 October 31
32	Lake Superior Division	1899 January 8-1932 May 1
Box
6	Lake Superior Division	1933 August 20-1966 October 10
32	Lake Superior and Mississippi Division	1873 December 14
35	Manitoba Division	1900 October 28
35	Minnesota Division	1900, 1910-1913, 1918
31	Missouri Division	1887 November 20
31	Montana Division	1893, 1900, 1902, 1909, 1920-1931
34	Pacific Division	1900, 1901
Box
6	Pacific and Cascade Divisions	1886 January 17
33	Pasco Division	1908 May 31-1932 June 19
33	Pend D'Oreille Division	1883 March 18
36	Puget Sound Division	1919 January 1-1922 March 12
31	Rocky Mountain Division	1893, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1910, 1918, 1922-1923, 1930-1932
36	Seattle Division	1901 October 13-1931 June 14
35	St. Paul Division	1929 June 9-1933 July 2
Box
7	St. Paul Division	1933 November 26-1969 September 15
34	Tacoma Division	1910 June 19-1932 December 18
Box
7	Tacoma Division	1933 July 9-1968 August 18
Box
7	Tacoma Division	1933 July 9-1968 August 18
33	Western Division	1882 February 5
31	Yellowstone Division	1900, 1909-1918, 1929-1932
Box
7	Yellowstone Division	1933 July 2-1967 October 29
	Related companies
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36	Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Co.	1902 February 1
32	Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad	1874 July1
32	Minnesota & International Railway Co.	1929 June, 1932 May
33	Oregon & Washington Territory Railroad Co.	1891 July 1
36	Seattle & International Railway Co.	1900 February 15
36	Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway	1982 September, 1983 April, undated
32	St. Paul & Duluth Railroad	1877, 1879, 1899
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VIIa.2	St. Paul & Duluth Railroad	1895 March 28
34	United States Government Railroad	1945 April 10
33	Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company	1880 April 1
33	Washington & Columbia River Railway Co.	1906 July 22

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Pacific Coast Railroad Company, 1934-1967

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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22	Timetables	1934 November 4, 1936 November 15
Box
8	Timetables	1939 April 1-1967 June 1

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Southern Pacific Company, 1900-1996

Lines in Oregon

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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38	Portland Division	1916-1919, 1924, 1931, 1933-1945
Box
8	Portland Division	1946 June 2-1963 October 27
Box
8	Portland-Shasta Division	1964 April 26
Box
8	Oregon Division	1964 October 25-1977 October 30
Box
12	Oregon Division	1980 April 27-1984 April 29
38	Sacramento Division	1933-1937, 1940
38	Shasta Division	1930, 1941-1945
Box
8	Shasta Division	1946 June 2-1963 October 27
Box
12	Northern Region	1986 October 26
Box
12	Western Region	1987 October 25, 1996 April 14
	Related companies
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38	Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company	1900 September 19
38	Salem, Falls City & Western Railway Company	1914 January 18

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Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, 1908-1967

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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40	General timetable	1908-1910
40	Astoria Division	1912 June 1
40	Portland Division	1914 June 7-1932, 1935
Box
8	Portland Division	1939 November 26-1944 January 1
40	Terminals Division	1915 September 26-1937 June 13
Box
8	Terminals Sub-Division	1938 December 4-1947 April 1
40	Vancouver Division	1918 June 2-1931 September 20
40	Vancouver Division and Oregon Trunk Railway	1933 April 2-1936 December 31
Box
8	Vancouver Division and Oregon Trunk Railway	1937 October 17-1943 December 5
Box
8	Vancouver and Portland Divisions	1944 June 6-1947 March 23
Box
8	Vancouver and Portland Divisions	1944 June 6-1947 March 23
Box
8	Special Instructions	1937 November 21-1947 February 23
Box
8	System Lines Timetables	1948 January 1-1967 October 27
	Related companies
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43	Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co.	1909 May 12
40	Oregon Electric Railroad	1919 June 1
40	Oregon Electric Railway Co.	1927 November 13-1931 November 15
40	Oregon Trunk Railway	1913, 1917, 1922-1930
40	Portland-Astoria & Pacific Railroad Co.	1923 June 30
40	Willamette Valley Railway Co. timetable supplement	1932 August 1

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Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1881-1978

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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37	First Division	1917, 1925, 1930, 1931
37	Second Division	1915, 1917
37	Third Division	1915, 1923-1931
37	Fourth Division	1915
Box
8	Central District	1936 May 20-1937 February 7
37	Idaho Division (Union Pacific-Oregon Short Line Railroad Co.)	1928, 1929, 1932
Box
9	Idaho Division (Northwestern District)	1948 February 29-1973 July 1
Box
8	Idaho Division (South-Central District, 1st-4th subdivision)	1937 June 20-1947 December 20
Box
8	Idaho Division (South-Central District, 5th-8th subdivision)	1933 October 29-1947 September 12
37	Ilwaco Division	1911 June 23
Box
12	Mount Hood Railroad (Northwestern District)	1974 July 28, 1981 February 1
Box
12	Northwestern District general	1975 August 10-1977 June 5
Box
9	Oregon Division (Northwestern District)	1933 June 18-1973 July 29
37	Pacific Division	1891 August 2
37	Washington Division	1931 August 2, 1932 June 19
Box
9	Washington Division (Northwestern District)	1933 June 18-1947 June 29
Box
12	Yakima Valley Transportation Co. (Northwestern District)	1974 July 28
Box
12	System Time Tables	1978 February 12-1995 October 29
	Related companies
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37	Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.	1881, 1889, 1896, 1902
37	Oregon Short Line Railroad Company	1900, 1911, 1920
37	Oregon Short Line Railroad Company --Idaho Division	1920
37	Oregon Short Line Railroad Company -- Montana Division	1920, 1926, 1929
37	Oregon Short Line Railroad Company -- Utah Division	1920, 1928, 1929, 1932
Box
8	Oregon Short Line Railroad Company	1933 June 19-1935 October 22

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Miscellaneous Northwest Shortlines, 1907-2000

Also includes a few passenger timetables

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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39	Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad Co.	1907 June 1
Box
12	Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Co.	1941, 1951, 1960-1970
43	Camas Prairie Railroad Co.	1928, 1938, 1938, 1945
Box
3	Camas Prairie Railroad Co.	1909, 1948-1949, 1961-1967, 1977, 1982, 1986
Box
9	Central Montana Rail, Inc.	1985 October 14
Box
9	Condon, Kinzua and Southern Railroad Company (Kinzua, Oregon)	1941 July 30
43	Inland Empire Railroad Co.- Vera Division See Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Co. for later timetables	1926
Box
9	Lewis and Clark Railway Company	1987 May 1
43	Longview, Portland & Northern Railway Company	1925-1930
Box
6, 9	Montana Rail Link	1987 October 26-2000 April 2
22	Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Railway Co.	1917 November 5
Box
9	Newaukum Valley Railway Construction Co.	1916 May 15
43	Nez Perce and Idaho Railroad Co.	1924 Marc 1
Box
9	Nez Perce and Idaho Railroad Co.	1931 July 26
43	North Coast Transportation Co.	1930, 1931, 1933
Box
9	Oregon, California and Eastern Railway	1975 April 14
43	Pacific Northwest Traction Co.	1917-1918
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VIIa.2	Pacific Northwest Traction Co.	1921, 1923, 1927, 1929
43	Portland and Western Railroad Inc.	1995 August 18
43	Portland Electric Power Company Interurban Line	1940
Box
12	Portland Terminal Railroad Co. Special Instructions	1967 June 1
43	Portland Traction Co. (Portland Railroad and Terminal Division)	1948-1949
Box
9	Portland Traction Co. (Portland Railroad and Terminal Division)	1955 August 14-1956 September 17
Box
8	Red River Valley and Western Railroad Co.	1990 July 1
43	Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company -- Vera Division See Inland Island Railroad Company for 1926 timetables	1923-1925
43	Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Co.	1906, 1907, 1918--1919
37	Spokane International Railroad Co.	1932 May 1
Box
8	Spokane International Railroad Co.	1942 May 31-1960 December 18
Box
9	Sumpter Valley Railway Co.	1937 August 1
40	United Railways Company	1915-1918, 1922, 1929-1932
Box
9	Valley and Siletz Railroad	1950 May 22
Box
9	Washington Central Railroad Co.	1986 October 12, 1988 January 7
43	Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Co.	1926, 1928, 1929, 1939
Box
9	Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Co.	1955 September 4
Box
9	White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway Co.	1943 September 10, 1954 June 1

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Passenger timetables

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
9	King Street Passenger Station timetables	1960-1965
box:oversize
43	Spokane Union Station	1926, 1930, 1931
9	Union Station (Oregon) timetable	1961 September 24

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Subject Terms :
Railroads -- British Columbia -- Timetables
Railroads -- Oregon -- Timetables
Railroads -- United States --Timetables
Railroads -- Washington (State) -- Timetables

Other Creators :
Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Pacific Coast Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway
Union Pacific Railway Company

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Guide to the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection
1862-2000

Overview of the Collection

Content Description

Other Descriptive Information

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by Jody Hendrickson
© 2007

Guide to the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection 1862-2000

Overview of the Collection

Content Description

Other Descriptive Information

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by Jody Hendrickson© 2007

Guide to the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection
1862-2000

Finding aid prepared by Jody Hendrickson
© 2007