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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
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Includes train(s): Powhatan Arrow; Pocahontas. Includes (selected items): booklet: "Modern Coal-Burning Steam Locomotives of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company." Three locomotives pictured and described (1945); Booklet: "The End of the Line, Pocahontas, the Wabash Cannon Ball, Norfolk and Western." Commemorative booklet with reprints of promotional material.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company
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Includes train(s): Powhatan Arrow; Pocahontas. Includes photographs.
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Chicago Great Western Railway Company
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Includes train(s): Blue Bird; Red Bird. Includes photographs.
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Chicago and North Western Railway Company
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Includes train(s): 400; Minnesota "400"; Flambeau "400"; Dakota "400"
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
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Includes (selected items): book: "A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists," by Fred W. Frailey. Lists of passenger trains and rolling stock, text, photos, floor diagrams (208 p., 1974); booklet, "Santa Fe's Hi-Level Cars," cars built by Budd for El Capitan train ("The Cap"). Lists of consists, descriptions, photographs, floor diagrams (38 p., 1975); booklet, "Railroads Build The Nation, 1869 - 1939" issued as the program for the May 3-4-5, 1939 opening of Los Angeles Union Station.
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Chicago and North Western Railway Company
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This collection of railroad ephemera, photographs, prints and posters concerns only streamliner trains--the wind-resistant, "streamlined" designs first appearing on major U.S. railroads in 1934 and peaking in the glamour years of the American streamliner, late 1930s to 1955. The sleek, fast trains were promoted for their speed, luxury and comfort compared to older, heavyweight steam locomotives. The bulk of the collection is composed of passenger brochures, with especially extensive files on Union Pacific; Southern Pacific; New York Central; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ("the Burlington"); and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ("the Santa Fe") railroads. There are also many materials on Amtrak (formed in 1971), and foreign railroads, particularly in Canada, Europe and Japan. Besides brochures, other printed materials include: manufacturer's pamphlets, employee newsletters, press releases, blueprints of railcars, copies of U.S. Patent Office design applications, menus, lounge car stationery, baggage stickers and other items. The photographs are mostly railroad-issued 8 x 10-inch prints showing train exteriors and richly designed dining cars, lounge cars, sleeping cabins and domed observation cars. There are also many high-quality small-format photographs made by Leslie Merrill and other amateur photographers, 1938 to 1960s. The prints and posters mostly consist of promotions for U.S. railroads, with several notable pre-World War II posters for European railroads. An important section of the collection covers early streamlining experiments of the late-19th century: Samuel R. Calthrop's "air-resisting" train of 1865; Frederick U. Adams's "Windsplitter" of 1893; Joe V. Meigs' "Meigs Elevated Railway" monorail in 1880s Boston; and William Riley McKeen Jr.'s aerodynamic McKeen Motor Car of the 1900s. In addition to railroad history, other topics of social and cultural historical interest are: Depictions of African Americans and Native Americans in mass-marketed train travel brochures. There are many examples that reflect American cultural and class stereotypes in the early- to mid-20th century. History of food and drink: See numerous dining car and beverage menus (not always noted in container list). History of advertising, graphic design and typography represented in 20th-century railroad print advertising.
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