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  Far East; Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Korea, China

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  Includes (selected items): book: "Royal State Railways of Siam, Fiftieth Anniversary, 1897-1947" (1947); "South Manchuria Railway Company" guidebook (1938); snapshot photographs of trains in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Manila.

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  Europe: Spain; Portugal

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  Includes (selected items): photographs; materials on the Spanish National Railway system (Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles--RENFE); Book: "Railways In Spain, 1848-1958." Addressed to delegates of a meeting in Madrid of the International Railways Congress; others.

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  Africa - Cuba

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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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  Europe: France

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  Includes train(s): Le Mistral; TGV. Includes (selected items): pamphlets: "French National Railroads." Aimed at American audience. Brief history, wartime destruction, reconstruction (1948); "The Channel Conquest, La Conquete De La Manche." History and building of the tunnel ("Chunnel") under the English Channel. (1994); materials on Turbotrain T.G.V., others."

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  Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company; Broadmoor Hotel Cog Railroad ("Broadmoor Mountaineer")

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  Includes (selected items): 1948 annual report for Bangor and Aroostook; 1950s snapshots of streamliner train used on the Broadmoor Mountaineer cog railway, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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  Railroad books: De Spoorwegen series

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  Series of five books, published in Holland. Titles are: 1) "De spoorwegen van West-en Noord-Europa." (Europe) 112 p., 1965 2) "De spoorwegen van Midden-en Zuid-Europa." (Europe) 112 p., 1965 3) "De spoorwegen van de United States en Canada." 104 p., 1966 4) "De spoorwegen van Afrika." (Africa) 88 p., 1967 5) "De spoorwegen van Azie en Australie." (Asia to Australia). 128 p., 1968

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