Cabooses (Railroads)

Great Northern Railway Company caboose 253 at Cut Bank, Montana in 1960.Great Northern Railway Company caboose 253 at Cut Bank, Montana in 1960.

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Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0142-003-014-001-006

Level of description

Subseries Level 3

Title

Cabooses (Railroads)

Date(s)

  • 1960 (Creation)

Extent

2 photographs

Name of creator

(1939-)

Biographical history

Alden M. Raney is a railroad enthusiast and photographer who documented railroad activity in the Pacific Northwest between 1950 and 1990.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

Still photographs of railroad cabooses, manned North American railroad cars coupled at the end of a freight train.

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction

Please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

Generated finding aid

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Ownership of Great Northern Railway subjects resides in the Alden M. Raney Collection resides in the the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Historical Society.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Alden M. Raney. Accrual W2015-043 received September 22, 2015. Accrual W2015-047 received October 4, 2015.

Description control element

Rules or conventions

Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

Access points

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