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

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Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0142-003-014-001-006-AMR-207

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Item

Title

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

Date(s)

  • 1960 (Creation)

Extent

1 photograph

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

Great Northern steel cabooses 253 and 310 on rear of eastbound freight train at Cut Bank, Montana. Last car is Trailer Train Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC) flat car STTX 473291 in 1960. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Caboose-Steel, Truck.

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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

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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.

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Rules or conventions

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

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