Martin Evoy Collection

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US MnSpGNR E0174

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Martin Evoy Collection

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Artifacts, photographs, documents, books

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The Martin Evoy Collection is comprised of paint samples for Great Northern Railway buildings and cars, drawings of signal parts and assemblies, time tables, audio descriptions of railway equipment and buildings, track profile drawings for various divisions, a copy of "Railroad History #143", standard signs discription book, published manuscripts (orignals), 1 copy of "The Saint Paul Daily Pioneer" newspaper which incudes the local railroad timetables, a folder discribing the new Cascade Tunnel, a track laying record for the Great Northern Railway, a book on the Libby Dam and Great Northern Railway line relocation, Dec 1917 report for relocation and electrification for Cascade Tunnel, 2 Western Star passenger train baggage tags, delay reports for August, 1927, a copy of Standard Signal Plans book, book of Condensed History of the Great Northern, Operation and Maintenance Manual for Flathead Tunnel, valuation docket May 12,1893, valuation dockets 1905-1907, 5 railroad logo plaques, and a lantern, books, slides, black and white photos, film strips of depots and maintenance buildings and research materials, including paint color samples and other miscellaneous items.

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Please see the Great Northern Railway Historical Society Reproduction Policy for further information.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Ownership resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society except where otherwise noted.

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Donated by Martin Evoy

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1.4.11.1.2 & 1.4.11.1.3 prints 1.4.27.1.1 & 1.4.27.1.2 books and misc at 1.4.11.2.3 & 1.1.3.3 & 1.1.3.4 & 1.1.2.1 & 1.1.2.5 & 1.1.4.4 & 1.4.12.1.1 & 1.4.12.2.6 & 1.4.12.1.3

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

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