Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Montana Rail Link Collection
Date(s)
- 1963-1974 (Creation)
Extent
90 boxes documents
Name of creator
Administrative history
Montana Rail Link (reporting mark MRL) is a privately held Class II railroad in the United States. Founded in 1987, MRL, which operates on trackage originally built by the Northern Pacific Railway, is a unit of The Washington Companies, and is ... »
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Montana Rail Link Donation includes Authorizations for Expenditure and other documents and some 200 engineering drawings from the Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern and Montana Rail Link, dating between 1964 and 1974.
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
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Montana Rail Link under the authority of Tom Walsh, President. Accrual W2016-80 received 08/10/2016.
Accruals
W2016-18
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Access points
Name access points
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)