Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Subseries Level 3
Title
Railroad cars self-propelled
Date(s)
- 1982 (Creation)
Extent
4 photographs
Name of creator
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
Photographs of railroad cars capable of moving themselves and sometimes 1-2 other, non-powered, cars, typically through the use of a gasoline or diesel engine driving an electric generator.
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 Other Railroads subjects 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
Subject access points
Name access points
- Other Railroads (Subject)