Railroad Passenger Cars

Northern Pacific Railroad Company coach 330 at Portland, Oregon in 1966. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway passenger cars at Portland, Oregon (undated). Northern Pacific Railroad Company business car Gailatin River at Portland, Oregon in 1959. Northern Pacific Railroad Company heater car H-1 at Portland, Oregon in 1963. Northern Pacific Railroad Company business car Green River at Portland, Oregon in 1959. Northern Pacific Railroad Company dome coach at Portland, Oregon in 1959.

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Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0142-004-014-001-004

Level of description

Subseries Level 3

Title

Railroad Passenger Cars

Date(s)

  • 1959-1966 (Creation)

Extent

6 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.

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Scope and content

Still photographs of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. The term passenger car can is also applied to sleeping cars, baggage, dining, business cars and railway post office cars.

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Conditions governing access

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

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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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Custodial history

Ownership of Northern Pacific Railroad Company subjects in the Alden M. Raney Collection resides in 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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Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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