Railroad Passenger Cars

Burlington Northern 1 at Spokane, Washington in 1977.Burlington Northern 5 at Spokane, Washington in 1977.Burlington Northern 0 at Seattle, Washington in 1987.Burlington Northern 968129 at an unknown location in Washington in 1974.Burlington Northern 968129 at Vancouver, British Columbia in 1992.Burlington Northern 976048 at Fairhaven, Washington in 1977.Burlington Northern 976081 at Spokane, Washington in 1984.Burlington Northern 976000 at Spokane, Washington in 1986.Burlington Northern 2 at Spokane, Washington in 1977.Burlington Northern 6 at Spokane, Washington in 1977.

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Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0504a-014-001-004

Level of description

Subseries Level 3

Title

Railroad Passenger Cars

Date(s)

  • 1974-1987 (Creation)

Extent

10 photographs

Name of creator

(1940 -)

Biographical history

George Bergson is a Canadian railroad worker and photographer who spent his career with the Canadian National Railway primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Content and structure elements

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.

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 on

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 of Burlington Northern Railroad Company items resides with Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by George Bergson to the Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad.

Description control element

Rules or conventions

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

Access points

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