Railroad Passenger Cars

Great Northern Passenger Car 478 at Eureka, Montana, 1970 Great Northern Passenger Car 1111 at Flathead Tunnel, Montana, 1970 Great Northern Coach 1212 (part of the Burlington Northern since March 1, 1970) at Whitefish, Mon...

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Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0153-001-014-001-004

Level of description

Subseries Level 3

Title

Railroad Passenger Cars

Date(s)

  • September 7, 1970-November 1, 1970 (Creation)

Extent

2 photographs

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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 Great Northern Railway Historical Society Archives Collection Management Policy for further information.

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Please see Section VII of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.

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  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Custodial history

Ownership of Burlington Northern Railroad Company subjects resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society for the Doug Wingfield Collection.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Doug Wingfield. Accrual W2010-009 received December 1, 2010.

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

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