Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Southern Pacific Railroad Company diesel locomotive 1495 at Portland, Oregon in 1962.Southern Pacific Railroad Company diesel locomotive 6007 at Portland, Oregon in 1959.Southern Pacific Railroad Company diesel locomotive 3822 at Portland, Oregon in 1978.Southern Pacific Railroad Company business car 150 at Portland, Oregon in 1959.Southern Pacific Railroad Company business car 150 at Portland, Oregon in 1959.Southern Pacific Railroad Company sleeping car 9027 at Portland, Oregon in 1965.Southern Pacific Railroad Company sleeping car 9027 at Portland, Oregon in 1965.Southern Pacific Railroad Company rail detector car X-4901 at Portland, Oregon in 1962.

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Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0142-006

Level of description

Series

Title

Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Date(s)

  • 1959-1978 (Creation)

Extent

8 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.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

Documents, photographs, engineering drawings, maps, artifacts and other materials associated with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

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 Southern Pacific Railroad Company 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

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