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Subjects
Subjects term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
Art, visual

Use for: Art

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, graphical representations of railroad subjects.
20 0
Audiovisual (3)

Use for: Audio-visual aids, Audio-visuals, Audiovisual materials, Audiovisuals, AV materials

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, materials including motion picture film, sound recordings and video recordings.
0 0
Authorization for Expenditure
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject: A budgeting and approval form used during the planning process for defining the extent of the project authorized, the location of the project if applicable and the amount to be spent.
2 0
Books
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, a series of pages assembled for easy portability and reading, as well as the composition contained in it. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive holds a collection of books related to railroad topics, with emphasis on railroad operations in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
15 0
Bulletins
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject: Short reports on railroad subjects, especially those released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
7 0
Buses
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of passenger buses operated by railroad companies.
75 0
Business Correspondence 119 0
Cabooses (Railroads)

Use for: Railroad cabooses, Crummies, Way cars

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of railroad cabooses, manned North American railroad cars coupled at the end of a freight train.
574 0
Cadastral maps

Use for: Plats, Property maps

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, maps showing primarily railroad property and adjacent properties.
473 0
Car diagram 10 0
Car Diagram
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject: A simplified engineering drawing of a railroad car, providing information on dimensions, capacity, manufacturer and car numbers for all cars constructed to that design.
23 0
Cartographic materials (3)
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, geographic drawings including maps, plats (cadastral maps) and track elevation (grade) profiles.
27 0
Casdastral maps 4949 0
Clippings (Books, Newspapers, etc.) 2 0
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Use for: Clippings, Cuttings, Newspaper clippings, Press clippings

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, collections of printed materials clipped from or copied from periodicals and occasionally, books.
15 0
Collectible 0 0
Collectibles

Use for: Artifacts

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, material objects related to the railroad industry. Typically objects of interest to collectors, including mass produced items of little intrinsic value.
1 0
Commercial Correspondence

Use for: Business correspondence, Business letters, Correspondence, Commercial

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, documents dealing with railroad corporate or financial subjects.
0 0
Customer services--Management

Use for: Customer lists

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, lists of railroad customers prepared for the use of company agents.
0 0
Diesel locomotives

Use for: Diesel-electric locomotives, Diesel locomotive engines, Locomotive diesels, Diesels

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of locomotives that employ an onboard diesel engine to generate electricity to turn the wheels, as well as locomotives whose diesel engines power the wheels through a gear box or through a hydraulic system.
8886 0
Electric Locomotives
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of railroad locomotives driven by electric power obtained from a source external to the locomotive, most frequently overhead wires.
494 0
Engineering drawing (7)

Use for: Physical plant drawing, Technical drawings

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, engineering drawings providing the form and dimensions of railroad structures such as bridges, tunnels and depots.
25 0
Equipment roster

Use for: Equipment--registers

  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject. A list of railroad equipment, frequently railroad cars.
14 0
Feasibility studies

Use for: Reports and studies, Studies, feasibility, Feasibility appraisals, Viability studies

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, one-time reports prepared by railroad companies on special topics, frequently property acquisitions of real property or equipment.
5 0
Freight cars

Use for: Railroads--Freight-cars

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.
1907 0
Individual personnel documents
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject. Railroad personnel documents pertaining to individuals, such as letters of commendation, disciplinary action or other personnel issues.
3 0
Internal reference (3)
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject. Documents prepared for internal railroad use. Examples include Joint Use of Facilities agreements, Customer Lists, and Officer, Agent and Station Lists.
0 0
Labor contract

Use for: Labor contracts and employee rosters, Employment contract

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, a contract between a railroad workers union and a railroad, and/or a list of employees, frequently ordered by seniority, of railroad personnel within a particular skill/union within a geographic region subject to a contract.
48 0
Landscape photography
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, photographs of landscapes surrounding or visible from railroad facilities.
154 0
Library
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, books and periodicals. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive holds a collection of books and periodicals related to railroad topics, with emphasis on railroad operations in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
4 0