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Subjects
Subjects term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
Printed Ephemera

Use for: Ephemera, Ephemera printing, Printing, ephemeral

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, items created by a railroad for advertising or customer relations purposes: flyers, cards, matchbooks are examples.
41 0
Photography of Railroads (31)

Use for: Photographs

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still images of railroad equipment, facilities, employees, customers and other railroad-related subjects whether printed photographs, negatives, slides or digital.
124 0
Personnel records (1)

Use for: Personnel records in industry

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, documents concerning railroad employees. These most frequently include either rosters of personnel belonging to a particular labor union, labor contracts, or documents concerning individual employees.
3 0
Periodicals
  • A serial publication with its own distinctive title, containing a mix of articles, editorials, reviews, columns, short stories, or other short works written by more than one contributor, issued in softcover more than once, generally at regular stated intervals of less than a year, without prior decision as to when the final issue will appear. Although each issue is complete in itself, its relationship to preceding issues is indicated by enumeration, usually issue number and volume number printed on the front cover.
65 0
Other materials 9 0
Officer, agent and station Lists
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject. A list of railroad company officers, employees and locations, typically updated periodically.
0 0
Officer, agent and station lists 3 0
Motion picture film

Use for: Film, Film, Cinematographic, Film, Motion picture, Films, Cinematographic, Motion pictures--Film, Moving-picture film, Cinematographic film

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, motion picture film in various film sizes on railroad-related topics.
4 0
Miscellanea

Use for: Miscellaneous

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of railroad rolling stock not falling into one of the enumerated categories.
137 0
Mechanical drawing

Use for: Part fabrication drawing, Industrial Drawing, Drafting, Mechanical, Plans

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, a mechanical drawing depicting the dimensions and form of a piece of railroad equipment, typically part of a larger assembly.
2833 0
Locomotives--Registers

Use for: Locomotive report

  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, a periodic document providing information on the operational status of the railroad locomotives assigned to that portion (typically an operating division) of the railroad.
0 0
Locomotive diagram 15 0
Locomotive Diagram
  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject. A simplified engineering drawing of a locomotive giving dimensions, capacity, manufacturer and numbers assigned to all locomotives constructed to that design.
1 0
Library materials (2)
  • 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.
0 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
Landscape photography
  • At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, photographs of landscapes surrounding or visible from railroad facilities.
155 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
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
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
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.
1969 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
Equipment roster

Use for: Equipment--registers

  • A Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive subject. A list of railroad equipment, frequently railroad cars.
14 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
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
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.
9155 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
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
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
Collectible 0 0
Clippings (Books, Newspapers, etc.) 2 0