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Railroads -- Georgia -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ike W. Brown railroad papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS762f
Scope and Content

This collection contains business documents found at a railroad station Covington, Georgia by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The papers appear to be collected by Ike W. Brown and primarily pertain to railroad travel. Items include an account book, correspondence, train ticket stubs, and two booklets delineating train tariffs.

Dates: 1884-1926, undated

John Howard Stine papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS852
Scope and Content

This collection contains a wide variety of technical manuals, operation logs, and repair guides. These were designed to assist engineers in diagnosing and correcting problems on the Southern Railway locomotives of the 1940s and 1950s. Other articles include newspaper clippings and magazines on the history of Southern Railway, personnel rosters, train schedules, and some of Stein's personal papers.

Dates: 1881-1989, undated

Southern Railway records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1257
Scope and Contents This collection contains records created by Southern Railway, and records created by its predecessor railroads, railways, and companies. Records include annual financial and inspection reports, meeting minute proceedings, construction contracts, correspondence, publications, and company ephemera.The bulk of the materials are Southern Railway contracts and the predecessor records. More than 3,000 contracts illustrate the history of the company through the construction of train...
Dates: 1828-1996, undated