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DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD'S ENGINEERING DATA, 1912-49
#207
(1.5 cubic feet: 4 DB, 1 (.5) DB)
by: Robert Harding & Lisa Ulrich, June 1986
Scope and Content
This collection consists of statistics on electric train operation, drawings, blueprints, technical
papers, train classifications, research and development reports, business and financial
correspondence (1933, 1939-1948, 1940-1941), installation and operation instructions,
locomotive system test procedures, locomotive operations data and calculations, records of
locomotive mileages and part failures, suggested locomotive improvements, locomotive
specifications, plans for fire extinguishing systems, tonnage ratings and includes material from
the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, Piedmont and Northern Railroad,
Pennsylvania Railroad, Takaat and Co. Railroad, Philadelphia and Western Railroad, Sorocabana
Railway, and Erie Railroad Co.
Provenance
Given by David Hamily of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1986.
Container List
Box Folder
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SERIES 1: NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN, AND HARTFORD
RAILROAD, 1912; 1930; n.d. |
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-Cross section of Wire Arrangements, May 22, 1912 |
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-Statistics of Electric Operations, September, 1, 1930 |
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-Schematic Diagrams (7) of Circuits, n.d. |
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SERIES 2: PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN RAILWAY CO., 1940-1941
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Business Correspondence, June 25, 1940 - January 10, 1941 |
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Series 3: TAKATA AND COMPANY, 1927
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Data Book regarding resistors and mechanical parts, 1927 |
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Series 4: PHILADELPHIA AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, 1931
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Proposal for Switch Control Unit, April 7, 1931 |
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Series 5: SOROCABANA RAILWAY, n.d. |
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Locomotive Specifications, n.d. |
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SERIES 6: PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, 1932-1949
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-Wire Test Procedure P-5A Locomotive, October 10, 1932 |
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-LGA Locomotive Testing, August 1933 - October 1933 |
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-Air Distribution Tests, February 1934 |
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-Blueprint for Cab Apparatus Arrangement, July 17, 1934 |
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-Drawing for Cab Apparatus Arrangement, July 17, 1934 |
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-Report regarding: Air Distribution Tests, February, 1935 |
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-Wiring test for P-5A (modified) Locomotive, February, 1935 |
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-Scale diagram of Railroad Car, March 29, 1935 |
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-Data for P-SA locomotive temperature tests, January 10, 1936 |
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-Diagram of Locomotive Main & Control Circuit, September 21, 1937 |
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-Blueprint of Locomotive Main & Control Circuit, September 21, 1937 |
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-Suggested Improvements for GG-I Locomotive, October 1939 - April 1948 |
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-Fire Extinguishers P-5A Locomotives, January 1947 |
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-GG-I Transformer Instructions, January 10, 1936 |
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-Elimination of Rust Deposits, May 1, 1936 |
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Series 7: MISCELLANEOUS WESTINGHOUSE & GE REPORTS,
1945-1949 |
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-Locomotive 4820 Tests, 1945 |
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-Electric Locomotive Specifications, February 1947 |
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-Nine & Industrial Locomotive Class, October 3, 1947 |
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-Mileage & Part Failure, September 1948 - April 1949 |
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-Weight Transfer on Electric Locomotives,
n.d., image
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-Rail Car Power Sources and Mechanisms, n.d. |
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SERIES 8: ERIE RAILROAD CO., 1928-1929
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-Tonnage Rating Index, July 1, 1928 - February 1, 1929 |
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-Tonnage Rating Sheets (2), December 1, 1928 |
revised: Robert S. Harding, 5/2002
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