Passenger Conductor's Record Books
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Scope and Contents
Inclusive date range: 1965-1971
Bulk dates: 1965-1971
This collections consists of seven passenger conductor's record books. They belonged to E. C. Halbrooks and document the passenger runs between El Paso, Texas and Tuscon, Arizona on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Sunset Limited and the Golden State Limited. The books are hand-written, and contain such information as the names of the conductor, fireman, and brakeman. They also give the date of each trip and the departure and arrival times of the train. Additionally, the books contain the locomotive road numbers of all engines and the road numbers of other rolling stock, i.e. the consist. There are also notes about various passengers on the train, including their eventual destination and the cars in which they were travelling.
Dates
- 1965-1971
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
The Sunset Route is a passenger train line that runs along the southern transcontinetal route across the United States from New Orleans to Los Angeles. Currently operated by Amtrack, the passenger line was operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1894-1971. The Sunset Limited was the premier passenger train for Southern Pacific. In addition to the Sunset Limited, the Southern Pacific Railroad also operated the Golden State Limited passenger train in conjunction with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. The Golden State Limited ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. The trains consisted of Pullman Cars, coach cars, mail cars, dining cars, and baggage cars.
Extent
0.33 cubic feet
Abstract
Passenger conductor's record books from the Sunset Route.
Quantity:
0.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- E. Parker, June 05, 2017
- EAD encoding:
- E. Parker, June 05, 2017
- Title
- Passenger Conductor's Record Books
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by E. Parker
- Date
- June 05, 2017
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Sponsor
- This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853