Railroad History Collection of America
name: label: Creator
content: Amtrak
label: Creator
content: ConRail
label: Former owner
content: Jiranek, Andrew
label: Former owner
content: Mathis-Oster, Patricia
label: Former owner
content: Perrin, Francis
topic: label: Topic
content: Maps
label: Topic
content: Railroad companies
label: Topic
content: Railroad engineers
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Trains
label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Employees
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- History
label: Topic
content: Technical manuals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection had been the property of Railroad History Collection of America, Inc., which was liquidated after the death of the corporation's owner, Frank Perrin.  The collection was donated to the Archives Center in 2014 by the heir, Patricia Mathis-Oster, through attorney Andrew Jiranek, Receiver.
creator: label: Creator
content: Amtrak
label: Creator
content: ConRail
setName: label: See more items in
content: Railroad History Collection of America
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents railroad ephemera, primarily relating to Amtrak and Conrail.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Cubic feet (47 boxes, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1867-2000
label: Date
content: bulk 1970s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1327
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Annual reports
label: Type
content: Brochures
label: Type
content: Charts
label: Type
content: Color photographs
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Schedules
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Timetables
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into seven series. 


Series 1: Directories, Instructions, Manuals and Rules, 1907-2000

Series 2: Publications, 1942-1992

Series 3: Timetables, 1967-2000	

Series 4: Photographs, 1940-1994	

Series 5: Train Consist Books, 1971-1983	

Series 6: Maintenance Programs and Track Charts, 1947-1985		

Series 7: Ephemera, 1867-1989
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by John Benko, intern; Isaac Meth, intern, Kendall McKinley, intern; and Alison Oswald, archivist, 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Annual reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Brochures
label: Genre/Form
content: Charts
label: Genre/Form
content: Color photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Schedules
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Timetables
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection contains photographs, internal documents such as safety and procedures manuals, employee copies of schedules, a scrapbook of clippings and photographs, brochures, timetables, advertising, "consists" (i.e., listings of which types of cars were on each train and in what order), maintenance regulations, track charts, publications such as annual reports, maps, etc. The collection relates almost entirely to Amtrak and Conrail.   A file on fellow railroad collector and enthusiast is also included.