Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data
name: label: Creator
content: Hamily, David
label: Names
content: Erie Railroad Company
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
label: Names
content: New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Railroad.
label: Names
content: Philadelphia and Western Railroad.
label: Names
content: Piedmont and Northern Railroad.
label: Names
content: Sorocabana Railway.
label: Names
content: Takata and Company Railroad.
place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania
label: Place
content: New Haven (Conn.)
label: Place
content: New York
label: Place
content: Philadelphia (Pa.)
label: Place
content: Hartford (Conn.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Locomotives -- Design and construction
label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Engineering
label: Topic
content: Locomotive industry
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by David Hamily of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hamily, David
setName: label: See more items in
content: Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection of railroad engineering data.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1949
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation (now Division of Work and Industry) to the Archives Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0207
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Statistics
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Blueprints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into 8 series.

Series 1: New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad

Series 2:  Piedmont and Northern Railway Company

Series 3: Takata and Company

Series 4: Philadelphia and Western Railway Company

Series 5: Sorocabana Railway

Series 6; Pennsylvania Railroad

Series 7: Miscellaneous Westinghouse Reports

Series 8: Erie Railroad Company
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Lisa Ulrich and Robert Harding, June 1986. Revised by Robert Harding, 2002.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Statistics
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
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, Takata and Co. Railroad, Philadelphia and Western Railroad, Sorocabana Railway, and Erie Railroad Co.