RR Historical Records Locations, Part II

K.R. Bell · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 3:51 pm

Here's a summary of the railroad records holdings at the Pennsylvania State Archives, in Harrisburg, Pa.:

RAILROAD RECORDS AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE ARCHIVES,
HARRISBURG, PA

MG-48 Fall Brook Railroad & Coal Company Records, 1768 (1819-1936)-1938, 371 cu. ft.
MG-274 Lehigh Valley RR Co. Records, 1849-1982, 632 cu. ft.
MG-286 Penn Central Railroad Collection & Deposit, c.1816-1981, 4,855 cu. ft. (Includes PRR records and original equipment drawings from the Office of the Chief of Motive Power)
MG-300 Erie Lackawanna Railway Co. Deposit, 1832-1976, 177 cu. ft.
MG-311 Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. Records, 1792-1978, 406 cu. ft.
MG-427 Baldwin-Hamilton Collection, c.1854-1960, 1,106 cu. ft. (Includes many original engineering drawings for post-1941 Baldwin-built locomotives.)
MG-401 Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. Records, 1887-1959, 11.2 cu. ft.
MG-393 Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co., of Butler, Pa. Records, c.1902-1970, 155 cu. ft.
MG-315 William Sellers & Co. Records, 1860-1919, 2 cu. ft.
MG-289 George M. Hart Photographs, c.1860-1960, approx. 1 cu. ft.

George Alberti · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:07 pm

> Here's a summary of the railroad records
> holdings at the Pennsylvania State Archives,
> in Harrisburg, Pa.:

> RAILROAD RECORDS AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE
> ARCHIVES,
> HARRISBURG, PA

> MG-48 Fall Brook Railroad & Coal Company
> Records, 1768 (1819-1936)-1938, 371 cu. ft.
> MG-274 Lehigh Valley RR Co. Records,
> 1849-1982, 632 cu. ft.
> MG-286 Penn Central Railroad Collection
> & Deposit, c.1816-1981, 4,855 cu. ft.
> (Includes PRR records and original equipment
> drawings from the Office of the Chief of
> Motive Power)
> MG-300 Erie Lackawanna Railway Co. Deposit,
> 1832-1976, 177 cu. ft.
> MG-311 Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.
> Records, 1792-1978, 406 cu. ft.
> MG-427 Baldwin-Hamilton Collection,
> c.1854-1960, 1,106 cu. ft. (Includes many
> original engineering drawings for post-1941
> Baldwin-built locomotives.)
> MG-401 Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.
> Records, 1887-1959, 11.2 cu. ft.
> MG-393 Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing
> Co., of Butler, Pa. Records, c.1902-1970,
> 155 cu. ft.
> MG-315 William Sellers & Co. Records,
> 1860-1919, 2 cu. ft.
> MG-289 George M. Hart Photographs,
> c.1860-1960, approx. 1 cu. ft.
I believe most of the corporate records of the Pittsburgh&Lake Erie were donated to the University of Pittsburgh.

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