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1 Railroad employee timetable collection, Overview of the Collection Title Railroad employee timetable collection Dates (inclusive) Quantity 48 boxes plus oversize materials, (approximately 21 linear feet) Collection Number Summary Employee timetables for northwest United States and Canadian railroads, Repository Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library Sophie Frye Bass Library Museum of History & Industry P.O Seattle, WA Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions The collection is open to the public by appointment. Additional Reference Guides Languages Sponsor An item level inventory of the timetable collection as of November 1996 is available in the MOHAI library. English. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Content Description The collection is comprised of timetables from Northwestern United States and Canadian railroads, including timetables from subsidiary and predecessor companies. Includes primarily timetables for railroads in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia and secondarily, material from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways in several other states and provinces. Includes timetables for the Great Northern Railway; Northern Pacific Railway; Burlington Northern Railroad; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific; Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway; Southern Pacific Company; various Canadian railroads operating in British Columbia; and other miscellaneous shortlines. Dating from 1862 to 2000, the collection contains timetables from the earliest days of the railroad in the northwest, and is believed to be the largest collection of Northwest employee timetables in existence. Other Descriptive Information 1

2 Origins of the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection For many years, the Great Northern Railway maintained a small museum in its general offices in St. Paul, Minnesota. Several volumes of employee timetables were included, some of them going back to the very earliest days of the railroad. After the Burlington Northern merger of 1970, the museum was discontinued and the material was placed in a basement storeroom and neglected. James C. Mattson was an employee of Great Northern and later Burlington Northern. Over a period of many years he gathered a large personal collection of employee timetables. In 1982, he found that Burlington Northern was no longer interested in its historical material and began to search for a way to safeguard the timetables. In 1983, the company authorized donation of the timetables to the Museum of History & Industry, with the stipulation that Mattson would donate his personal collection at the same time. This original large accession from Burlington Northern and Mattson, with continuing additions by Mattson and two smaller donations from other sources, comprises the Railroad Employee Timetable Collection. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation Railroad Employee Timetable Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle Administrative Information Arrangement Arranged largely alphabetically into series by railroad company: Burlington Northern Railroad Company Canadian railroads Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Milwaukee Road) Great Northern Railway Company Northern Pacific Railway Pacific Coast Railroad Company Southern Pacific Company (Southern Pacific Transportation Company) Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Union Pacific Railroad Company Miscellaneous Northwest Shortlines Passenger timetables Location of Collection 2

3 13a Location of Collection 13a Location of Collection Map drawers VIIa.1-2 Acquisition Information The timetables were donated in multiple accessions over several years. The bulk of the collection was donated in 1983 (Accession No ): approximately 2000 Great Northern timetables donated by Burlington Northern Railroad Company, to which James C. Mattson added approximately 1800 timetables from his personal collection. Mattson made 18 further donations of employee timetables between 1986 and 2002: Accession Nos ; ; ; , ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and Additionally, the Washington State Historical Society donated 5 timetables in 1986 (Accession No ); and the Cheney Cowles Museum donated 35 timetables in 1996 (Accession No ). Photocopies of approximately 200 timetables were donated by James Mattson in August Custodial History The 854 timetables comprising Accession No were part of the estate of Robert W. Johnston before being purchased by James Mattson. Mattson acquired the 142 timetables in Accession No from Dick Rudolf, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Processing Note Processed by James C. Mattson in 1983, and upon the addition of each accession over several years. Each timetable accession was interfiled with Accession No upon receipt. Related Materials The Burlington Northern Railroad Company Records, , (Accession Nos , and ) include Burlington Northern record books, Great Northern account books, and a series of Northern Pacific Railway Company notebooks of photographs showing joint facilities with other railroads. The James C. Mattson Collection on Northwest Railroads (Accession Nos , , , , , , and ) includes photograph albums and Official List of Officers, Agents and Stations booklets from the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway AFE register copies, railroad company annual reports and northwest railroad passenger timetables. Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. 3

4 Burlington Northern Railroad Company, The Burlington Northern Railroad was a product of the merger of the Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific Railway, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway in In 1996, the Burlington Northern merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to become the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. This series includes timetables from the entire system of the Burlington Northern Railroad. Also includes some "Special Instructions" booklets. Container(s) Description Dates 1 Various divisions Includes timetables and Special Instructions for the following Burlington Northern Divisions: Alliance, Chicago, Dakota, Fargo, Hannibal, Lake, Lincoln, Minot, Ottumwa, Pacific, Portland, Rocky Mountain, Spokane, Terminal, Twin Cities and Yellowstone 1968 May 10; 1970 March 3 1 Billings Region 1970 October January 1 1 Chicago Region 1970 March October 26 1 Denver Division 1971 September July 15 1 Denver Region 1974 September October 26 1 Denver Division 1988 October October 27 1 Fort Worth Division 1988 October January 1 1 Lakes Division 1988 October April 7 4

5 1 Montana Division 1988 October April 7 1 Nebraska Division 1988 October October 27 1 Omaha Region 1970 March May 19 2 Portland Region 1970 October April 27 2 Portland-Seattle Region 1975 June October 28 2 Seattle Region 1970 October April 27 2 Seattle-Portland Region 1980 February October 30 2 Southern Corridor 1993 January 2 Springfield Region 1981 July October 26 2 Springfield Division 1988 October April 7 2 Twin Cities Region 1970 October October 25 2 Burlington Northern and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. Joint Timetables 2 Burlington Northern Inc., Fort Worth & Denver Railway Co., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad --Joint Texas Division 1970 March October June November 9 5

6 2 Burlington Northern Suburban Service Schedules 1970, 1974, Burlington Northern Railroad binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Minnesota, Pacific, Pasco, Portland, Powder River, Spokane, Tulsa, Willmar, Yellowstone. Also System Special Instructions, all subdivisions. 10 Burlington Northern Railroad binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Alliance, Amarillo, Cascade, Chicago, Fargo, Fort Worth, Galesburg, LaCrosse, Lake Superior, Lincoln, McCook, Memphis, Montana, Minot. 10 Burlington Northern Santa Fe binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Arizona, Chicago, Colorado, Gulf, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Northern California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon 10 Burlington Northern Santa Fe binder of timetables Timetables for the following divisions: Pacific, Powder River, Southern California, South Dakota, Southeastern, Texas, Washington, Yellowstone. Also System Special Instructions and Hazardous Materials Instructions Canadian Railroads, Arranged alphabetically, then chronologically. Container(s) Description Dates 42 British Columbia Electric Railway Company 1944, 1946, 1951, British Columbia Harbours Board Railway 1970 April October 28 2 British Columbia Railway 1983 November March

7 2 British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Railway Division 1964 August October 27 BC Rail BC Rail was known as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway before 1972 and British Columbia Railway between 1972 and This subseries includes timetables for these predecessor companies, listed separately. 42 Pacific Great Eastern Railway Largely Pacific District timetables 1929, , Pacific Great Eastern Railway 1959 November February 6 3 British Columbia Railway 1972 April June 3 3 BC Rail 1985 April April 28 Canadian National Railways 42 British Columbia District Western Region - British Columbia District 1930 September April Western Region - British Columbia District 1959 October October

8 11 Mountain Region - British Columbia Area 1961 April October Mountain Region 1976 April November Mountain Region 1989 April October 25 3 CN (Canadian National) Western Canada 1993 April 25; 1993 November 1 10 CN (Canadian National) binder of timetables Canadian Pacific Rail System 1994 July September 1 10 Canadian Pacific Rail System - Revelstoke Division 1993 April 18 Canadian Pacific Railway 41 British Columbia District 1917, , 1941, Pacific Division 1908 November 1, 1909 June 6 41 Pacific Region 1948 April April Pacific Region 1967 October October 3 8

9 10 Canadian Pacific Rail Heavy Haul Systems (Alberta South, Calgary, Revelstoke and Vancouver Divisions) Includes Operating Bulletin, September 11, January April Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Grand Trunk Pacific Railway circa 1910s 2 Southern Railway of British Columbia Ltd June Wellington Collier Railway Company 1929 July 7 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Milwaukee Road), Includes timetables for predecessor companies: the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway Company (prior to 1912); the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway (prior to 1928) Container(s) Description Dates 4 Aberdeen Division Name changes to Lacrosse, Twin City Terminal and Aberdeen Division as of June 11, 1972 timetable December October Bellingham Division 1922, Coast Division 1909, 1917, 1921, 1924,

10 3 Coast Division 1939 April November Columbia Division 1911 October Idaho Division Idaho Division 1943 August April Musselshell Division 1921 January 2 39 Northern Montana Division 1921, Olympic Division Rocky Mountain Division 1928, 1931, 1934, Rocky Mountain Division 1939 April June 1 3 Rocky Mountain Division and Coast Division 1973 August 12, 1974 December 1 39 Rocky Mountain Division and Missoula Division 1921, Trans-Missouri Division 1918, 1921,

11 3 Trans-Missouri Division 1939 April September 28 3 Montana and Washington Division 1976 January March 15 4 Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota Division Joint Time Table 1976 January April Tacoma Eastern Railroad Co. and Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway 1910 August 14 Related companies 39 Gallatin Valley Railway 1913 November 2 Great Northern Railway Company, The railway that became the Great Northern was begun when James J. Hill purchased the failing St. Paul & Pacific Railroad in The St. Paul & Pacific was reorganized the following year as the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, which operated under that name until 1889, when it became the Great Northern Railway. This series includes timetables for the entire Great Northern system, including predecessor and related companies. With the exception of some early timetables at the beginning of the series, timetables are arranged largely by division, and include timetables of predecessor companies. For example, within a file of timetables for a particular division, the timetables dating between 1879 and April 1890 are those of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway. Container(s) Description Dates Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 St. Paul & Pacific Railroad-First Division 1869, 1877,

12 VIIa.2 St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway 1879 July 13- November 9 VIIa.2 St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Notice to Employees 1880, 1881 VIIa.2 Breckenridge Division 1879 November October 8 13 Breckenridge Division 1880 December October Breckenridge Division 1895 May April 2 15 Breckenridge Division 1905 November March 5 16 Butte Division See also under Montana Central Railway for earlier timetables (Montana Central Railway became the Butte Division) 1908 June December 13 4 Butte Division 1937 April June 1 17 Cascade Division Includes 3 timetables for Pacific Coast Lines (1896, 1898) 1892 November September 6 4 Cascade Division 1947 July August

13 18 Dakota Division 1887 March December 30 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Dakota Division 1902 July- August 19 Dakota Division 1907 November May 31 4 Dakota Division 1937 May May 26 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Eastern Division 1902 July- August 20 Eastern Division 1902 May March 15 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Fergus Falls Division 1879 November May 7 26 Fergus Falls Division See Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division for timetables between 1884 and April 9 21 Havre Division 1917 November April

14 22 Kalispell Division 1892 August January 10 5 Kalispell Division 1937 May April Klamath Division 1928 May March 18 5 Klamath Division 1938 April June 1 23 Marcus Division See Spokane Falls & Northern Railway in Related Companies subseries for earlier timetables 20 Mesabi Division See Superior and Mesabi Division for earlier timetables 1909 March May November May 31 5 Mesabi Division 1937 May March Minot Division 1905 April May 31 5 Minot Division 1937 August August

15 21 Montana Division 1887 July July Montana Division 1967 July August 15 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Northern Division Timetables prior to November 7, 1880 are listed as the St. Vincent Division November September Northern Division 1882 December November Saint Cloud Division See Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division for earlier timetables 1924 June-1931 May Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division 1882 November November 29 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division Short Line See Fergus Falls Division for earlier timetables 1884 May January 5 VIIa.1 Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division Short Line 1890 February June Saint Cloud and Fergus Falls Division 1897 February November

16 25 Saint Cloud Division Circulars Sioux City Division 1908 May November Spokane Division 1903 July January 10 5 Spokane Division 1937 July August Superior Division See Superior and Mesabi Division for earlier timetables 20 Superior and Mesabi Divisions See separate Superior Division and Mesabi Division files for later timetables 1912 November June July February 20 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.1 Terminals Division --Short Line 1899 August 18- November 26 VIIa.2 Terminals Division 1900 January, 1902 August- September 27 Terminals Division 1900 February December Terminals Division 1906 January November

17 28 Twin City Terminals, St. Cloud Division 1925 January September Twin City Terminals, Willmar Division 1931 October September 1 5 Twin City Terminals, Willmar Division 1937 April September 5 6 Twin City Terminals, Willmar Division 1961 September August 15 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.1-2 Willmar Division- Short Line 1894 September June Willmar Division 1894 September January 10 6 Willmar Division 1937 May August Willmar and Sioux Falls Division 1907 November 17 and December 22 Related companies Some of the companies operating under Great Northern later became Great Northern divisions. 17

18 14 Duluth, Watertown & Pacific Railroad 1888 September 11-April Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota 1890 November October 28 5 Montana Western Railway Company 1935, 1952, 1955, Farmers' Grain and Shipping Railroad 1932, 1939, Montana Central Railway Became the Butte Division See above under Butte Division for later timetables August February 9 5 Oregon, California and Eastern Railway 1940, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, Spokane, Coeur d'alene and Palouse Railway 1927 May April 14 5 Spokane, Coeur d'alene and Palouse Railway 1937 November October

19 23 Spokane Falls & Northern Railway See Marcus Division for later timetables 1905 September February 9 14 Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway 1888 September October 28 5 Great Northern Railway Condensed Freight Schedules 1954 October October 1, 1968 January 1 22 Great Northern Railway Pacific Extension Distance Cards Correspondence and announcements 1862, 1883, Northern Pacific Railway, Entire system and related companies Container(s) Description Dates 33 Timetable for various divisions Timetable for East Minnesota, St. Paul, West Minnesota, Dakota and Missouri Divisions 1881 December Dakota Division 1891 November April 26 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Duluth and Superior Short Line 1900,

20 30 Duluth and Superior Terminals 1908 May September 25 6 Duluth and Superior Terminals 1933 October December Fargo Division 1915 June July 2 6 Fargo Division 1933 November August Idaho Division 1885, , Idaho Division 1933 July August Joint Terminal with Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad 1904 January July

21 7 Joint Terminal with Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Name changed to Chicago and Northwestern Railway Joint Terminal between April 3 and May 28, October October Lake Superior Division 1899 January May 1 6 Lake Superior Division 1933 August October Lake Superior and Mississippi Division 1873 December Manitoba Division 1900 October Minnesota Division 1900, , 1918, Missouri Division 1887 November Montana Division 1893, 1900, 1902, 1909, Pacific Division 1900, Pacific and Cascade Divisions 1886 January Pasco Division 1908 May June

22 33 Pend D'Oreille Division 1883 March Puget Sound Division 1913 October March Rocky Mountain Division 1893, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1910, 1918, , , 1936, , 46 Seattle Division 46 contains photocopies from this date range; received in October June St. Paul Division 1915 October July 2 7 St. Paul Division 1933 November September 15 34, 47 Tacoma Division 47 contains photocopies from this date range; received in June December 18 7 Tacoma Division 1933 July August 18 7 Tacoma Division 1933 July August Western Division 1882 February

23 31 Yellowstone Division 1900, 1906, , Yellowstone Division 1933 July October 29 Related companies 36 Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Co February 1 32 Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad 1874 July1 32 Minnesota & International Railway Co June, 1932 May 33 Oregon & Washington Territory Railroad Co July 1 36 Seattle & International Railway Co February Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway 1982 September, 1983 April, undated 32 St. Paul & Duluth Railroad 1877, 1879, 1899 Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 St. Paul & Duluth Railroad 1895 March United States Government Railroad 1945 April Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company 1880 April 1 33 Washington & Columbia River Railway Co July

24 Pacific Coast Railroad Company, Container(s) Description Dates 22 Timetables 1934 November 4, 1936 November 15 8 Timetables 1939 April June 1 Southern Pacific Company, Lines in Oregon Container(s) Description Dates 38 Portland Division , 1924, 1931, Portland Division 1946 June October 27 8 Portland-Shasta Division 1964 April 26 8 Oregon Division 1964 October October Oregon Division 1980 April April Sacramento Division ,

25 38 Shasta Division 1930, Shasta Division 1946 June October Northern Region 1986 October Western Region 1987 October 25, 1996 April 14 Related companies 38 Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company 1900 September Salem, Falls City & Western Railway Company 1914 January 18 Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Container(s) Description Dates 40 General timetable Astoria Division 1912 June 1 40 Portland Division 1914 June , Portland Division 1939 November January

26 40 Terminals Division 1915 September June 13 8 Terminals Sub-Division 1938 December April 1 40 Vancouver Division 1918 June September Vancouver Division and Oregon Trunk Railway 1933 April December 31 8 Vancouver Division and Oregon Trunk Railway 1937 October December 5 8 Vancouver and Portland Divisions 1944 June March 23 8 Vancouver and Portland Divisions 1944 June March 23 8 Special Instructions 1937 November February 23 8 System Lines Timetables 1948 January October 27 Related companies 40 Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co May

27 40 Oregon Electric Railroad 1919 June 1 40 Oregon Electric Railway Co November November Oregon Trunk Railway 1913, 1917, Portland-Astoria & Pacific Railroad Co June Willamette Valley Railway Co. timetable supplement 1932 August 1 Union Pacific Railroad Company, Container(s) Description Dates 37 First Division 1917, 1925, 1930, Second Division 1915, Third Division 1915, Fourth Division Central District 1936 May February 7 37 Idaho Division (Union Pacific-Oregon Short Line Railroad Co.) 1928, 1929,

28 9 Idaho Division (Northwestern District) 1948 February July 1 8 Idaho Division (South-Central District, 1st-4th subdivision) 1937 June December 20 8 Idaho Division (South-Central District, 5th-8th subdivision) 1933 October September Ilwaco Division 1911 June Mount Hood Railroad (Northwestern District) 1974 July 28, 1981 February 1 12 Northwestern District general 1975 August June 5 9 Oregon Division (Northwestern District) 1933 June July Pacific Division 1891 August 2 37 Washington Division 1931 August 2, 1932 June 19 9 Washington Division (Northwestern District) 1933 June June Yakima Valley Transportation Co. (Northwestern District) 1974 July System Time Tables 1978 February October

29 Related companies 37 Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. 1881, 1889, 1896, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company 1900, 1911, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company --Idaho Division Oregon Short Line Railroad Company -- Montana Division 1920, 1926, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company -- Utah Division 1920, 1928, 1929, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company 1933 June October 22 Miscellaneous Northwest Shortlines, Also includes a few passenger timetables Container(s) Description Dates 39 Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad Co June 1 12 Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Co. 1941, 1951, Camas Prairie Railroad Co. 1928, 1938, 1938,

30 3 Camas Prairie Railroad Co. 1909, , , 1977, 1982, Central Montana Rail, Inc October 14 9 Condon, Kinzua and Southern Railroad Company (Kinzua, Oregon) 1941 July Inland Empire Railroad Co.- Vera Division See Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Co. for later timetables Lewis and Clark Railway Company 1987 May 1 40 Longview, Portland & Northern Railway Company , 9 Montana Rail Link 1987 October April 2 22 Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Railway Co November 5 9 Newaukum Valley Railway Construction Co May

31 40 Nez Perce and Idaho Railroad Co Marc 1 9 Nez Perce and Idaho Railroad Co July North Coast Transportation Co. 1930, 1931, Oregon, California and Eastern Railway 1975 April Pacific Northwest Traction Co Drawer:Oversize VIIa.2 Pacific Northwest Traction Co. 1921, 1923, 1927, Portland and Western Railroad Inc August Portland Electric Power Company Interurban Line Portland Terminal Railroad Co. Special Instructions 1967 June 1 40 Portland Traction Co. (Portland Railroad and Terminal Division)

32 9 Portland Traction Co. (Portland Railroad and Terminal Division) 1955 August September Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Railway 1916 June June 2 8 Red River Valley and Western Railroad Co July 1 40 Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company -- Vera Division See Inland Island Railroad Company for 1926 timetables Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Co. 1906, 1907, Spokane International Railroad Co May 1 8 Spokane International Railroad Co May December 18 9 Sumpter Valley Railway Co August 1 40 United Railways Company , 1922, Valley and Siletz Railroad 1950 May

33 9 Washington Central Railroad Co October 12, 1988 January 7 40 Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Co. 1926, 1928, 1929, Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Co September 4 9 White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway Co September 10, 1954 June 1 Passenger timetables Container(s) Description Dates 9 King Street Passenger Station timetables Spokane Union Station 1926, 1930, Union Station (Oregon) timetable 1961 September 24 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Railroads -- Oregon -- Timetables Railroads -- British Columbia -- Timetables Railroads -- United States --Timetables Railroads -- Washington (State) -- Timetables 33

34 Other Creators : Corporate Names : Burlington Northern Railroad Company (creator) Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (creator) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (creator) Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (creator) Pacific Coast Railroad Company (creator) Southern Pacific Railroad Company (creator) Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway (creator) Union Pacific Railway Company (creator) Finding aid prepared by Jody Hendrickson 2007 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: