Southern Museum of Civil War And Locomotive History Archives & Library David W. Salter Collection Official Guides of the Railways, Official Railway Equipment Register, Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment & Railway Line Clearances 1868 1992 LB2010.014 Provenance: The David W. Salter Collection consists of 47,021 items including railroad related photographs, negatives, slides, time tables/schedules, maps, posters, books including Official Guides, correspondence, magazines, and model trains of various scales. The family of the late David W. Salter donated his collections to the Southern Museum in May 2010. Single photocopies are available for research purposes only for a nominal fee. A list of applicable fees can be found on our website www.southernmuseum.org and then click on Duplication of Services Fee Schedule. Daniel Pete processed these items in 2010. Description: This series consists of The Official Guides of the Railways from 1896 to 1992. Other additions have been one copy of The Official Railway Equipment Register for April 1967, two issues of The Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment and one issue of Railway Line Clearances. Descriptions are representative samples in the collection and not detailed entirely as to their contents. Note that not every year in this range is present. Contents: The Official Guides of the Railways, 1896-1992 June 1868 Travelers Official Railway Guide for the United States and Canada: Containing Railway Time Schedules, Connections and Distances, Ocean & Inland Steam Navigation Routes, also Maps of Principal Lines & List of General Officers. Printed for National Railway Publication Company by University Microfilms, A Xerox Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan. In observance of the 100 th Anniversary of The Official Guide. 1968, by National Railway Publication Company 1
June 1869 Travelers Official Railway Guide for the United States and Canada: Containing Railway Time Schedules, Connections and Distances, Ocean & Inland Steam Navigation Routes, also Maps of Principal Lines & List of General Officers. Printed for the publisher National Railway Publication Company by University Microfilms, A Xerox Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Commemorating completion of the first transcontinental rail route by connection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railways. 1969, by National Railway Publication Company November 1894 Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. National Railway Publication Company, New York. Bound version (red) February 1901 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. January 1910 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York., 1909 September 1923 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York., 1923 September 1925 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York., 1925 *Housed in archival box due to fragile condition. February 1926 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1926 Reprint 2001 Cape Ann Train Company, Manchester, MA. February 1940 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1940 **Very fragile April 1941 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1941 2
May 1941 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1941 June 1941 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1941 September 1944 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1944. February 1945 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1945. May 1945 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1945. July 1945 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1945. July 1947 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1947. Bound version (black) June 1952 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1952. October 1953 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1953. July 1956 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1956. December 1959 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1959. 3
September 1961 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1961. July 1961 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1961. November 1962 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1962. December 1963 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1963. June 1964 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1964. December 1964 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1964. March 1965 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1965. May 1966 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1966 Two copies: * One copy contained in a maroon binder bearing the logo of Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Cover imprinted Atlanta Terminal Station. July 1966 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1966 August 1966 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1966 August 1967 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the 4
Publication Company, New York. 1967 December 1967 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1967 April 1968 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the May 1968 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the June 1968 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the October 1968 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the December 1968 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the June 1969 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1969 March 1970 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1970 May 1970 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1970 October 1970 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1970 December 1971 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the 5
April 1971 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the May 1971 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the June 1971 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the October 1971 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the January 1972 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1972 May 1972 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the Publication Company, New York. 1972 March/April 1974 The Official Railway Guide : North American Freight Service Edition. National Railway Publication Company, New York. 1974 May/June 1992 The Official Railway Guide : The North American Freight Service Edition. K-III Information Company, Inc. 1992 Official Register: April 1967 The Official Railway Equipment Register. The Railway Equipment and Publication Co. 1967 Official Register: March 1967 The Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment. The Railway Equipment and Publication Co. 1967. Official Register: March 1968 The Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment. The Railway Equipment and Publication Co. 1968. Railway Line Clearances: Annual Issue, Year 1967, Railway Line Clearances : Including Weight Limitations of Railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico.. The Railway Equipment and Publication Co. 1967. 6