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Box Contents List
SERIES III -- Instructional Materials
Continuing in Box 2
Alexander, S.A. Broke Down: What Should I Do. Ready Reference and Key for Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Round House Machinists, Conductors, Train Hands, and Inspectors. York, PA: York Daily Print, 1890.
CMStP&P
Call book for train crew, 1890
Daily rates of pay for locomotive engineers on all locomotives except Mallets, March 1, 1961
Daily rate of pay for locomotive firemen and helps on other than steam power, on all locomotives except Mallets, March 1, 1961
Late Time Reports to CMStP&P
Numbers used to designate stations
Rates for engineers and firemen, 1946
Schedule for conductors (form 986), 1924
Schedule for engineers, Form 2685. 1929, 1936
Schedule for firemen, 1915 (form 1251A), 1924
Schedule of rates
Firemen, helpers, hostlers, and hostler helpers, 1927
For locomotive engineers, locomotive firemen, helpers, hostlers, and hostler helpers, 1941, 1946, 1952
Schedule of rules
Air brake and train air signals (form 2697), 1927, 1936
Consolidated Code of Transportation Rules and General Instructions for Employers in the Maintenance of Way and Structures and the Telegraph and Signal Departments (form 3597), 1939
Firemen, helpers, hostler, hostler helpers (form 2786), 1945
Tables for converting freight miles to the equivalent in passenger miles
Telegraphers, telephone operators, agents, towermen, tower and train directors, block operators, and staffmen (form 2725), 1927
Train dispatchers (form 3484), 1935
Yard masters (form 3766), 1947
Schedule for trainmen (form 1328), 1923
Consolidated Code of Operating Rules
1959 Edition
1980 Edition
Dalby, H.A. Train Rules and Train Dispatching. New York: Norman W. Hanley Publishing Co., 1909
Emergency book on the Baker locomotive valve gear. Volume 4, July 1942
Fairbanks -- Morse
Trouble Shooters Manual
Enginemen’s Manual for Operating Fairbanks-Morse Diesel-Electric Locomotives
Bulletin 1407, September 1947
Bulletin 1705, April 1951
General Electric
Education Manual for Model U25 Diesel Electric Locomotive
Manual for Enginemen – Alco/GE 660-HP Switcher, 1000-HP Switcher, 1000-HP Road Switcher
General Motors EMD (Electro-Motive Division)
Instruction Manual for the Operation of Railway Equipment Manual 234 – Revision B, 1945Instructor’s Guide on the Operation of Diesel Freight Locomotives, November 1, 1945
On the Road Trouble Shooting, July 1, 1948Box 3Operating Manuals
Model F3 – No. 2308A
Model GP7 – No. 2312, August 1951
Model GP35 – January 1965
Model GP40 – October 1966
Passenger Locomotive – No. 2300, April 15, 1945
International Library. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company
No. 501: Locomotive Boilers
No. 502-B: The Steam Locomotive
No. 503-B: Locomotive Valve and Valve Gears
No. 504-C: Walschaert and Baker Valve Gears
No. 505-C: Locomotive Valve Setting
No. 506: Firing of Locomotives
No. 507-C: Locomotive Stokers
No. 508-D: Locomotive Boiler-Feeding Devices
No. 509-B: Lubricators and Headlights
No. 511-C: Locomotive Breakdowns and Appliances
No. 512-B: Train Rules
No. 514-B: Compressors and Brake Equipment
No. 516-B: Air Brake Troubles Brake Rigging
No. 517-C: Passenger Brake Equipment
No. 518: Brake Equipment for High-Speed Trains
No. 519: Automatic Control Equipment
No .530: Automatic Train Control
No. 598-C: Freight-Car Brake Equipment
No. 623: No. 6 Locomotive Brake Equipment
No. 624: No. 8 Locomotive Brake Equipment
Interstate Commerce Commission
Power Brake Law of 1958 -- 3 copies
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
Greater Kansas City Area Operating Rules, 1980 Edition
Operating Rules, July 4, 1982 (Kansas City Southern Lines)
Rules and Regulations, 1971
Special Instructions No. 1, January 1, 1971
Special Instructions No. 2, April 1, 1974
Milwaukee Road
Bulletin No.7 of Preventable Accidents and Personal Injuries
Iowa DivisionSpecial Rules No .4, April 1, 1943
Manual of Instructions on Air Brake and Train Air Signals for Enginemen and Firemen. Form 2697, April 1934
Official Freight Shippers Guide and Directory, 1940
Missouri Pacific Railroad. The Texas and Pacific American Refrigerator Transit Company and subsidiaries. Summary of equipment, 1965
National Railway Training Association
Air Brake Instructions for Firemen and Brakemen, Pt. No. 3, 1907
Instructions for Locomotive Firemen, Pt. No. 4, 1907. Containing Full Particulars on Combustion, Firing and Duties of Firemen
Picture Scripts train portfolio -1- Engines (for classroom teachers)
Railway Fuel and Operating Officers Association
Questions & Answers on Machinery, Air-Brake and Operation
The Modern Locomotive Handbook
Rock Island-Missouri-Kansas and Southern Division
Speed Restrictions and Special Instructions, No.S-3, July 30, 1967
Rules and Instructions for Train Handling and Operation of Air Brakes, July 1974
Sheneman, J.F. Sheneman’s Pointers on Diesel Troubles: Handbook for Trouble Shooting on Diesel Locomotives for Engine Crews and Shop Forces. 2nd Ed. August 1954
Standard basic daily wage rates for locomotive engineers on railroads in the United States, December 16, 1953
Teachers Kit – Railroad Transportation. Association of American Railroads
Railroad at work , 1952
Teacher’s Manual , Vol.1, 1954
Stories behind the pictures , Vol.2
Lesson guides: references and uses
Black & white Photos
Test code - locomotive standing tests, March 1929
Uniform Code of Operating Rules
Modified or Revised -- Effective May 1, 1950, January 1, 1963
June 2, 1968 Edition
Union Pacific Railroad Comapny
Memorandum of what constitutes proper observiance of signal tests, 1942, 1946
Operating and Signal Rules, Supplement No. 1, 1952
United States Armed Forces Institute
J422: Steam Locomotive Repair Work (ICS)
No. 2354: Laying Off Shoes and Wedges
No. 2357: Laying Off Locomotive Frames
No. 2359: Machining Frame Cross-Ties
No. 2500: Locomotive-Cylinder and Erecting Work
No. 2502: Cylinder, Guide, and Crosshead Repair Work
No. 2503: Locomotive Steam-Pipe and Spring Work
No. 2507: Locomotive Rod, Wheel, and Pin Work
No. 2516-A: The Steam Locomotive (Part 1)
No. 2516-B2: The Steam Locomotive (Part 2)
No. 4001: Locomotive Valve SettingJ423: Locomotive Firing & Accessories -- Steam (ICS)No. 1299: Oil Burning Locomotives
No. 1960: Hand Firing of Locomotives
No. 1967-A: Locomotive Boilers (Part 1)
No. 1967-B: Locomotive Boilers (Part 2)
No. 2504: Heat and Superheaters
No. 2517: Locomotive Feedwater and Heating Equipments
No. 4000: Type D Duplex Stoker
No. 5236: Locomotive Injectors
No. 5547: Locomotive Stokers
No. 5604: Locomotive Lubricators
No. 5620-A: Locomotive Appliances (Part1 – Not here but on list)
No. 5620-B: Locomotive Appliances (Part 2 – Not here but on list)
Box 4
United States Department of Transportation
Preliminary Standards, Classification, and Designation of Lines of Class I Railroads in the United States.
Volume I: August 3, 1976
Volume II: August 3, 1976
Additions and Corrections: August 3, 1976
Weight on drivers -- diesel locomotives, September 1954
