Railroad
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report
Annual report of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Company for 1926, including statistical data on workforce, equipment, and tonnage hauled.
Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records
Bills for freight shipped on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and received by Thomas Wood and Company, a general mercantile business.
Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company Records
The collection consists of financial receipts of the Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company in the early days of the railway system.
Title Map of the Great Kanawha Coal Field
Map shows the Great Kanawha Coal Field, in West Virginia. In addition to the map, which identifies title claimants and contains some hand-written annotations, the map provides navigational and distance charts, descriptions of rail and water communication, improvements to the area, and geological descriptions, especially regarding coal deposits.
Township, County, and Railroad Map of Pennsylvania
Map shows the counties and townships of Pennsylvania, along with railroads.
Clarence Trent Papers
The Trent papers contain materials dealing with his activities in the ASME, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at VPI, and engineering education. Further biographical information on Trent may be found in Folder 1 and 27, the latter of which deals with the Distinguished Alumnus Certificate which Bluefield College awarded him in 1986.
United States Military Railroads Receipt
United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Letters,
Letters to William S. Archer discussing his election as delegate to the July, 1849, convention of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Correspondence also discusses the plan to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroads.
Virginia Central Railroad Company Slave Rental Receipt,
This collection contains a slave rental receipt issued by the Virginia Central Railroad Company in 1855 to Mrs. Elisabeth S. Lindsay. The receipt promises a payment of $175 to Lindsay after the one year rental period for the work of the slave, a man named Isaac, ends.