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Finding Aid for the Railroad Records Collection and Addendum, 1879-1983


MS-1108

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, December 6, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Railroad Records Collection and Addendum

Date/Date Range :   1879-1983

Extent: 5.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses a wide array of items documenting railroads in the Southeast, including published rules and regulations, commodity tariff schedules and classification lists, passenger timetables and rate schedules, and miscellaneous items and memorabilia. Most of the material relates to the Southern Railway System and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

Call number: MS-1108

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
H. Travis Parker donated this collection to the Special Collections Library in 1966 and 1983.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Railroad Records Collection and Addendum, MS-1108. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection contains five boxes divided into two series:

  1. Series I: Railroad Records Collection
  2. Series II: Railroad Records Collection (Addendum), 1879-1976

Biography / History

No biographical information is available.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses a wide array of items documenting railroads in the Southeast, including published rules and regulations, commodity tariff schedules and classification lists, passenger timetables and rate schedules, and miscellaneous items and memorabilia. Most of the material relates to the Southern Railway System and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

Subject Terms

  • Railroads -- Southern States.
  • Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.
  • Southern Railway (U.S.)
Contents List
   

Series I: Railroad Records Collection, 1936-1983
   

Sub-Series A: Official Guides, Shipping and Tariff Rates, Directories, and Rules Information, 1936-1983
Box   1     Folder   1    
Southern Railway - Official Guide, 1965 March
Box   1     Folder   2    
Southern Railway- Official Guide, 1967 April
Box   1     Folder   3    
Southern Railway - Rules and Charges Governing Weighing and Reweighing of Carload Freight, 1950
Box   1     Folder   4    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Frozen Fruits, Fruit Juices, Vegetables, & Berries Transit Tariff
Box   1     Folder   5    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Grain Transit Rules, 1956
Box   1     Folder   6    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Charges, Rules & Regulations Governing Fabrication of Iron & Steel in Transit, 1962
Box   1     Folder   7    
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.- Rates, Rules, Regulations, & Charges Governing Transit Privileges on Iron & Steel Articles, 1959
Box   1     Folder   8    
Southern Freight Assoc. - Rate Making Procedures, 1974
Box   1     Folder   9    
Southern Railway - Charges, Rules & Regulations Governing Transit on Forest Products, 1966
Box   1     Folder   10    
Southern Railway - Charges, Rules, & Regulations Governing Transit Privileges on Lumber, Viz.: Native Wood, Canadian or Mexican Pine, 1950
Box   1     Folder   11    
Central of Georgia Railway Co. & Chattahoochee Valley Railway Co. - Rules and Charges Governing the Warehousing and Reshipment of Cotton, 1961
Box   1     Folder   12    
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.- Rules, Rates, Regulations, and Charges Governing Transit Privileges on Commodities, 1962
Box   1     Folder   13    
Southern Railway - Special Supplement to Tariffs. Issued by Southern Railway Co., 1967
Box   1     Folder   14    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Land, Gravel & Stone Tariff, 1978
Box   1     Folder   15    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - General Miscellaneous Transit Tariff, 1966
Box   1     Folder   16    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - L & N Grain, Grain Products & Feed Transit Tariff, 1965
Box   1     Folder   17    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Forest Products Net Transit Tariff, 1967
Box   1     Folder   18    
L & N Railroad Co. - Rates, Rules, Regulations & Charges Governing Transit Privileges on Lumber & Other Forest Products, 1961
Box   1     Folder   19    
Southern Tariff Bureau - Classification ExcePtions & General Commodity Tariff, 1966
Box   1     Folder   20    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Wood Tariff, 1965
Box   1     Folder   21    
Standard TransPortation Commodity Code Tariff, 1982
Box   1     Folder   22    
Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff - Supplements 1-5, 1982
Box   2     Folder   1    
Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff (Supplements 2-8), 1980-1981
Box   2     Folder   2    
Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff (Supplements), 1979
Box   2     Folder   3    
Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway, Grain Transit Tariff, 1955
Box   2     Folder   4    
Southern Freight Tariff Bureau - Cotton Piece Goods, 1960
Box   2     Folder   5    
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway - Cotton Transit Tariff, 1951
Box   2     Folder   6    
Southern Railway System - Kentucky - Ohio - Tennessee Intra-Inter-Terminal Tariff supplements, 1936-1965
Box   2     Folder   7    
Southern Railway system - Leaf Tobacco Transit Tariff Supplements, 1948-1962
Box   2      
Official List of Open and Prepay Stations, 1982-1983

Box   2      
Official Railway Equipment Register, 1981

Box   2      
Southern Railway Miscellaneous Transit Tariff Supplements, 1974-1980

Box   2      
Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff Directory, 1979

Box   2      
Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff Directory, 1981

Box   3      
Uniform Freight Classification Manuals, numbers Classification Manuals, numbers 3 - 13 (5 and 6 missing); 6000-A, 1955-1981
Box   4      
Stopping-In-Transit Rules, 1975-1981
Box   4      
General Miscellaneous Transit Tariff, 1975-1981
Box   4      
East Kentucky, Southwest Virginia Coal Tariff, 1979-1981
Box   4      
Southern & Southwestern Coal Tariff, 1972-1979
Box   4      
Southern Transit Rules Tariff, 1967-1981
Box   4      
Weighing & Reweighing Rules, 1980-1982
Box   4      
Miscellaneous Rules & Charges Tariff, 1971-1981
   

Series II: Railroad Records Collection (Addendum), 1879-1976
   

Sub-Series A: Employee rules and regulations, 1899-1956
Box   1     Folder   1    
General rules and regulations - Southern, 1899 November 15
Box   1     Folder   2    
Passenger traffic service rules and regulations, 1922 June 1
Box   1     Folder   3    
Rules of Operating Dept. - Southern, 1923 August 1
Box   1     Folder   4    
Schedule of Rules, Regulations and Rates of Pay for Telegraphers, 1924 May 1
Box   1     Folder   5    
Fire Prevention and Protection Rules - Southern, 1944 January 1
Box   1     Folder   6    
Manual of Rules and Regulations, Passenger Traffic Dept. - Southern, 1946 January 1
Box   1     Folder   7    
Operating Rules - Southern (2 copies), 1956 August 1
   

Sub-Series B: Rules and regulations for loading and handling freight and commodities, 1914-1951
Box   1     Folder   8    
Rules for Loading, Stowing, and Bracing of Package Freight American Railway Association, 1914 November 18
Box   1     Folder   9    
Rules and Regulation for the Transportation of Explosives - Southern, St. Louis - Louisville Lines, 1908 October 15
Box   1     Folder   10    
Regulations for Handling, Shipment and Delivery of Livestock - Southern, 1911 August 1
Box   1     Folder   11    
Regulations for Transportation of Explosives and other Dangerous Articles, 1913 March 1
Box   1     Folder   12    
Regulations for Rules and Regulations for Transportation of Explosives and other Dangerous Articles, 1914 October 1
Box   1     Folder   13    
Loading Rules - American Railway Association, 1925 January 1
Box   1     Folder   14    
Prevention Manual Digest - Association of American Railroads, Freight Claim Division, 1947
Box   1     Folder   15    
Rules for Receipt, Handling, Stowing, Bracing and Delivery of Less-than-Carload Freight - Association of American Railroads, 1949
Box   1     Folder   16    
Rules for Loading of Miscellaneous Commodities on Open Top Cars - Association of American Railroads, 1951 July 1
   

Sub-Series C: Commodity tariff schedules; miscellaneous schedules and classification lists, 1879-1984
Box   1     Folder   17    
Express Tariff from St. Paul, Minn. - Wells, Fargo and Co's, 1884 December 1
Box   1     Folder   18    
Tariff schedule - U. S. Express Co., 1879 August
Box   1     Folder   19    
Through Way - Billing Schedule - Wells, Fargo and Co., 1884 December 22
Box   1     Folder   20    
Schedule of First and Second - Class Express Rates - Interstate Commerce Commission, 1915 September 1
Box   1     Folder   21    
Tariff schedule on express traffic - ICC, 1917 July 1
Box   1     Folder   22    
Joint and Local Passenger Tariff - East Tenn. and Western N. C . R. R. Co., 1921 February 5
Box   1     Folder   23    
Tariff schedule showing rental charges for use of live poultry cars, 1925 November 7
Box   1     Folder   24    
Commodity Classification - Railway Accounting Officers Association, 1928 January 1
Box   1     Folder   25    
List of Stations and Names of Agents - L & N Railroad Co., 1965 January 1
Box   1     Folder   26    
Condensed List and Description of Locomotives - Southern, 1974 January 1
   

Sub-Series D: Coupons good for round-trip passes for railroad employees and families - Southern, 1962
Box   1     Folder   27    
Southeastern Demurrage and Storage Bureau
Box   1     Folder   28    
Tennessee Railroad
Box   1     Folder   29    
Wabash Railroad
   

Sub-Series E: Passenger timetables, 1953-1976
Box   1     Folder   30    
L & N Railroad Co. - Corbin Division, 1976 October 1
Box   1     Folder   31    
L & N, 1965 April 25
Box   1     Folder   32    
Southern - Knoxville - Memphis Division, 1967 April 30
Box   1     Folder   33    
Southern, 1967 December-1970 July 1
Box   1     Folder   34    
Official Railway Guide, National Railway Publication Co., 1953 November
   

Sub-Series F: Other items and memorabilia
Box   1     Folder   35    
Coal mines served by the L & N (booklet)
Box   1     Folder   36    
Bill of lading receipts - Southern
Box   1     Folder   37    
Miscellaneous receipts and railroad documents
Box   1     Folder   38    
Organizational Chart - L & N, 1969 June 1
Box   1     Folder   39    
Miscellaneous items of memorabilia - passenger tickets, claim checks, etc.
   

Sub-Series G: Rolled-up items
Box   1      
Architectural drawing - proposed office bldg., Sevier Yard - Southern Railroad

Box   1      
Architectural drawing - proposed office bldg., Rutledge Pike, Knox Co., Tenn.

Box   1      
Dispatcher's Record of Movement of Trains - Southern, Timetable no. 26, Knoxville, TN, 1940 March 3