Summary These materials date from 1851 to 1979, and consist of records relating to railroads. The bulk of these materials are from either the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) or the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis (NC&StL) Railroads. This collection includes information on locomotives such as specification cards, tonnage tests, and train registers; employee-related information such as seniority lists and directories; company-related information such as correspondence; and passenger...

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The General was a historic steam locomotive stolen by Union spies in a raid during the Civil War. The reproduction was made for W.L. Danley, general passenger agent for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (N.C. & St. L.) Danley's name appears in an inscription on this lithograph. The original work is a water color.

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Photographs of steam locomotives, articulated locomotives, and diesels. Most if not all have information about the train printed on the back.