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CALIFORNIA STATE L IBRARY
CALIFORNIA HISTORY SECTION
RESEARCH GUIDES RAILROADS IN CALIFORNIA
VISIT US California History Room 900 N Street Room 200 9:30-4 Monday-Friday
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Curious about California's transit system? Particularly its trains? Doing a research project on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad? Explore the role that iron rails, railroad barons and mass transit have played in our past via the Califor-nia History Section's rich collections!
Digitized Resources ………………………………..………………4
Reference Works:
General References.……….……………………………………..5
Transcontinental Railroad...……………………………………...6
Special Railroads………………….....…………………………..7
Primary Sources
Railroad Manuscript Collections…………………………………..9
Railroad Microfilm Collections…………………………………..10
Railroad Periodicals…...………………………………………...11
Railroad Images...….......……………………………………….12
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Catalog General Research Tips.…………………………………..13
Subject-Specific Resources in our Catalog ………………………..14
County-Specific Resources in our Catalog ………………………..15
On-site Research Resources….…...……………………………..16
Other On-site Resources….……...……………………………..17
Other Places to Look….….……….…………..………………..18
Enjoy Your Research!
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Can’t come to the library just yet? No worries! There are a number of online resources you can explore related to railroads
in California!
Digitized Images
We have scanned and digitized a portion of our extensive photograph collection, including images related to railroads. You can see them on Calisphere!
URL: https://calisphere.org/institution/51/items/
Type in Search Box: Railroad*
Digitized Publications
A few years ago we digitized some of our fragile transit publications. You can see them on Internet Archive!
URL: https://archive.org/
Type in Search Box: (railroad*) AND collection:(californiastatelibrary)
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Robertson, D. (1986). Encyclopedia of western railroad history. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers. Written for the true railroad enthusiast, this four volume set provides statistics and basic information about almost every railroad company in the west.
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Unsure about where to start? Consult a book! If you are interested in railroads, these books with give you a general idea
of their history in California.
Deverell, W. (1994). Railroad crossing : Californians and the railroad, 1850-1910. Berkeley: University of California Press. Curious about how the railroad affected daily life in California? This social history explores the social and political repercussions of the railroads’ development on people throughout the state.
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Orsi, R. (2005). Sunset limited : The Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930. Berkeley: University of California Press. Sometimes a largely true narrative becomes so overstated that it obscures the truth. This book seeks to balance the narrative regarding the effects of Southern Pacific’s railroad monopoly.
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Bain, D. (1999). Empire express : Building the first transcontinental railroad. New York: Viking. This work not only describes the technical difficulties of constructing the transcontinental railroad, it explores its social and political impact.
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Of course California’s railroad system is inextricably linked with the transcontinental railroad! For more information on the history of this historic rail connection, check these books.
Ambrose, S. (2000). Nothing like it in the world : The men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869. New York: Simon & Schuster. Curious about the individuals who built the transcontinental railroad? Despite some small errors, this is a good railroad social history.
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Kraus, G. (1969). High road to Promontory : Building the Central Pacific (now the Southern Pacific) across the High Sierra. Palo Alto, Calif.: American West Pub Widely regarded a seminal work on the history of the transcontinental railroad; this book details the process of building a railroad in the Sierra.
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MacGregor, B. (2003). The birth of California narrow gauge : A regional study of the technology of Thomas and Martin Carter. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
California has had a long tradition of monopoly and protests against it. Narrow gauge railroads were one such attempt. Read about their history in this comprehensive work.
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Short lines, cable cars, narrow gauges and more! California’s railroading history is littered with special types of trains. Check
out these books for more on the history of some of them.
Demoro, H. (1986). California's electric railways : An illustrated review (Interurbans special ; 100). Glendale, Calif.: Interurban Press.
Interested in inter-urban and street railways? Check out this book for a comprehensive history of California electric rail-lines!
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Jansen, J. (1995). San Francisco's cable cars : Riding the rope through past and present. San Francisco, Calif.: Woodford Press.
An approachable popular history, this book gives a reasonably detailed overview of the cable car in San Francisco. A unique type of train especially suited to a unique place.
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Duke, D. (1998). Incline railways of Los Angeles and Southern California. San Marino, Calif.: Golden West Books.
Do you want to know about Angel’s Flight? Learn about this and the history of other, extremely short, extremely steep railroads in this overview of Southern California’s incline railways!
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Central Pacific Railroad lawsuit and investigation documents.
A look at creative business practices during the 1880’s, this three box collection documents a lawsuit related to stockholder shares in the Central Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads
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Want to look at original documents relating to railroad business practices and surveys? We have lots of manuscript collections
related to California railroads including the ones described below.
National Bank of D. O. Mills and Company collection.
These banking papers contain financial information on early railroads including Central Pacific, Southern Pacific and smaller entities from 1865-1892.
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Henry Maxwell McCartney Collection. A major surveyor for the Northern, Union and Western Pacific Railroad companies, McCartney’s collection contains a wide variety of business and survey details from 1880-1910.
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Huntington, C. (1856). Papers, 1856-1901. Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corporation
of America.
A microfilm copy of the business papers Huntington kept at his New York office, this collection contains correspondence between him and the rest of the big five as well as legal and financial records.
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Southern Pacific Railroad station card index. (1988). San Francisco, CA: Micro
Images.
Listing Southern Pacific stations all over the United States, this index records not only where each station is but what routes and railroads it served.
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Curious about original papers kept in another archive? We might have the collection on microfilm! Here are some of our microfilm
collections that deal with railroading history.
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Proceedings of the Pacific Railway Club
If you want wider industry information, you might consider checking out this publication. Written by and for industry professionals, it tracks railroad specific issues across companies.
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Southern Pacific Bulletin
Looking for a real-time documentation of railroad history from the past 100 years or so? Check this company newsletter, it contains human interest stories, company information and more!
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Another great first-hand resource is trade publications. The following periodicals are just a few of the railroad industry
journals we carry.
RailNews
Again, an industry-wide perspective on the challenges facing railroads in the West and indeed across the United States, this periodical provides railroading coverage from the 1960’s forward.
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Carleton Watkins Collection
A prominent California photographer, Watkins included a number of different railroad images in his larger collection.
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Alfred A Hart Collection
For views of the Central Pacific Railroad’s construction, Alfred Hart’s images are unparalleled.
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They say a picture is worth a 1000 words and we have lots of images of railroads! Here are some of our major railroad-related
image collections.
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Catalog
If you are looking for images, manuscripts, maps, books and articles on
railroads, one source is our catalog.
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Limit: By desired material type or company
California Information File II
Sometimes the catalog doesn’t provide as much detail as you might like. This is why we created the California Information File II. In this resource, you can findinformation about railroad pamphlets,tickets and stock certificates.
URL: http://dbs.library.ca.gov/dbtext_html/
QueryCalinfo.htm
Type in Subject Box: (railroad* OR locomotive*)
For a narrower search: Add a place or company to your keyword search
While many of our materials are online, even more are only in hard-copy. You can use the following resources to learn about
our books, articles, and manuscripts on railroading
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California’s railroads have had far-ranging effects on everything from politics to agriculture to music! Explore some of our resources via these
catalog links.
Type Maps Books Images
Residents Vitals African Americans Chinese Americans German Americans Irish Americans Italian Americans Japanese Americans Latin Americans Native Americans Women
Subject Aeronautics Agriculture Art Birds Business Cooking Education Environment Festivals Fiction Fish Folklore Geology Highways Horse Racing Land Legislature
Migration Mining Music Oil Politics Shipping Slavery
Religion Restaurants Taxes Water Wildlife Wine 1960’s
Manuscripts Periodicals Statistics
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Curious about railroading in a specific county? While these catalog links don’t list all of what the California History Section
has, they are a good starting point.
Alameda Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa
Contra Costa El Dorado Fresno Humboldt Inyo Kern Kings Los Angeles Marin Mariposa Mendocino Monterey Napa Orange Placer
Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Sutter
Tehama Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba
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California Information File
In the library? Check the California Information File before you do anything else! This file indexes over 130 years of California railroading articles, books, and manuscript collections.
Subject Headings:
1. Railroads (Various subdivisions)
2. Transportation: Electric
3. Specific regions such as “Counties: Alameda:
Oakland: Transportation”
4. Prominent individuals and companies in the
industry (look up by name)
Photographic File
Sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 words, and not all of our pictures are online. To check the rest of the collection search our picture file.
Subject Headings:
1. Railroads
2. Transportation
3. County: City: Railroads
Our collection predates computers and so do some of our access points! If you are in the library, be sure to check the following
analog files for leads on more resources.
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Vertical Files Our massive collection of vertical files
covers a wide variety of topics including railroads. You can check them for
information on organizations, companies, and even old train tickets and timetables.
Subject Headings: 1. Subjects: Railroads 2. Companies: By Name
Postcard Files
Separate from our photo collection, our postcard collection contains a number of images related to railroads. Most are not
online.
Subject Headings: Organized by County
Despite our best efforts, some of our resources defy complete description. We suggest that you ask a librarian about any rail-
roading information contained in the following files
Map Files
Our map collection contains a number of resources directly related to the railroads,
from surveys showing railroad lands to route maps. Most are not online.
Subject Headings: Organized by County
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Other California State Library Sections
Government Publications Section Witkin Law Library
Sutro Library General Information
URLs:
http://www.library.ca.gov/government-publications/
http://www.library.ca.gov/law/ http://www.library.ca.gov/sutro/ http://www.library.ca.gov/services
Other Government Agencies
California State Archives
California State Parks
California State Railroad Museum Library
California Public Utilities Commission
Local California libraries or archives
URLs:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/
https://www.parks.ca.gov/
https://www.californiarailroad.museum/visit/library
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/rail/
Of course the California History Section doesn’t have everything, so we suggest that in addition to looking at our collections, you
contact the following organizations
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Phone: (916) 654-0176 E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 9:30-4 Monday-Friday
This guide is also available online at: http://www.library.ca.gov/california-history/research-guides/
California History Section 900 N Street Room 200 Sacramento CA 95814
CALIFORNIA STATE L IBRARY
CALIFORNIA H ISTORY SECTION
