TYPES OF FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES

Railroad Records

• Published Materials
  • The Electric Railways of Minnesota and 1990 supplement
  • Railroad Names: A Directory of Common Carrier Railroads Operating in the United States, 1826-1982
  • Rails to the North Star
• Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company (DM&IR)
  • Company Records, 1874-1984
  • Payroll Records, 1884-1970 (M497)
• Great Northern Railway Company (GN)
  • Corporate Records, 1854-1970
  • Personnel Files Index (M379)
  • President's Office Subject Files index (M247)
  • Search the library catalog for corporate records for the many subsidiary companies, and published items such as histories, timetables, annual reports, and newsletters
• Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Company
  • Corporate Records, 1911-1981
• Northern Pacific Railway Company (NP)
  • Corporate Records, 1861-1970
  • Personnel Files Index (M380)v
  • Personnel Reference File, 1860s-1960s
  • President's Office Subject Files index (M295)
  • Search the library catalog for corporate records for the many subsidiary companies, and published items such as histories, timetables, annual reports, and newsletters
• Northern Mississippi Railway Company
  • Company Records, 1890-1915
• Northwestern Express, Stage and Transportation Company
  • Corporate Records, 1868-1886
• Pacific Coast Engineering Company (GN subsidiary)
  • Payroll Records, 1918-1940
• Pacific Coast Railway Company (GN subsidiary)
  • Payroll Records, 1918-1942
• Soo Line Railroad Company
  • Corporate Records, 1855-1994
• Twin City and Lake Superior Railway Company
  • Corporate Records, 1906-1918
• Twin City Rapid Transit Company
  • Corporate Records, 1872-2001, including employment records, pension records, payrolls
  • Search the library catalog for published items such as histories, timetables, annual reports, and newsletters