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Inventory

 

Series I: Photographs, ca. 1880-1955


Sub-series 1: Washington State, ca. 1890-1947


Box 1
Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, and Anacortes Area, ca. 1890-1947
     1/1 General (BMA-A to BMA-C)
     1/2 General (BMA-1 to BMA-15)
     1/3 Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad (BMA-16 to BMA-31)
     1/4 Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad (BMA-32 to BMA-46)
     1/5 Bellingham Bay and Eastern Railroad (BMA-47 to BMA-52)
     1/6 Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway (BMA-53)
     1/7 Bellingham and Northern Railroad (BMA-54 to BMA-57)
     1/8 Fairhaven and New Whatcom Railway (BMA-58 to BMA-70)
     1/9 Fairhaven and Southern Railroad Company (BMA-71 to BMA-72)
     1/10 Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway Company (BMA-73)
     1/11 Great Northern Railroad (BMA-74 to BMA-81)
     1/12 Lake Whatcom Line (BMA-82 to BMA-84)
     1/13 Larson Lumber Company (BMA-85 to BMA-90)
     1/14 Pacific Northwest Traction Company (BMA-91 to BMA-106)
     1/15 Pacific Northwest Traction Company (BMA-107 to BMA-122)

 

Box 2
     2/1 Puget Sound Traction, Power and Light Company (BMA-123 to BMA-129)
     2/2 Skagit River Railroad (BMA-130 to BMA-144; BMA-144A)
     2/3 Whatcom County Railway and Light Company (BMA-145 to BMA-167;BMA-167A)


Centralia and Chehalis Area
     2/4 Centralia Electric and Traction Company (CC-168)
     2/5 Skookum Bay Railroad (CC-169)
     2/6Twin City Railroad Company (CC-170)
     2/7 Washington Electric Railway (CC-171 to CC-172)


Everett Area
     2/8 Everett Railway and Electric Company (E-173 to E-174)
     2/9 Hall and Hall Railroad (E-175 and E-175A)
     2/10 Northern Pacific Railroad (E-176)


Grays Harbor Area
     2/11 Grays Harbor Electric Company (GH-177 to GH-178)
     2/12 Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company (GH-179 to GH-181)


Inland Empire Area
     2/13 General (IE-182 to IE-186)
     2/14 Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Valley (IE-187 to IE-192)
     2/15 Great Northern (IE-193 to IE-208)
     2/16 Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Palouse Railway (IE-209 to IE-214)
     2/17 Spokane and Inland Railway (IE-215 to IE-218)
     2/18 Spokane United Railway (IE-219 to IE-221)
     2/19 Washington Water and Power Company of Spokane (IE-222 to IE-227)


Seattle Area
     2/20 General (S-A to S-C; S-228 to S-244)

 

Box 3
Seattle Area (continued)
     3/1 General (S-245 to S-260)
     3/2 General (S-261 to S-277)
     3/3 Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad (S-278 to S-294)
     3/4 James Street Cable (S-295 to S-311)
     3/5 Lake Washington Cable Railway Company (S-312 to S-317)
     3/6 Madison Street Cable Railway Company (S-318 to S-320)
     3/7 Pacific Coast Railroad Company (S-321 to S-338)
     3/8 Pacific Coast Railroad Company (S-339 to S-355)
     3/9 Pacific Coast Railroad Company (S-356 to S-371)
     3/10 Puget Sound and Baker River Railroad (S-372)
     3/11 Seattle City Railway Company (S-373 to S-374)
     3/12 Seattle Electric Railway Company (S-375 to S-378)
     3/13 Seattle and Municipal Street Railway Company (S-379 to S-396)
     3/14 Seattle Traction Company (S-397 to S-398)
     3/15 Seattle Union Trunk Line (S-399)
     3/16 Western Street and North End Electric Railway (S-400)

Box 4
Seattle-Everett Area
     4/1 North Coast Transportation Company (SE-401 to SE-417)
     4/2 Pacific Northwest Traction Company (SE-418 to SE-435)
     4/3 Pacific Northwest Traction Company (SE-436 to SE-453)
     4/4 Pacific Northwest Traction Company (SE-454 to SE-471)
     4/5 Seattle Electric Railway Company (SE-472)
     4/6 Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway (SE-473 to SE-476)
     4/7 Seattle-Everett Traction Company (SE-477)


Seattle-Renton Area
     4/8 Seattle, Renton, and Southern Railway (SR-478 to SR-480)
     4/9 Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway (SR-481 to SR-486)


Seattle-Tacoma Area
     4/10 General (ST-487)
     4/11 Puget Sound Electric Railway (ST-488 to ST-502)
     4/12 Puget Sound Electric Railway (ST-503 to ST-517)


Seattle-Walla Walla Area
     4/13 Seattle-Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company (SW-518

          to SW-519)


Tacoma Area
     4/14 General (T-520 to T-523)
     4/15 Northern Pacific Railroad (T-524 to T-529)
     4/16 Tacoma Municipal Belt Line (T-530 to T-531)
     4/17 Tacoma Power and Light Company (T-532 to T-533)
     4/18 Tacoma Railway and Power Company (T-534 to T-536)
     4/19 Tacoma and Steilacoom Railway Company (T-537 and T-537A)


Vancouver Area
     4/20 Clark County Suburban Railway (V-538 to V-540)
     4/21 Portland and Vancouver Railway Company (V-541 to V-542)
     4/22 Vancouver Traction Company (V-543)

Box 5
Walla Walla Area
     5/1 Walla Walla Valley Railway Company (WW-544 to WW-545)


Yakima Area
     5/2 Cascade Lumber Company (Y-546 to Y-549)
     5/3 Yakima Valley Transportation Company (Y-550 to Y-563)
     5/4 Yakima Valley Transportation Company (Y-564 to Y-576)

Sub-series 2: Other States and Provinces, 1898-1954

Box 5 continued
Alaska
     5/5 Skagway (A-577), September 10, 1898


Colorado
     5/6 General (C-578 to C-579)
     5/7 Denver and Rio Grande (C-580)
     5/8 Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad (C-581)


Connecticut
     5/9 General (CO-582)


Illinois
     5/10 Chicago and Grand Railroad (I-583)
     5/11 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (I-584 to I-585)


Indiana
     5/12 Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad (IN-586), October 24,

            1954


Maryland
     5/13 General (M-587)


Missouri
     5/14 St. Louis Water Works Railway (MI-588)


Oregon
     5/15 Forest Grove Transportation Company (O-589), July 19, 1909
     5/16 Oregon Electric Company (O-590 to O-596)
     5/17 Oregon Lumber Company (O-597 to O-604)
     5/18 Pacific Electric Company (O-605 to O-606)
     5/19 Portland Electric Power Company (O-607 to O-613)
     5/20 Portland Traction Company (O-614)
     5/21 Red River Valley Railway (O-615)
     5/22 Sumpter Valley Railway (O-616 to O-632)
     5/23 Sumpter Valley Railway (O-633 to O-650)
     5/24 Willamette Valley Railroad (O-651)


Pennsylvania
     5/25 Lehigh Valley Railroad (P-652)


Utah
     5/26 Rio Grande Railroad (U-653)
     5/27 Salt Lake and Utah Railroad (U-654 to U-655)


British Columbia
     5/28 British Columbia Electric Railway (BC-656 to BC-659)


Ontario
     5/29 Cornwall Street Railway (ON-660)
     5/30 Hamilton Street Railway (ON-661)

Sub-series 3: Unidentified Prints and Negatives, Undated

Box 6
Prints
     6/1 General (MISC-662 to MISC-679)


Negatives
     6/2 General (NEG-1 to NEG-22)
     6/3 General (NEG-23 to NEG-45)
     6/4 General (NEG-46 to NEG-69)


 

Series II: Textual Materials, 1912-1977

 

Sub-series 1: Index, Undated


Box 7
Card Index of Photographs and Negatives, undated

 

Sub-series 2: Research/Reference Materials, 1912-1974

Box 8
Research Notes and Correspondence
     8/1 Correspondence and Notes from Bruce Cheever about Railroad Studies,

          ca. 1949-1951


Maps, Drawings, and Train Schedules
     8/2 Maps and Schedules of the City of Bellingham and Street Car Lines,

           ca. 1940
     8/3 Map of the Northwest Division of the Pacific Northwest Traction Company,

           ca. 1940
     8/4 Diagrams of the Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway "Observation and

           Parlor Trail" Car, ca.1940


Reference articles
     8/5 B.C. Electric Employees Magazine: Jubilee Issue, May 1947


     Electric Railroads
          8/6 “Yakima Valley Transportation Company,” May 1942
          8/7 “Vancouver Memories,” February 1943
          8/8 “Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway,” June 1943
          8/9 “Puget Sound Electric,” July 1943
          8/10 “North Coast Lines,” August 1943
          8/11 “The Trolleys of Tacoma,” October 1943
          8/12 “Tacoma’s Other Interurbans,” January 1948
          8/13 “British Columbia Electric Railway,” April 1949
     8/14 Information re. Yakima Valley Transportation Company,

           September 1965 - November 1977
     8/15 Interurban Magazine- "Outstanding Interurban Cars"- August 1948
     8/16 Interurban News Letter, Special No.2: Puget Sound Electric Railway,

             June 1945
     8/17 Journal of Electricity- "Puget Sound Traction, Light, and Power

            Company's System," June 1912


     Pacific News
          8/18 “Simpson Timber Co. (Shelton, Washington),” August 1974
          8/19 “The Fort Worden Engine (Port Townsend, Washington),”

                 September 1974

Sub-series 3: Articles written by Bruce Cheever, 1968-1975


Traction and Models
     8/20 “The Fairhaven and New Whatcom Street Railway Co., Bellingham,

            Washington – 1891-1898,” June 1968
     8/21 “Bellingham and Skagit Railway,” January 1972
     8/22 “Bellingham Streetcar System,” September 1975