Railroad trains

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Indiana State Police on January 1, 1968 of a collision between two Pennsylvania Railroad trains and their subsequent derailment, near Dunreith Canning Company in Dunreith, Indiana.

Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs of the French Gratitude Train in 1949 in New York City and the United States, depicting gifts from France and Italy to the United States including art and replicas of artwork, historical fashion, and historical artifacts, as well as scenes parades, speeches, and gifts as they were removed from a train car.

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, magazines, manuals, brochures, pamphlets, and advertisements from the Hoosier Railroad Club in Indiana spanning from 1868 to 1992. Items outline the evolution of railways throughout the United States and internationally. There are how-to manuals for learning about trains, learning how to operate trains, and how to tell them apart. There is also a full set of photos from the development of the Union Pacific Railroad up to and including the picture of "The...

Scope and Contents This collection comprises a bound, leather photograph album containing photographs of Indianapolis railroad tracks, train sheds, and bridges in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1905 to 1930, including depictions of the interior and train shed of Union Station, construction of the Belt Line railroad bridge over the White River, and tracks near various streets and alleys, such as Senate Avenue and West Street. The album was most likely owned by the Indianapolis Union Railway Company.

Scope and Contents This collection contains one advertising card created by the Standard Motor Truck Company circa 1920s. One side shoes a car from the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company with a description of the car and the back shows a line drawing of a No. C-80-P "Trunk Line Service" double truck.