Tony, The original question for this thread was whether photographs of rolling stock and details by class were included in the ICC valuation. I agree that values for freight cars (by enumeration and

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Attached is a digital copy of Records Relating to North American Railroads, Compiled by David Pfeiffer, Reference Information Paper 91 National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC

I have an extensive 1914 California Railroad Commission Physical Evaluation of the Yosemite Valley Railroad. I’m assuming that the State did it since the YVRR was not an interstate railroad. But it

Tony, Thanks for the clarification. So this could mean that other railroads outside California that took photos did so on their own initiative, or at the direction of their own state governments. This

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John, I was able to find this: Coal Mines (D, E) of Vermilion County, Illinois - Coal and Coal Mining (hinton-gen.com) Scroll down about 90% of the page and there is a good company description of an

The Missouri Pacific Historical Society published a book on the Iron Mountain (MoPac) valuation reports for Arkansas. This book was written by Charlie Duckworth, and as the book notes, represents a

Mike Schleigh wrote: Not sure where this idea came from, but rolling stock was very definitely part of EVERY valuation. Remember, the purpose was to establish the investment value of each railroad, so

Hello Group! I suspect this issue of inclusion of rolling stock details within the Valuation Reports may have been a railroad-to-railroad decision. Some have already reported that they found no

David Pfeiffer is retired. There is no one there right now that fills his shoes in terms of passion for railroads, although many of the archivists are friendly and helpful. David is still active--I

The “go to” guy for ICC valuation data at NARA Suitland used to be David Pfeiffer Not sure if he’s retired by now (I last emailed him approx. 2003) I have an email for him if you want to try

I did not look at rolling stock records, but during my forays into the ICC records at the National Archives in Suitland and later College Park, I have found very few photos. I was mostly looking at

I have a copy of the val report for the Rochester branch of the ERIE. I was looking for information that would cover the electrification that was in place ~1906-1914. I am less sure of the end date

I visited the National Archives back in 1985 to copy 1917 era ICC valuation information for some Texas railroads. A guy at the Interstate Commerce Commission had a 4-drawer file cabinet full of

Charlie Vlk wrote: A guy named Bill Edson used to sell these sets by railroad. I bought a bunch for roads I was interested in. Tony Thompson tony@...

This is a good question in general. I am doing research on the CB&Q Aurora-Chicago line and have the images of the ICC reports for the subject area physical plant from the BRHS Archives. I have

I have a question. What sort of documentation was done of rolling stock in the 1917-19 era ICC valuation of the railroads? Were pictures taken of the various classes of rolling stock like they did of

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