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Imperial Garden

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 65 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.09
Catalog number:
1994.0239.09
Accession number:
1994.0239
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-0fd0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167952

model, railroad passenger car

Measurements:
overall: 4 in x 2 3/4 in x 15 in; 10.16 cm x 6.985 cm x 38.1 cm
Object Name:
Passenger Car Model
model, passenger railroad car
model, railroad passenger car
ID Number:
TR.330152.01
Accession number:
286885
Catalog number:
330152.01
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-037f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1176273

model, railroad passenger car

Measurements:
overall: 4 in x 2 3/4 in x 15 in; 10.16 cm x 6.985 cm x 38.1 cm
Object Name:
Passenger Car Model
model, passenger railroad car
model, railroad passenger car
ID Number:
TR.330152.02
Accession number:
286885
Catalog number:
330152.02
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bfb3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1176274

Jackson & Sharp Car Company Records and American Car & Foundry Company Collection

Creator:
American Car and Foundry Co. (Jackson & Sharp Car Co.)  Search this
Jackson & Sharp Car Co.  Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation  Search this
Extent:
2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 21 volumes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Cost account books
Albumen prints
Account books
Photographs
Order books
Lists
Place:
Delaware
Date:
1884-1948
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains order books, including design details of a wide variety of passenger, freight and specialty cars (including self-propelled electric cars), and cost accounts for the production department. Also included are 21 volumes of photographs of finished cars, arranged by lot number. These have separate indexes arranged alphabetically and by photograph number.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into two series.

Series 1: Records, 1885-1948

Series 2: Photographs
Biographical / Historical:
The Jackson and Sharp Car Company, a manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, street railway cars, and ships, was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1869, as the successor to the partnership of Jackson & Sharp. Job H. Jackson (1833 1901), a tinsmith and mechanic, and Jacob F. Sharp (ca. 1815 1888), an experienced car builder, opened a small car building shop in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1863. Wilmington was a major center for the manufacture of railroad passenger cars prior to the development of Pullman, Illinois, in 1881. Sharp retired from the business in 1870. Soon after, Jackson erected the larger Delaware Car Works facility at the foot of 8th Street. A shipyard was added in 1875. By the late 1880s, the company was turning out about 400 cars per year, as well as sash work and panelling for buildings.

The American Car & Foundry Company purchased Jackson and Sharp in 1901 when Jackson died. American Car & Foundry, incorporated in New Jersey in 1899, was a typical late 19th century merger of many small car building companies. The Jackson and Sharp plant in Wilmington was used primarily for the construction of railroad cars for export orders until around 1920. From the end of World War One until 1938, the plant was kept open by building small pleasure boats. During World War Two the plant produced minesweepers. The plant was closed around 1945.
Related Materials:
The Delaware State Archives

Collection of approximately 3,000 negatives and photographs from Jackson and Sharp and American Car & Foundry. These include views of ships, electric railway cars, and railroad equipment. A description of the Delaware State Archives' collection can be found in the control file for coll. #156 and a copy of the microfiche listing of these photos is available in the Archives Center's microfiche cabinet. The Archives also holds over 160 drawings and blueprints for cars and ships, dating from 1881 1937 The Hagley Museum and Library of Wilmington, Delaware, contains several collections of Jackson & Sharp records. These include historical materials; contracts for car orders, 1898 1905; and drawings and blueprints, 1895 1930. A smaller body of Jackson & Sharp records is in the Historical Society of Delaware, in Wilmington.

New Jersey Historical Society

Manuscript Group 802, William F. Cone (1874-1966), Business records and negatives, 1880s-1966

Series 6 documents the production of railroad cars and marine vessels by the Jackson & Sharpe Plant of the American Car & Foundry Co., Wilmington, Delaware mostly between 1913-1929. Images of railroad cars the company produced include wooden and steel open platform cars, baggage cars, refrigerator cars, Pullman cars, railway post offices, sleeping cars, dining cars, engine rooms, parlor cars, box cars, gondola cars, flat cars, four-wheel trucks (the sets of wheels under train cars), underframes, interior furnishings for railroad cars, mantles, moldings and medallions. These products were made for railroad companies in the U.S., South America, Central America, and Cuba. Also included are images of the marine vessels the company produced including tugboats, scows and dredges, and several "named" vessels.

John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library

Collection consists of the corporate archives of the American Car and Foundry Company and selected predecessor firms. Materials include plans, production data, promotional and advertising items, and thousands of rare photographs cover the many products ACF manufactured for the world's transportation needs. Included are thousands of photographs depicting the company's freight and passenger cars, many of which are shown in multiple views. Selected movies produced by the firm are also included. The collection includes the records of the firm's Research and Development Department. Many of ACF's other business interests - such as nuclear power plants and wartime military production -- are well-represented in the collection. The collection is notable for the inclusion of thousands of detailed Bill of Materials listings for individual freight and passenger cars.
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Special care required in handling photographs, as the bound volumes are in poor condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Railroads -- Cars  Search this
Genre/Form:
Cost account books
Albumen prints
Account books
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver albumen -- 1850-1900
Order books
Lists -- Photographs
Citation:
Jackson and Sharp Car Co. Records and American Car and Foundry Co. Collection, 1884-1948, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0156
See more items in:
Jackson & Sharp Car Company Records and American Car & Foundry Company Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ad53cae7-a70b-4aae-8c58-17f19febaa32
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0156

A report on the sanitary inspection of passenger coaches / by R. Harvey Reed

Author:
Reed, Robert Harvey 1851-1907  Search this
Physical description:
12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1888
Topic:
Railroads--Sanitation  Search this
Railroads--Passenger-cars--Inspection  Search this
Call number:
TF445 .R44 1888
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_731464

The domeliners; a pictorial history of the penthouse trains, by Patrick C. Dorin

Author:
Dorin, Patrick C  Search this
Physical description:
224 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1973
[1973]
Topic:
Railroads--Passenger cars  Search this
Railroads--Trains  Search this
Call number:
TF457 .D67X
TF457.D67X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_38169

Railway prototype cyclopedia

Physical description:
v. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1997
1997-
Topic:
Railroads--Rolling-stock--History  Search this
Railroads--Cars--History  Search this
Railroads--Passenger-cars--History  Search this
Railroads--Freight-cars--History  Search this
Locomotives--History  Search this
Call number:
TF373 .R35 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_733379

The American railroad passenger car / John H. White, Jr

Author:
White, John H  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 699 p. : ill. ; 32 x 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1978
C1978
Topic:
Railroads--Passenger-cars--History  Search this
Call number:
TF455 .W45X
TF455.W45X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90795

[Trade catalogs on air retrieving trolley base and repair parts]

Author:
Wasson Engineering & Supply Co  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<1> v. : ill
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1914
[1914?]-
Topic:
Railroads--Passenger-cars--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs  Search this
Wasson (Brand name)  Search this
Call number:
48284
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_475781

The Journal of railroad car heating, lighting and ventilating

Title:
Journal of railroad car heating
Physical description:
1 v. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Date:
1890
1891
1890-1891
Topic:
Railroads  Search this
Railroads--Cars--Periodicals  Search this
Railroads--Cars--Heating and ventilation--Periodicals  Search this
Call number:
TF1 .R1522
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_487031

Railway carriages in the British Isles, from 1830 to 1914 [by] Hamilton Ellis

Author:
Ellis, C. Hamilton (Cuthbert Hamilton) 1909-1987  Search this
Physical description:
279 p. : illus. (part col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1965
[1965]
Topic:
Railroads--Passenger-cars  Search this
Call number:
TF455 .E42 1965X
TF455.E42 1965X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_42790

[Trade catalogs on railroad passenger-car double door fixture, ball bearings, back sheave and track, hangers and track for single door, and anti-rattler door rollers; hand power bending tools: "U" benders, angle benders, bar bending tools, eye benders, ring bending tool, hinge bender, ring and pipe bender, pipe bending machine, handy rod cutters, punches, and shears]

Author:
Wallace Supply Co  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<2> v. : ill
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1910
1910?-
Topic:
Railroads--Cars--Fittings--Catalogs  Search this
Railroads--Passenger-cars--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs  Search this
Mechanically-operated doors--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs  Search this
Bending--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs  Search this
Bending machines  Search this
Metal-cutting--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Punching (Metal-work)--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Shears (Machine-tools)  Search this
Call number:
47668
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_465477

[Trade catalogs on gasoline, kerosene or diesel narrow gauge and standard gauge locomotives and rail cars]

Author:
Brookville Locomotive Company  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<23> v. : ill
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1935
1935-
Topic:
Gasoline locomotives--Catalogs  Search this
Diesel locomotives--Catalogs  Search this
Railroads--Passenger-cars--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
47265
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_455864

Railroad Passenger Car by Jack White, 6/1978

Container:
Box 4 of 33
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 360, National Museum of American History (U.S.), Office of Public Affairs, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Box 4
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0360-refidd1e2987

Press Releases, 1973-1978 (4 folders), including:

Container:
Box 7 of 33
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 360, National Museum of American History (U.S.), Office of Public Affairs, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Box 7
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0360-refidd1e3670

Locomotive engineering, and the mechanism of railways : a treatise on the principles and construction of the locomotive engine, railway carriages, and railway plant, with examples ; Illustrated by sixty-four large engravings and two hundred and forty woodcuts / by Zerah Colburn

Title:
Locomotive engineering and the mechanism of railways, vol. II
Author:
Colburn, Zerah 1832-1870  Search this
Clark, D. K (Daniel Kinnear) -1896  Search this
Former owner:
United States Patent Office Scientific Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes illustrations, 64 folded plates (including diagrams) 39 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1871
Topic:
Locomotives  Search this
Steam-engines  Search this
Railroad passenger cars  Search this
Call number:
TJ605 .C68 1871
TJ605.C68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_81030

Pennsylvania Railroad passenger car painting and lettering / by Charles Blardone, Jr., and Peter Tilp

Author:
Blardone, Charles  Search this
Tilp, Peter  Search this
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society  Search this
Subject:
Pennsylvania Railroad  Search this
Physical description:
127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 36 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Railroads--Passenger cars  Search this
Call number:
TF455.B56 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_344406

Negative Log Book Number 9, (77-1 to 77-13865)

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Photographic Services  Search this
Physical description:
Ink on paper
Type:
Logs (records)
Collection descriptions
Date:
1977
Topic:
Photography--History  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 10-001 [SIA_10-001_NLB09]
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Contact SIA Reference Staff for further information (email photos@si.edu)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_367106
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Passenger train equipment of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, 1870-1975 / by Frank M. Ellington and Joseph W. Shine

Author:
Ellington, Frank M  Search this
Shine, Joseph W  Search this
Subject:
Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 x 49 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1975
1975-
Topic:
Railroad passenger cars  Search this
Call number:
TF455 .E46
TF455.E46
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_86187

Carrier-safety system for providing conditioned air for railway passenger cars

Author:
Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1933
Topic:
Railroad passenger cars  Search this
Call number:
42514
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_313117

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