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RG 14 - U.S. Railroad Administration, Correspondence of the Regional Director


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Correspondence of the Regional Director, 1917-1920

National Archives Identifier 4504524

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of Regional Director, B. L. Winchell, concerning railroad operations in the Southern Region. Included in the correspondence are contract agreements with trunk railroad lines and industrial railroad lines, salary negotiations and agreements, material classification documentation, and supply and rental agreements. Also included in the series are numerous files relating to the operations of the Western Pacific Railroad.

Box 1

File 13 - Repair Parts for Western Pacific Scales
File 50 - Western Pacific RR-Discontinuance of Sale of Liquor on Railroads
File 51 - Western Pacific Railroad-Lease of Packing Sheds on Tidewater Southern Railroad
File 52 - Western Pacific Railroad-Facilities for Unloading Freight
File 53 - Western Pacific Railroad-J.A. Young: Complaint of Loss of Position
File 54 - Western Pacific Railroad-Frank A. Armstrong, Watchman, Dismissal
File 55 - Western Pacific Railroad-Estimated Cost to Administration
File 56 - Western Pacific Railroad-Violations of Safety Appliance Laws
File 57 - Western Pacific Railroad-Locomotives Assigned To
File 58 - Western Pacific Railroad-Car and Locomotive Repairs
File 59 - Western Pacific Railroad-Fire Protection at Jeffery Shops
File 60 - Western Pacific Railroad-Condition of New Box Cars
File 61 - Western Pacific Railroad-Bad Order Cars
File 62 - Western Pacific Railroad-Conservation of Fuel at Elko Shops
File 63 - Western Pacific Railroad-Repairs to Clover Valley Lumber Co. Locomotives
File 64 - Western Pacific Railroad-Rate of Pay of Mechanical Dept. Office Force
File 65 - Western Pacific Railroad-Request to Transfer to D&RG of Western Pacific Baggage Car
File 66 - Western Pacific Railroad-Hospital Department: Assumption of Deficit by Government
File 67 - Western Pacific Railroad-Fuel Conservation at Oroville Shops
File 68 - Western Pacific Railroad-Commissary Dept Operation of Wendover, NV Hotel
File 69 - Western Pacific Railroad-Commissary Dept Operation of Gerlach, NV Hotel
File 70 - Western Pacific Railroad-Commissary Dept Operation of Portola, CA Hotel
File 71 - Western Pacific Railroad-Commissary Operation of Supply Train
File 72 - Western Pacific Railroad-Surplus Material at Jeffery General Shops
File 73 - Western Pacific Railroad-Requisitions Not Needed
File 74 - Western Pacific Railroad-Delay in Furnishing Material for Use by Western Pacific
File 75 - Western Pacific Railroad-Locomotives Held Out of Service on Account of Shortage of Materials for Repairs

Box 2

File 76 - Western Pacific Railroad-Shortage of Material
File 77 - Western Pacific Railroad-Sale of Scrap
File 78 - Western Pacific Railroad-Conservation of Scrap
File 79 - Western Pacific Railroad-Material Transferred Between the Southern Pacific and the Western Pacific
File 80 - Western Pacific Railroad-Material Transferred from one store to Another
File 81 - Western Pacific Railroad-Material Routed over the Southern Pacific
File 90 - Western Pacific Railroad-Material Routed over the Southern Pacific
File 91 - Western Pacific Railroad-Standard List of Caboose Supplies
File 92 - Western Pacific Railroad-SP and WP Inventory Adjustments in Connection with Material Scrapped
File 93 - Western Pacific Railroad-Use of Section Men for Unloading Sand
File 94 - Western Pacific Railroad-Material Furnished Indian Valley Railroad
File 95 - Western Pacific Railroad-Ballast Specifications
File 96 - Western Pacific Railroad-Inauguration of Receiving Records, Stock Books, Etc.
File 97 - Western Pacific Railroad-Painting Storekeeper's Office-Jefferey General Store
File 98 - Western Pacific Railroad-Mechanical Dept. Men Loitering in Jefferey General Store
File 99 - Western Pacific Railroad-Report of Track Material on Hand
File 100 - Western Pacific Railroad-Transfer of Ties from Tidewater Southern to WP
File 101 - Western Pacific Railroad-Price of Cross Ties
File 102 - Western Pacific Railroad-Annual Report of Stores Department-1919
File 1501-132 - Working Relations with Morgan and Fentress RR Co.
File 1506-57 - Agreement Between Director of the Railroads and Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Co.
File 1521-110 - Salaries and Rates of Pay
File 1521-110 - Salaries and Rates of Pay
File 1531 - Relations with Industrial and Plant Facility Railroads
File 1531 - Relations with Industrial and Plant Facility Railroads
File 1531 - Relations with Industrial and Plant Facility Railroads

Box 3

1531-80 - Industrial Railroads
1531-80 - Industrial Railroads
1531-80 - Industrial Railroads
1531-80 - Industrial Railroads
1531-264 - Working Relations with Industrial Railroads-Hines Brothers Lumber Co.
1531-265 - Working Relations with between Gulf & Ship Island RR and Hines Lumber Co.
1531-280 - Working Relations with Jordan River Lumber Co.
1658-20 - Part I Material Classification
1658-20 - Part I Material Classification
1658-20 - Part I Material Classification
1658-20 - Part II Organization and Purchasing of Stores
1658-20 - Part II Organization and Purchasing of Stores
5027 - Contracts
5290 - Contracts for Operation of Spur Lines

Box 4

10001-10 - Rental of Locomotives
10001-10 - Rental of Locomotives
10001-10 - Rental of Locomotives
10004-69 - Equipping Locomotives over 180,000 pounds with reverse gear and power grate shakers
10004-69 - Equipping Locomotives over 180,000 pounds with reverse gear and power grate shakers
10014 - Mechanical Stokers for Locomotives
10014 - Mechanical Stokers for Locomotives

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