Judge Leon Ford III
Archival Collection: Trains
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- Trains
Box 1
FOLDER
1. Fernwood, Columbia, and Gulf Railroad (11 items)
2. J.M. Foley (10 items)
3. Garyville Northern(35 items)
4. Greenlawn Lumber Company(1 item)
5. Crown Zellerbach(4 items)
6. Gaylord Great Southern(14 items)
7. G.M. & O.(3 items)
8. Houlton L.B. & Co.(8 items)
9. B.F. Glover & Son v. C.F. Hyde (1905)(3 items)
10. Harpole & Herring Survey Map(1 item)
11. Hammond Lumber Company(33 items)
12. Hyde, East Union(21 items)
13. I.C. Railroad Wood Caboose(2 items)
14. Keystone Lumber & Improvement Company(1 item)
15. Kentwood, Greensburg, & Southwestern Railroad Co. Right of Way Agreement(8 items)
16. Larry Swofford Railroad Correspondence(20 items)
17. Liberty-White Railroad Company(30 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION - TRAINS
Box 2
FOLDER
1. E.F. "Boy" Lambert(1 item)
2. Louisiana Cypress Railroad(20 items)
3. Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad Company(3 items)
4. Loranger, Louisiana, & Northeastern R.R. Co.(12 items)
5. Loranger Community History(4 items)
6. Lutcher Moore Cypress Lumber Company(2 items)
7. McCarroll Lumber Company Limited(15 items)
8. S.J. McKenzie Lumber Company and Maurepas & Northern Railroad Company(2 items)
9. Miscellaneous Louisiana Short Lines(3 items)
10. Mississippi Railroads and Lumber Companies(7 items)
11. Mississippi Railroad Maps(2 items)
12. Denkmann Mills by J.O. Stamps(1 item)
13. Newsom(7 items)
14. Natalbany(41 items)
15. New Orleans Great Northern(9 items)
16. Owl Bayou Cypress Company(3 items)
17. Opdenweyer(6 items)
18. Pennamich Lumber Company(4 items)
19. New Orleans Jackson Great Northern Railroad and Billy Mitchel, History of Livingston Parish - 68 Items
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 3
FOLDER
1. Red River & Gulf Railroad, Claiborne, and Fort Polk( 3 items)
2. Roseland Veneer and Package Co.(9 items)
3. Ruddock(7 items)
4. A.W. Stevens Co.(3 items)
5. Springfield Lumber Company and Blood River Railroad(7 items)
6. G.H.A. Thomas(2 items)
7. The Tremont and Gulf Railway by Allen D. Lindsey and Hulen C. Warren, Jr.(1 item)
8. Texas Electric K.C.S.(1 item)
9. West Feliciana Railroad(2 items)
10. Chesbrough & Graves Lumber Company(3 items)
11. Day Lumber Company(4 items)
12. William Drews, Jr.(10 items)
13. Handlan, Inc., Catalog #100, 100 Years of Service (1856-1956) to the Railroads and Industries(1 item)
14. Midwest Railroader And Roster Journal(14 items)
15. Government documents (3 items)
16. Survey maps, American Railway items, Georgia Railway ticket (10 items)
17. Boiler washing report, telegrams - 2 used/20 blank (23 items)
18. Locomotive Historical Society membership cards (5 items)
19. Assorted train photos and sketches, N.O. & G.N. map of Hammond and Tangipahoa (17 items)
20. National Railway Historical Society letterhead (31 items)
21. Wells Fargo Stamp Guide, railway general agreement, Illinois Central Report (3 items)
22. Railroad articles, G M & O newsletter, Historical Society Newsletter, and Southern Rail magazine (7 items)
23. Letter to Clark Forrest re: Railroad survey maps, open letters re: Casey Jones and Climax locomotive (3 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 4
FOLDER
1. MOB & COB(26 items)
2. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports(16 items)
3. Lanterns(21 items)
4. Lexington Newsletter March 1979 and Correspondence(2 items)
5. Railroad Gazette Vol. XXX No. 3, 16 and Poor’s Manual of US Railroads 1904, 1909, 1915(4 items)
6. Correspondence with David S. Price(10 items)
7. Lanterns and Bob Richardson(3 items)
8. The Adams and Westlake Co., Adlake Lantern Catalog(1 item)
9. Dietz Railroad Lantern Catalog(1 item)
10. Correspondence with John C. Walczak about Lanterns, dated Nov. 1, 1972(1 item)
11. Illinois Central RR Special Order for N.O. 24th Annual Kentucky Derby Special(10 items)
12. Louisiana Railroad Commission Reports(1 item)
13. Illinois Central Railroad - Bonds, Departures, and Memos (Pt.1) - 8 Items
14. Illinois Central Railroad - Bonds, Departures, and Memos (Pt.2) - 66 Items
15. Illinois Central Railroad - Bonds, Departures, and Memos (Pt.3) - 39 Items
16. Illinois Central and Railroad Documents - 61 Items
17. Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society - 2 Items
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 5
FOLDER
1. Two Mississippi Railway and Transportation Museum Tickets( 1 item)
2. National Railway Historical Society Sicker(1 item)
3. Owen Davies Bookseller Catalog Nos. 334, 335, 347; Letter from Ford dated December 12, 1967; Letter from Davies dated March 14, 1969(4 items)
4. Seven Letters between Leon Ford III and Harold K. Vollrath dated January 31, 1962 to March 9, 1965(7 items)
5. Four copies of letters from Leon Ford III inquiring about switch keys, 1969-1972(2 items)
6. Brochure from C & V Productions "A Symphony in Steam" about Hi-Fi Recordings(1 item)
7. Locomotive Photograph Company Catalog, Fl(1 item)
8. Railroad Merchandise Catalog from Jim Prakes, Chicago, Il (8 items)
9. The Book Conductor Winter Catalog, 1968-1969(1 item)
10. Catalog Locomotive Photographs(1 item)
11. Railroad Magazine, 1972(1 item)
12. Merchandise Timetable Colorado Railroad Museum(8 items)
13. Reproductions from the Official Guide of the Railways, June 1916(3 items)
14. Panama Limited Third Annual Banquet, February 5, 1976(3 items)
15. Cartoon copied from the Wall Street Journal and sent to Nelson Penton, March 20, 1970(1 item)
16. 4 Christmas cards, 3 postcards (all with trains on them)(7 items)
17. Gazette Pages from 1985, 1987, 1989, 1994, with a handwritten note from Ed, dated December 6, 1999
(3 items)
18. Alco Historic Photos, Report for 1997(1 item)
19. Letter to Leon Ford III fro U.S. Discount Corp selling a miniature train, dated October 29, 1963 (B&W photo included)(3 items)
20. Handwritten Introduction for Trains and Trams of Tangipahoa(1 item)
21. Intermodal Transportation Institute Website www.du.edu/transportation (2 pages)(2 items)
22. The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Newsletter, page 11(1 item)
23. Illinois Central Railroad "Dependable for 79 Years" and "Winter Citations Pay" (11 legal sized pages)(1 item)
24. GM and OHS News (photocopies of pp. 23-26)(1 item)
25. Meridian, Mississippi Railroad Society (clipping from Vol. 12, No. 4, March 1997)(1 item)
26. Southern Railway (NO and NE) Train No. 44, N.O., LA, July 1936 from Southeast LA chapter N.R.H.S., dated May 1996(1 item)
27. History of the West Feliciana Railroad, 2/24/1917 (photocopy)(1 item)
28. The Model Railroader Cyclopedia: The Book of Plans, Fifth Edition (dust jacket)(2 items)
29. Invitation fro the Louisiana and Delta Railroad Grand Opening Ceremony New Iberia, dated May 16, 1987
(1 item)
30. Interstate Commerce Commission Decision Docket No. AB-43 (Sub-No. 114x) (decided on October 30, 1984)
(1 item)
31. Advertisement Illinois Central RR on and after April 17, 1893(1 item)
32. Southern Iron and Equipment Co. (6-3½" x 6" cards showing what they sell)(1 item)
33. Pad Containing Form 172-Report of Cross Ties Inspected for LA and AR (blank)(1 item)
34. Pamphlet, "The Diesel That Did It" Southern Railway System(1 item)
35. Cover Letter from N.O. and Northeastern Railroad Co. regarding an ice contract, 2 April 1908(1 item)
36. The Baldwin Locomotive Works (pages 5, 6, 13, 14, 19, 20, 57, 58, and 59)(1 item)
37. National Railway Historical Society, 1974 Yearbook and Membership Directory(3 items)
38. Illinois Central, SD-70 Locomotive (1 item)
39. The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin No. 2 - 20 Items
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 6
FOLDER
1. Kentwood and Eastern Railroad(33 items)
2. Kentwood , Greensburg, and Southwestern Railroad Research and Valuation Reports, Amos Kent Lumber and Brick Company, Ltd. Research and Valuation Reports. (42 items)
3. Kentwood, Greensburg, and Southwest Railroad Photos (35 PICS), History of the Freiler Depot Building 1915, Letter from William Carter, KGSW RR Timetable 1908, Engineers Daily Time and Fuel Report, (40 items)
4. Kentwood & Eastern Railway- Station Map (1 map), Right of Way & Track Map (10 maps)(11 items)
5. Kentwood, Greensburg, and Southwestern + Kentwood and Eastern Railway(2 items)
6. Floyd Clymen’s Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and threshing Equipment No. 1, 1949, "Nostalgia Reigns at Threshermen’s Reunion" from the Baton Rouge Advocate November 12, 1961(2 items)
7. The Enquirer Magazine, 23 March 1969 (The Locomotive Builder)(1 item)
8. Railroads in the Civil War: An Address by John W. Barriger (xerox copy)(1 item)
9. Correspondence sent to Genesee Lumber Company in 1906 concerning locomotives (13 items)
10. Time Return and Delay Report of Engine and Train Employees (1 item)
11. Thomas Brothers, Railroad and Levee Contractors information (52 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 7
FOLDER
1. Locomotive and Car Planes For: Irish Bayou Lumber Company 2-6-2, Elevated Railway Forrey, Westfield Plantation Porter #1, 3 Foot Gauge Brooks 2-8-0, Stillwater Mills #1( 7 items)
2. Brakenridge Rail yard and Navigation Co., Brakenridge Lumber Co., Trains acquired from Brent S. Leiper and sold to G.H.A. Thomas. (30 items)
3. Brakenridge Family History(45 items)
4. Photos of Brakenridge Rail yard and Navigation Co.(15 items)
5. Lake Maurepas & Pontchartrain Info., the German Lost Coat by J.B. Borel, Lumber boat photos, Russell Barnes research, Daily Star July 5, 1999 pg. 1(16 items)
6. Railroad Maps of the Florida Parishes, photo of Eldon L. Watson giving award to Rev. Darrell E. Mount, photo of Birch School 1908-09(3 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 8
FOLDER
1. Train Work Orders, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, Time Tables, Blackman Rail Car Photograph (15 items)
2. Map of Kisatchie National Forest of 1938, RR Commissionaires Map of MS in 1896, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Immigration Map of 1938, Map showing the Railroad lands for sale in Yazoo Valley of MS in 1909 by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, Norfolk and Western RR Map in 1922, Illinois Central Rail Road Map of 1945, Mississippi Valley Company, Illinois Central Railroad, and Pearl River Lumber Company 1904 agreement. (1 item)
3. Passes and Tickets from Illinois Central Railroad (16 items)
4. Illinois Central Railroad Train Dispatcher’s Register for Monday September 14, 1908(1 item)
5. Railroad Brochures and Timetables (21 items)
6. Thomas Correspondence and old documents concerning his business transactions with Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Indian River Railway(5 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 9
FOLDER
1. Newspaper Clippings concerning trains: "Local Lore and Legend" article by Mrs. Morris, "The Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern Railroad" from LA Sun dated 6-15-1900 x 6, From LA Sun the Il Central Time Table 2-1-1900x 4, From LA Sun the charter of the Baton Rouge, Hammond, and Eastern Railroad x 4, Hattiesburg American 3-6-1971 train photo, Train wreck of 5-18-1930 I.C. 1188 x 5 photos, The General train photo (7 items)
2. Letters concerning railroads: Ford to National Sugar 12-12-1958 x 2, Ford sounds bid to National Sugar 12-12-1958, Canadian Locomotive to Saillard 8-9-1965, Ford to Dorman 5-19-1972, Kahn to Ford 6-12-1971, Ford to Clegg 6-21-1972, Ford to Minnesota 5-23-1975, Ford to Casler 7-30-1975, Ford to Saillard 6-12-1972 x 2(9 items)
3. Map of Freiler, LA x 3, Railroadians of America booklist, letter from Ford to Broadbelt requesting photos 1-27-1964, letter from Sickler to Ford 3-28-1961, letter from Ford to Broadbelt 7-29-1963, Thank you letter from Broadbelt, letter from Broadbelt 7-29-1963, Witbeck Narrow gauge railroad equipment for sale, Colorado Railroad Museum sale list (11 items)
4. Charter Incorporating the Evansville, Covington, and Tangipahoa River Railroad Company, Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co locomotive sale to Southshore Railway Company, Eldridge & Eldridge lease to Chesbrough & Graves, bill sale from J.A. Fay Egan Co. to Eldridge, note on Georgia Car & Loco Co.(4 items)
5. Kentwood, Greensburg, & southwestern Railroad and Kentwood & Eastern Railway 36 inch gauge locomotives, 1853-1922, biographies of George S. Lacy and Mrs. Minnie Osborn, and " Narrow Gauge Locomotives of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe R.R." by Vernon Glover.(1 item)
6. MS Great Southern Ch. Annual Banquet form (2 copies), "The Sand House" - Banquet Edition Jan 8, 2000 (copies), Lumber Trade Journal - January 15, 1911 p. 26.(2 items)
7. Kentwood & Eastern Railway Time tables May 14, 1907 and letter appointing J. Shull to superintendent on Dec 15, 1906 of K & E.(1 item)
8. Copy of a Map of the abandoned L-W depot at New Holmesville (2 copies), map of Pike County, MS, close up of McComb, MS from Pike County Map, letter from David Price to Leon Ford.(1 item)
9. Railroad Research on Florida Parish Railroads(30 items)
10. Locomotive Rosters for various Louisiana railroads(22 items)
11. Various Engine Histories (16 pages), Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods: The Story of Sawmills and Logging Railroads of Forest and Lamar counties, Mississippi (Table of Contents only), letter to Leon Ford III from Gilbert Hoffman 6-28-1995.(1 item)
12. Gulf South, Mobile, and Ohio Railway historical documents (8 items)
13. Illinois Central Railroad documents (33 items)
14. Train Brochures (19 Items)
15. Dixie Magazine and Newspaper Clippings about Trains (17 Items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION-TRAINS
Box 10
FOLDER
1. Research on Backwoods railroads of the Florida Parishes, Old Hickory Railroad Association Minutes for October 21, 1991, Judge Leon Ford III Addresses Livingston Parish Historical Society on the Railroads of the parish.(7 items)
2. Correspondence with Edwin Gebhardt on milk cars and milk car research (36 items)
3. Kentwood and Eastern Railroad (6 items)
4. Railroad Hardware and Related Items Sales Catalogs (15 items)
5. Miscellaneous Correspondence regarding trains., photo of R.L. Dowling’s #58 leaving Live Oak, FL for LA in 1904, #1 at C.J. Jones mill at Jerome in 1954 (Baldwin 2-6-2 1915), #2 at Slater, FL in 1942.(61 items)
6. Kentwood, Greensburg, and Southwestern Railroad Company Time Table No. 2, June, 1918, Kentwood and Eastern Railway company Time Table No. 28, October 15, 1919. (2 items)
7. Railroads at Work by Association of American Railroads, Illinois Central Time Table #7, 4-30-1967, Train Blue print for #6508, Victor Ford Retirement Info, "Finest Train on Earth Makes Inaugural Run, Sunday, May 3rd" letters to Ford from Wilkinson & Owen Davies Bookseller.(5 items)
8. The Southern Reporter for June 24, 1905 Vol. 38 No. 13 containing the following cases: Amos Kent Lumber & Brick Co. v. Tax Assessor of Parish of St. Helena, Kent Lumber and Brick Co. v. Tax Assessor of the Parish of St. Helena, White v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, and Welton v. Genesee Lumber Company.(1 item)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 11
FOLDER
1. History of Brooks Scanlon, Inc. by J. Victor Jaeger, Kentwood & Eastern Railway Co. April 1908 schedule, Equipment Register for Kentwood & Eastern, Durham & Southern, N.O., Natalbany, & Natchez, Tenn & N.C., Southern Lumbermen articles on Scanlon and AK, FL, Southern Rails Issue No. 30 Fall 1990.(2items)
2. An Inventory and Guide to the Archives of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. by Sally A. Maddocks, Schedule "B" Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. Foley Division Equipment from August 1951, History of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. by J. Victor Jaegar, Ownership in Live Oak, Perry, and Gulf Railroad by Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. Foley, FL in 1951 (2 pages), Ownership in South Georgia Railroad Company by Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., Foley, FL in 1951 (4 pages), Eastport Florida: An Industrial Opportunity.(5 items)
3. Brooks-Scanlon Research, "A Railroad you can model: The Eagle River & Northen Ry." In Model Railroader, (March 1990), Agreement between Diamond Mill Company and Brooks Scanlon Company on June 5, 1906, Agreement between Diamond Mill Company, Brooks Scanlon Company, and Henry H. Smith on January 23, 1908, Brooks-Scanlon Company v. Diamond Mill Company on December 24, 1907, John Eldred v. Brooks-Scanlon Company and Diamond Mill Company, Map of Brooks-Scanlon Railroad, newspaper photo of Lester W. Foley and M.J. Foley, "Carbur-A Look Back" by Louise Childers in Buckeye Fiberscope vol. 5 no. 1 (March, 1975), letter from Lester W. Foley to Leon Ford dated November 11, 1977, letter from Lester M. Foley to Leon Ford dated March 6, 1978, American Lumbermen biography of Michael J. Scanlon (8 items)
4. Live, Oak, Perry, & Gulf Railroad maps and history and articles on Brooks-Scanlon Corporation(7 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 12
FOLDER
1. Mary Bankston Myland V. ICRR ( Engineer Uncle Charlie Harrell on # 1118 on Panama Limited-Accident- G July 1922(1 item)
2. Railroad Brochures- Illinois Central, Southern Railway System(4 items)
3. Illinois Central System: Louisiana Division, condensed profile(1 item)
4. Illinois Central Vacation Advertisement(1 item)
5. Illinois Central Timetables, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1971, 1972, 1983(6 items)
6. Illinois Central Railroad- Per Diem, Demurrage, Switching, 1958, 1966(2 items)
7. Illinois Central System- Official List of Directors, etal., 1945, 1946, 1967(3 items)
8. Illinois Central Railroad Valuation Section I-LA-1 Hammond Terminal(88 items)
9. Copies of Articles from Illinois Central Magazine- Louisiana Connector(1 item)
10. Rail Travel Receipt Book ( 1940's) and Illinois Central Form 166-6(5 items)
11. Illinois Central Predecessor Lines, Railroad Newsletters(4 items)
12. Illinois Central Condensed Profile and Time Table(5 items)
13. Illinois Central- #131- "Miss Lou"(17 items)
14. Illinois Central Green Diamond and Paul M. Sommers (9 items)
15. U.S. Railroads Timetables and Army Railroad - 27 Items
16. Illinois Central Railroad - 1972 Timetable, Freight Station Photos and Map through Louisiana - 7 Items
17. Blueprints - Illinois Central System Mechanical Department Whistle Bell - 4 Items
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 13 A
FOLDER
1. Copy- Illinois Central Railroad Co., Louisiana Division, Condensed Profile ca. 1918 (1 item)
2. Illinois Central Rail Road Society-2oth Annual Railroad Show-October 1999(4 items)
3. Illinois Central Compromise Agreement-Property Quit-Claim Documents (2 items)
4. Gerald Hooks Research regarding Interstate Commerce Commission Financial Dockets on Hammond Area Railroads (16 items)
5. Interstate Commerce Commission Accident Reports on Local Railways, 1920s-1960s (27 items)
6. Illinois Central Correspondence regarding Logging Roads, 1901 and 1905 (4 items)
7. Illinois Central Railroad Magazine Articles, 1923-1925 (5 items)
8. Information on Crimson Flyer and Assorted Railway Notes (4 items)
9. Crimson Flyer Article by Judge Ford and Accompanying Photograph (2 items)
10. Crimson Flyer, Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2002, "Death on the Rails," by Tom Davidson (1 item)
11. Green Diamond, Illinois Central Historical Society, Issue #23/24, "The Crimson Flyer," by Leon Ford; National Railway Bulletin, Volume 67, Number 1, 2002 (2 items)
12. Crimson Flyer, Volume 3, Issue 2, February-March 2003 (1 item)
13. Crimson Flyer, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 4/2003-5/2003, "When Hammond Was the Southern Terminal of the Illinois Central Railroad," (1 item)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
BOX 13 B
FOLDER
Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Report of Illinois Central Railroad, 16 May 1917 (1 item)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 14
FOLDER
1. Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad Company - Property Leases, 1890-1918 (21 items)
2. Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad Company - Property Leases, 1920-1926 (9 items)
3. Index to Blue Prints Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad Company, Road #’s 52; 53-56; 401-402; 421; 442; 449; 3401; 5063-5065 (8 items)
4. Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad Company- Superintendent’s Annual Report 31 December 1925
(1 item)
5. Index to Negatives for Chicago and Illinois Western R.R. Company, Road #’s 801 and 802 (1 item)
6. Index to Blue Prints for: Fernwood, Columbia, and Gulf R.R., Road # 12 (2 items)
7. Index to Blue Prints Illinois Central System, Road #’s 1302, 1310-1312, 3100-3102, 3960-3963, 3964-3965, 3967-3970 (6 items)
8. Illinois Central Blue Prints 24" 25" 27", Angle Bar, Cinder Pits ; Truck Roller Seats; Rail Joint Templates
(12 items)
9. Blue Prints- Y and M.V. RR- Charge in Engine Facilities; Trestle Seat on Abatement North Yard, 19205
(4 items)
10. Kentwood, and Eastern and Kentwood, Greensburg, and Southwestern (12 items)
11. NON and N # 101- Plans by Ed Gebhardt 11/ 7/ 92 (1 items)
12. Baton Rouge, Hammond, and Eastern Railroad (II) (21 items)
13. Baton Rouge, Hammond, and Eastern Railroad (29 items)
14. New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad (16 items)
15. New Orleans Great Northern Railway Stock Certificate- 6 November 1933 (1 item)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 15
FOLDER
1. Strawberry Trains (28 items)
2. Strawberry Trains (2 items)
3. Cloverland Dairy Farm Plans (1 item)
4. Claiborne and Polk Military Railway (32 items)
5. Claiborne- Polk Military Railway John Allen Copies (17 items)
6. Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company (2 items)
7. Mobile Street Railway System (1 item)
8. Minnesota Historical Society documents concerning Minnesota and North Wisconsin Railroad Company
(12 items)
9. " Stephanie the steam engine got fired up during holiday" from the Clarion Ledger dated July 12, 1981
advertisement for the 1871 Giant Locomotive Worlis Catalog, the Reference Book of the Sugar Industry of the World ( July 1926) page 12 only advertising a Casey Jones Railway Motor Car ( 2 copies), tickets to Knott’s Berry farm ( 1962) (5 items)
10. Railroads- Various (18 items)
11. Donation of Railroad Mail Crane to Collinswood Museum, 1998 (5 items)
12. Pullman Car Company- Pamphlets, Signs, Paraphernalia (6 items)
13. Several Railway Appliance Catalogues ( 6 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 16
FOLDER
1. Railroad Company Stock Certificates (8 items)
2. Claiborne- Polk Military Railroad Church Copies (8 items)
3. U.D.C. Speech- 8 May 1980- Local Railroads (6 items)
4. Southeastern Express Service Judge Leon Ford III Collection (4 items)
5. Railroad Time Tables and Paintings (7 items)
6. List of Lima "Shay" Locomotive Pictures (8 items)
7. Trolleys (53 items)
8. Miscellaneous Railroad Material (18 items)
9. Prints of Tony Howe Railway Artwork (5 items)
10. Railway Menus- Louisville and Nashville; Panama Limited, LSU vs. Notre Dame Special, Southern Crescent
(2 items)
11. Amtrak Railway Brochures (3 items)
12. Directory of Freight Accounting Officers, 1950, 1963 (2 items)
13. Railway Express Agency Tickets (33 items)
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 17
FOLDER
1. Railway Express Agency- Shipment tags and Miscellaneous Items (18 items)
2. National Perishable Freight Committee- Code of Rules for Handling Perishable Freight (1 item)
3. Railroad Photograph Catalogs (12 items)
4. Locomotive Pictures for Sale by Harold Vollrath (5 items)
5. Locomotive Glass Negatives at History Center- Schenectady NY (5 items)
6. Miscellaneous Locomotive Rosters- Fernwood Columbia; Liberty- White; Kirby Lumber Co., Carter- Kelly Lumber Co. (2 items)
7. Official Directory of the Southern Pacific Company and Atlas of Lines, 1897-1898 (1 item)
8. Receivers Certificate Equipment Order, 1912 (2 items)
9. Photocopies, Rand McNally Handy Railroad Maps, Southern States (10 items)
10. Miscellaneous Railroad Information (8 items)
11. Railroad - Blueprints and Notes - 10 Items
12. Newspaper Clippings of Railroads - 5 Items
13. U.S. Railroads - Interstate Commerce Commission for St. Louis - San Francisco Railway, Official Railway Guide 1868, and Baldwin Locomotive Work Guide - 3 Items
JUDGE LEON FORD, III COLLECTION- TRAINS
Box 18
FOLDER
1. Key Lock and Lantern (brown binder) and docs. 1966-70 (39 items)
2. Key Lock and Lantern (yellow binder) and docs. 1970-75 (10 items)
3. Key Lock and Lantern (red binder) and docs. 1980-85 (13 items)