Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company papers, 1872-1960.
Collection Number: 2161

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company papers, 1872-1960.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2161
Abstract:
Allen's history of the railroad, with research notes and correspondence; a corporate history. Railroad material includes correspondence, reports, financial records, employee records, timetables, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, maps, blueprints, charts, and photographs. Also records of predecessor, affiliated, or otherwise connected railroads.
Creator:
Allen, C. F. H. (Charles Francis Hitchcock), 1895-1979
Quanitities:
2.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Allen's history of the railroad, with research notes and correspondence; a corporate history. Railroad material includes correspondence, reports, financial records, employee records, timetables, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, maps, blueprints, charts, and photographs. Also records of predecessor, affiliated, or otherwise connected railroads.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company papers, #2161. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company
Subjects:
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Employees.
Railroads -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Timetables.
Photographs.
Maps.
Broadsides.
Blueprints.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Timetables
Original timetable printed on red cardboard of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Co.
June 15, 1896.
Photocopy of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Co. effective
June 15, 1896.
Loose-leaf notebooks
A count of all the photographs and material other than actual text in these volumes follows. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER MATERIAL MUST BE COUNTED EACH TIME ANY OF THESE VOLUMES IS REMOVED FROM THE STACKS AND RECOUNTED BEFORE THEY ARE RETURNED TO THE STACKS (see note signed by E.M.F. in box with books).
Scope and Contents
1. Contains material relating to the predecessor roads and subsequent affiliated roads to the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad; incl. 156 pp. typescript of text by Mr. Allen and other items as noted below.
Scope and Contents
2. Contains a complete history of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern R.R. itself. pp. 157-254 + illustrations, etc. as noted below.
Scope and Contents
3. Contains clippings and miscellaneous railroad ephemera - passes, etc. pp. 255-265 + unnumbered pp. of photos, etc. Additions, KJ, 5/62.
Book No. 1
Frontispiece - 2 photostats: 4 passes (on one sheet) to travel on various lines (issued to different individuals); map of Allegany County, N.Y. (1929) showing railroad lines.
Box 1 Volume 1
Between pp.: 13 & 14 2 photos (1949) New York & Pennsylvania old roadbed near Swains
(1949)
Box 1 Volume 1
29 & 30 1 photo, Allegany Central #4 at Bolivar
Box 1 Volume 1
35 & 36 1 photostat - map showing Rail lines in western New York State
Box 1 Volume 1
42 & 43 2 pp. (3 photos) Piers of old bridge over Genesee River, Lackawanna & Pittsburgh RR.
Box 1 Volume 1
49 & 50 1 photo - The "Cannonball", Rochester, Hornellsville & Lackawanna # 34 engine and crew
Box 1 Volume 1
56 & 57 1 photo - Engine #201 (no other identification)
Box 1 Volume 1
57 & 58 2 photos - Lackawanna & Pittsburgh engines #308, 310 that were transferred to Central Railway of New Brunswick.
Box 1 Volume 1
Between pp.: 58 & 59 1 photo - Engine #43 and crew (no other identification)
Box 1 Volume 1
64 & 65 1 photostat - Letter dated December 21, 1889 to M.S. Blair from George Chapman re settlement of debt owed to U.S. Rolling Stock Co. by Lackawanna & Southwestern RR. Co.
dated December 21, 1889
Box 1 Volume 1
66 & 67 Photostat and original newspaper clipping of Lackawanna & Southwestern timetables for November 4, 1889 and
November 4, 1889, June 24, 1890
Box 1 Volume 1
pp. 86 Photostat - map of route of Clarion River Ry.
Box 1 Volume 1
91 & 92 2 photos: "A mixed train near Arrozo August 1941"; "C.R.#17 formerly T.V. [Tionesta Valley] #17 at Carman 1941 "
August 1941", 1941
Box 1 Volume 1
92 & 93 2 photos: (one is slight enlargement of the other) engine #2 2-4-4T Baldwin
1892
Box 1 Volume 1
93 & 94 1 photo - Engine #119 4-6-0 (Clarion River Ry.)
Box 1 Volume 1
94 & 95 3 photos - Engine House at Hallton, Pa.; C. R. Caboose #108; C.R. #55 at Carman
Box 1 Volume 1
95 & 96 2 photos - Engine #19 of T.V. [Tionesta Valley] Ry.
Box 1 Volume 1
96 & 97 1 photo - "Caboose and a car of Acetic acid"
Box 1 Volume 1
98 & 99 1 photo - "The Doodle Bug" (truck fitted with train wheels)
Box 1 Volume 1
p. 99 1 photo - #55 at Hallton
Box 1 Volume 1
100 & 101 1 photostat - Map of route of Mt. Jewett and Smethport RR
Box 1 Volume 1
106 & 107 1 photo - Of Mitchell S. Blair
Box 1 Volume 1
129 & 130 1 photo - "Filling trestle #51 (the famous horseshoe) at Swains, 1898 "
1898
Box 1 Volume 1
130 & 131 1 photo - "Horseshoe at Swains, 1945 "
1945
Box 1 Volume 1
132 & 133 1 photo - "Hornell to Nunda train Engine #12"
Box 1 Volume 1
135 & 136 1 photo - "Trestle ready to be filled"
Box 1 Volume 1
137 &138 1 photo "Stony Brook Bridge,
winter 1899
Box 1 Volume 1
1 photostat - Central N.Y. & Western RR. timetable #17,
April 24, 1899
Box 1 Volume 1
138 & 139 1 photo - Central N.Y. & W. Engine #32
Box 1 Volume 1
Between pp.: p. 140 1 photo - Engine #26 (no other identification)
Box 1 Volume 1
141 & 142 2 photos Hall & Kaul #70, First Engine Overhauled; Kaul & Hall #71
Box 1 Volume 1
142 & 143 1 photo, Hall & Kaul Shay engines, St. Marys
1910
Box 1 Volume 1
143 & 144 1 photo #7 St. Marys & South Western RR.
Box 1 Volume 1
148 & 149 2 photos #5 St. M. & S.W. RR.; # 11 St.M. & S.W. RR.
Book No. 2
Frontispiece (facing P. 157) - 1 photostat, map of The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern RR. route.
Box 1 Volume 2
Between pp.: p. 160 1 photo - Shawmut line trestle crossing Penn. RR. track and Allegheny River
Box 1 Volume 2
169 & 170 2 photos - North and south views of West Notch, P.S. & N. RR.
Box 1 Volume 2
176 & 177 1 photo - A work train on the P.S. & N. locomotive #1
Box 1 Volume 2
1 photo - P.S. & N. engine #9
Box 1 Volume 2
181 & 182 Map of P.S. & N. section of Main Line showing Palmerville Loop
Box 1 Volume 2
182 & 183 4 photos: Kasson Loop before grown up
Box 1 Volume 2
Rear end of freight train on the loop,
10/12/42
Box 1 Volume 2
A double-headed freight northbound engine #51-74
Box 1 Volume 2
Northern, lower end of loop in
Oct. 1942
Box 1 Volume 2
183 & 184 1 photo - "An excursion train at the loop"
Box 1 Volume 2
1 photostat advertising excursion to St. Marys for the Shawmut opening
Box 1 Volume 2
184 & 185 1 photo - "First train into Smethport 1902 #13"
1902
Box 1 Volume 2
185 & 186 1 photo - "Building the new bridge at Stony Brook"
Box 1 Volume 2
186 & 187 5 photos: Test train crossing new bridge at Stony Brook
Box 1 Volume 2
New bridge
Box 1 Volume 2
Both old and new bridges
Box 1 Volume 2
New bridge in
1946
Box 1 Volume 2
Close up of new bridge
Box 1 Volume 2
Between pp.: 187 & 188 1 photo - Unidentified (probably of Stony Brook bridge)
Box 1 Volume 2
189 & 190 10 photos: The Y bridge at Olean over Haskell brook about
1908
Box 1 Volume 2
Same as above,
1945
Box 1 Volume 2
Track to Prosser
Box 1 Volume 2
Passenger train at Olean
Box 1 Volume 2
Old style switch
Box 1 Volume 2
Bridge over Angelica Creek at County House
Box 1 Volume 2
South of County House
Box 1 Volume 2
Unidentified bridge
Box 1 Volume 2
Bridge over Genesee River at Belvidere
Box 1 Volume 2
Unidentified low bridge
Box 1 Volume 2
192 & 193 1 photo - Shawmut engine #3
Box 1 Volume 2
193 & 194 2 photos - Engine #8 on a train
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #9 at Olean
Box 1 Volume 2
195 & 196 22 photos: Engine #12
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
#13 on train
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #14
Box 1 Volume 2
Wreck
Box 1 Volume 2
Enlargement of derailed train #15
Box 1 Volume 2
Second #15
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #16
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #17
Box 1 Volume 2
Builder's photo, engine #15
Box 1 Volume 2
Builders photo, engine #16
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #20
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Electric headlight, Ray Lacy in cab
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #22
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #23
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #41
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #43 with first coal train arriving in Brookville
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #41 and caboose at Brookville, Pa.
Box 1 Volume 2
196 & 197 Letter, dated Oct. 8, 1942, signed P.B. McBride granting Dr. Allen permission to photograph locomotives
dated Oct. 8, 1942,
Box 1 Volume 2
197 & 198 29 photos: Engine #51
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #50
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #51
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #52
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #53
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #55
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #58
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #59
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #60
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #61
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #62
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #63
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #67
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #68
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #69
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #70
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #68 with electric headlight
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #70
Box 1 Volume 2
A Shawmut caboose at Olean
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #71
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #72
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #73
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #74
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #75
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #76
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #98
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #98
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #81
Box 1 Volume 2
p. 198 1 photo - Engine #119, Buffalo & Susquehanna, used on P.S.&N. in
1905
Box 1 Volume 2
198 & 199 2 photos -- gas-electric #91; Unidentified crane on flat car
Box 1 Volume 2
205 & 206 2 photos -- shipment of five new engines nos. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; telegraph crew, 1918, old wooden box car showing big letters
1918
Box 1 Volume 2
206 & 207 5 photos: Car #291
Box 1 Volume 2
Passenger car open end #277
Box 1 Volume 2
Combination car #290
Box 1 Volume 2
Business car #299 "Janelyn" at Olean
Box 1 Volume 2
#99 private car of Frank Sullivan Smith
Box 1 Volume 2
210 & 211 27 photos: Smethport, Pa. station
Box 1 Volume 2
Olean station
Box 1 Volume 2
P.S. & N. station at Angelica
Box 1 Volume 2
First, wooden station
Box 1 Volume 2
After the fire
Box 1 Volume 2
Brick station and old handcar
Box 1 Volume 2
After abandonment
Box 1 Volume 2
Little Genesee
Box 1 Volume 2
Birdsall
Box 1 Volume 2
Station at Friendship
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Station at Belvidere
Box 1 Volume 2
Factory on the Shawmut
Box 1 Volume 2
Coaling facilities at Angelica
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Car shop at Angelica, engines nos. 61, 63
Box 1 Volume 2
Car shop yard engines #15, 16 or 17 & 14
Box 1 Volume 2
Car shop at Angelica, engine #40
Box 1 Volume 2
Shawmut boxcars by shops, engine of the #40-[UNK] series
Box 1 Volume 2
Water tank at Angelica
Box 1 Volume 2
Angelica shops after abandonment
Box 1 Volume 2
Angelica shops before and after fire,
May 15, 1917
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
After Angelica shops fire, engines 56 and 20 or 21 burned
(2 photos)
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #56
Box 1 Volume 2
Boilers from #1
Box 1 Volume 2
p. 211 1 photo - Angelica office (9 people, all identified, in front)
Box 1 Volume 2
211 & 212 1 photo - Engine #58 after St. Marys engine house burned
Box 1 Volume 2
212 & 213 1 photo - Frank Sullivan Smith
Box 1 Volume 2
215 & 216 3 photos - "An early freight near Belvidere;
Box 1 Volume 2
At Bennett's, N. Y.
Box 1 Volume 2
Locomotive #10 on train #7 southbound
Box 1 Volume 2
216 & 217 2 photos - "Engine #71, Car #286 near Ceres;
Box 1 Volume 2
Car #132"
Box 1 Volume 2
217 & 218 2 photos - Engine #59 on train near Hornell;
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #68 on train near Richburg
Box 1 Volume 2
218 & 219 Telegram dated 10/6/12 from J.A.B. to B. Moulton re removal of calf being pastured on right of way
10/6/12
Box 1 Volume 2
219 & 220 Photostat of last timetable before Angelica-Bolivar link completed.
Box 1 Volume 2
Photostat of P.S.&N. timetable (probably June 1902 )
June 1902
Box 1 Volume 2
Photostat of covers of three P.S.&N. timetables
(Dec. 1903, Nov. 1906, June 1935)
Box 1 Volume 2
221 & 222 3 photos - #69 on freight approaching Angelica
Box 1 Volume 2
# 71 and local freight along Allegheny River
Box 1 Volume 2
A freight on the Shawmut view from the North [UNK]
Box 1 Volume 2
222 & 222a 1 photo - A freight on the Portville bridge, engine #71
Box 1 Volume 2
222a & 223 3 photos -- cabooses; a wooden coal car; a gondola
Box 1 Volume 2
231 & 232 2 photos - Engine #72 and Car #290 salvaging rails near St. Marys
Box 1 Volume 2
Near Weedsville
Box 1 Volume 2
Between pp.: 232 & 233 2 photos - Engine #71 salvaging rails, leaving for Olean with a load of scrap
Box 1 Volume 2
At West Eldred
Box 1 Volume 2
235 & 236 Photostat - map of portion of line with location of Nile Wreck indicated
Box 1 Volume 2
238 & 239 6 photos: Nile Wreck,
Sept. 22, 1912,
Box 1 Volume 2
What was left of #11.
Box 1 Volume 2
#11
Box 1 Volume 2
#68 with #63 in back
Box 1 Volume 2
Tender of #68
Box 1 Volume 2
Tender of #11
Box 1 Volume 2
Scene of wreck (unidentified)
Box 1 Volume 2
239 & 240 7 photos: [Nile Wreck cont.]
Box 1 Volume 2
3 photos of #68 and right of way
Box 1 Volume 2
Coach #107 was next to engine and casualties were in this car
Box 1 Volume 2
Engine #68
Box 1 Volume 2
2 photos, interior of wrecked coach #107
Box 1 Volume 2
4 pcs. Mss. - inspection certificates for #11, last one prior to accident, and withdrawal from service.
Box 1 Volume 2
240 & 241 Train order #20 P.S.&N. for train #9
(Mar. 17, 1931)
Box 1 Volume 2
241 & 242 Train order #5 P.S.&N. for engines # 51 & 74
(Apr.4, [UNK]
Box 1 Volume 2
10 photos: [Wreck at County House]
Box 1 Volume 2
2 photos - #65 at left, #226 in ditch
Box 1 Volume 2
#226 at left and #65
Box 1 Volume 2
#226
Box 1 Volume 2
Crane #244 working on wreck
Box 1 Volume 2
#63 clearing up #41 at right
Box 1 Volume 2
2 photos - clearing up #72 on work train
Box 1 Volume 2
#65 at Angelica after wreck
Box 1 Volume 2
#226 at Angelica
Box 1 Volume 2
(John L. Smith and Isaac B. Irwin in front of engine in above picture of #226)
Box 1 Volume 2
Accident report of County House Wreck
(1 sheet)
Box 1 Volume 2
Report of wreck; caboose jumped track and burned
(1 [UNK]
Box 1 Volume 2
p. 248 1 photo, #71 picking up scrap after abandonment
Box 1 Volume 2
248 & 249 1 photo - Dismantling Stony Brook Bridge,
1948
Book No. 3
frontispiece (preceding P. 255) - map of P.S. RR. and connections
Box 1 Volume 3
Between pp.: 259 & 260 1 photo - P. & S. (Pittsburg & Shawmut) crossing over the highway and B. & O. near Brockway
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 265 2 photos - Engine #577
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 265 Text and page numbers end with this page. The balance of this book consists of photographs, railroad ephemera and letters. The following page numbers are, therefore, my own and serve only to locate the material listed. The pages bear no numbers or other means of identification. (The page numbers used indicate the number of the page following p. 265).
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 1 3 photos - Engine #206
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #214
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #202
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 2 3 photos - Engine #208
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #210
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #208
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 3 3 photos - Engine #573
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #226
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #228
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 4 2 photos - An early train (Shawmut RR. Station at West Kittanning, Pa.)
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #104, Schenectady
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 5 3 photos - Engine #200
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #201 lettered Allegheny River Mining Co.
Box 1 Volume 3
Engine #202
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 6 2 photos - Train #17 (crew standing in front)
Box 1 Volume 3
N.Y.C. #1669 became P. &S. #102
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 7 2 photos - A caboose
Box 1 Volume 3
P. & S. switch
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 8 1 photo - Viaduct at Brookville, Pa., P. & S.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 9 1 photo - P. & S. viaduct at Brookville, Pa.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 10 1 photo - Sugar Camp viaduct
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 11 1 photo - Mill Creek viaduct (north view)
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 12 1 photo - Mill Creek viaduct (south view)
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 13 1 photo - Viaduct at Sprankels Mills, Pa., P. & S.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 14 1 photo - Crossing the Allegheny river at Mahoning, Pa., P. & S.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 15 2 photo - Construction work at Mahoning by P.S.&N., now P. & S.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 16 1 photo - Mauk Tunnel, southend, P. & S.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 17 1 photo - Stock certificate for 3,992 shares P.S.&N. to A.G.McComb, July 1899, stock certificate for 125 shares P.S.&N. to Henry Marquand & Co.,
July 1899, Dec. 1900.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 18 3 employees' passes issued to R. Soranson for year 1908 (nos. 107, 381, 946), P.S.&N. RR. Co.
year 1908
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 19 3 employees' passes issued to R. Soranson for year 1909 (nos. 96, 433, 729) P.S. & N. RR. Co.
year 1909
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 20 3 employees' passes: Central N.Y.&Western RR. Co. to E. C. Lapey (?) 1897; P. & S. RR. Co. to R. Soranson
1897, 1918, 1919.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 21 1 employees' pass, P.S. & N. RR. Co. to R. Soranson, 1909 (for one trip only)
1909
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 22 P.S. & N. RR. Co. first timetable after Bolivar-Angelica linked
Dec. 27, 1903.
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 23 P.S. & N. RR. Co. timetable
Nov. 25, 1906
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 24 P.S. & N. RR. Co. timetable, June 16, 1935 (last timetable of line); clipping from St. Mary's Daily Press, Dec. 24, 1947 re approval of fees awarded to Shawmut receivers and trustees, and legal counsel
June 16, 1935, Dec. 24, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 25 P.S. & N. RR. Co. timetable #22 Dec. 15, 1940 (last timetable before Angelica-Bolivar linked)
Dec. 15, 1940
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 26 Page #287 of a record book indicating scrap salvage value of engine #2 (photostat of this sheet is in book #2 marked as P. 195 -- this was apparently the original P. 195)
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 27 Letter dated April 27, 1912 to I. B. Irvin (foreman, Angelica Shops) from H. S. Wilgus (Engineer, Maintenance of way) re disposition of surplus boiler tubes
dated April 27, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 28 Letter dated May 7, 1912 to H. S. Wilgus from J.A.B. indicates no use in Shops for boiler tubes
dated May 7, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 29 Photostat of letter dated Jan. 28, 1919 to J. L. Smith (Sup't. Motive Power & Equipment) from (name illegible) re insurance on boilers damaged in Angelica Shops fire.
dated Jan. 28, 1919
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 30 Order dated April 30, 1912 signed J.A.B. for work train to load & distribute gravel
dated April 30, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 31 & 32 2 page letter dated June 18, 1912 to H. S. Wilgus from Tait & Tait (attorneys) re responsibility of railroad for maintaining all highway crossings in good condition.
dated June 18, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 33 Letter dated July 2, 1912 to J.A. Benson, roadmaster, from H.S. Wilgus notifying roadmaster of letter from Tait & Tait re crossings
dated July 2, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 34 Letter dated July 13, 1912 to J. A. Benson from H.S. Wilgus asking about responsibility for large rock that cannot be extricated from car 4338; (also pencilled notes from Benson to Krebs and Krebs' reply)
dated July 13, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 35 P.S.&N. RR. Co. Steam Shovel Report for
July 25, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 36 Letter dated August 26, 1912 from H. S. Wilgus to J. A. Benson re fences from Canaseraga to Hornell knocked down by sideplow.
dated August 26, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 37 Letter dated August 27, 1912 from Wilgus to Benson re faulty construction of sideplow
dated August 27, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 38 P.S.&N. RR. Co. Daily Steam Shovel Report,
Sept. 9, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 39 P.S. & N. RR. Co. gravel loading resume,
Nov. 22, 1911-Oct. 8, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 40 Message dated Nov. 11, 1912 to Benson asking for advice as steam shovel is burying itself in quicksand - initialed W.W.N. (?)
dated Nov. 11, 1912
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 41 Photocopy of letter dated April 23, 1915 from B.C. Mulhern P.S.&N. General Superintendent) to I.B. Irvin (General Foreman) re payment to W.P. Cannon for services performed during last half of March
dated April 23, 1915
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 42 Photocopy of letter dated June 9, 1919 from Frank Sullivan Smith (receiver) to I.B. Irvin (General Foreman, Angelica Shops) asking for specific reasons for resignation of several of the shop's employees.
dated June 9, 1919
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 43 Letter dated Oct. 8, 1942 from F.H. Wells (general freight and passenger agent) to C.F.H. Allen re permission to photograph locomotives
dated Oct. 8, 1942
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 44 Letter dated Oct. 30, 1942 from F. E. Berg (Sup't. Motive Power & Equip.) to C.F.H. Allen referring Allen to W.W. Robinson of Batavia for information and supplying some information about specific cars & engines.
dated Oct. 30, 1942
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 45 & 46 Two page letter dated Nov. 5, 1943 from F.H. Wells to C.F.H. Allen - answers to specific questions re P.S. & N. developement
dated Nov. 5, 1943
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 47 Letter dated May 27, 1947 from Thomas C. Buchanan (trustee of P.S.&N.) to C.F.H. Allen - reply to letter asking for map of line, corporate history and annual reports.
dated May 27, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 48 Letter dated June 13, 1947 from Thomas C. Buchanan to C.F.H. Allen -- reply to request for information.
dated June 13, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 48 & 49 Letter and sheet of information dated April 4, 1944 from Allen G. Geertz (fuel engineer) to C.F.H. Allen re information about specific engines
dated April 4, 1944
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 50 - 61 Newspaper clippings from several papers (1939-1945) covering coal mining operations of P.S. & N. and the subsequent labor and financial difficulties leading to the road going into receivership
(1939-1945)
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 62 Personal letter dated Dec. 20, 1945 from Soranson to Allen re information about mismanagement of road by former officials
dated Dec. 20, 1945
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 63 - 70 Typescript copies of newspaper articles from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Press Sept.-Dec. 1945 supplied to Allen by Soranson
Sept.-Dec. 1945
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 71 Letter dated Jan. 23, 1946 from Soranson to Allen (and three newspaper clippings) concerning period of coal miners' strike and appointment of new management for the line.
dated Jan. 23, 1946
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 72 - 92 Series of 21 letters from Soranson to Allen (and newspaper clippings) Jan. 23, 1946-Dec. 7, 1947 concerning post receivership period of the P.S.&N.
Jan. 23, 1946-Dec. 7, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 93 Letter dated Jan. 14, 1946 from J. Taney Willcox (secretary, Pennsylvania RR.) to C.F.H. Allen re extent of Rochester, N.Y. & Pa. RR. owned lines.
dated Jan. 14, 1946
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 94 Letter dated May 7, 1947 from F. H. Wells to C.F.H. Allen re disposition of records of P.S. & N.
dated May 7, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 95 Letter dated May 20, 1947 from Thomas C. Buchanan to C.F.H. Allen re possibility of obtaining railroad records that would otherwise be destroyed.
dated May 20, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 96 Letter dated June 2, 1947 from J. N. Thompson (General Manager) to C.F.H. Allen-cover letter for items sent (map, corporate history & Timetables)
dated June 2, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 97 Letter dated June 5, 1947 from F. M. Opel (General Auditor) to C.F.H. Allen re request for certain railroad records.
dated June 5, 1947
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 98 Chart showing development of P.S. & N. from parent and subsidiary companies
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 99 (no. 8 at top of page) Notes re Soranson's comments on early mining attempts in Pa. by railroads
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 100 Titled "Notes from Mr. Lathrop, call of 2-19-49 " re people connected with P.S. &N.
2-19-49
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 101 Letter dated Feb. 13, 1949 from Fred C. Hill to Allen re pictures of old locomotives
dated Feb. 13, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 102 Letter dated Jan. 18, 1949 from R. J. Finch (Chief Mechanical Engineer, American Locomotive Co.) to Allen re information and photographs of old locomotives
dated Jan. 18, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 103 Letter dated Feb. 1, 1949 Finch to Allen - similar to letter of Jan. 18.
dated Feb. 1, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 104 Letter Dated Feb. 4, 1949 Finch to Allen - similar to previous two letters
Dated Feb. 4, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 105 Letter dated Feb. 11, 1949 from Gerald M. Best (vice-president, Ry. & Locomotive Hist. Soc.) to Allen in answer to questions about locomotives built at the Cooke Works
dated Feb. 11, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 106 Letter dated April 12, 1949 from J. D. Dickinson (M'gr. Locomotive Sales, Lima-Hamilton Corp.) to Allen re locomotives built by the company for the Buffalo, St. Marys & Southwestern line
dated April 12, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 107 Letter dated Mar. 4, 1949 from Luria Bros. & Co. to Allen in answer to query on final disposition of certain locomotives
dated Mar. 4, 1949
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 108 & 109 Letter dated Feb. 8, 1952 from Interstate Commerce Commission to Allen re locomotive numbers and disposition of these (P.S.&N. locomotives)
dated Feb. 8, 1952
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 110 - 112 Letter dated April 23, 1950 from Roscoe Davis to Allen providing information about the Marvin Creek operations (lumbering)
dated April 23, 1950
Box 1 Volume 3
p. 113 Chart - titled "Engineering Dept. Blueprint"
dated Oct. 24, 1909
This is a copy (made with blue ink on ordinary white paper showing the names, mileage of various predecessors, and subsidiary lines to the P.S.&N. and also indicating dates of construction and mergers. [This page is loose-not punched and on rings].
Miscellaneous Envelopes
This box contains material that is separated as to subject matter. The material is, for the most part, in manila envelopes. Each envelope bears a legend as to its contents. The following list includes the legend on each envelope and a physical inventory of the contents.
Box 2
1. Shay Locomotives (Railroads in Western N.Y. & Pa. for Goodyear roads - B. & S. component parts - Kaul & Hall, St. Mary's, Pa.)
12 Mss. pcs.; 9 photographs
Box 2
2. Letters from S. R. Wood (mostly on pertinent engines),
1950-1957
46 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
3. Map P.S.&N. (Large, accurate)
2 maps.
Box 2
4. Shawmut notes of C.F.H. Allen (correspondence on C. N.Y.&W. locomotive #43. Probably it was the repair engine "Danbury"),
1950.
2 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
5. Loose note re Jones, pres. of Buffalo, N.Y.&Pa. etc.)
1 Mss. pc.
Box 2
6. W.N.Y.&Pa. (old engines [photos] - several negatives B&S.-Erie [maps]),
1951.
1 Mss. pc., 12 photographs.
Box 2
7. Photo of Prattsburgh Ry. No. 2 (ex-Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg No. 126)
1 photo.
Box 2
8. Loose-letter dated Nov. 30, 1951 to Allen from S.R. Wood (and list of engines) re engines built by Brooks Locomotive Works.
dated Nov. 30, 1951
2 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
9. Original copy (and 2 copies) of news clippings on P.S.&N. from Mr. Lathrop's books.
60 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
10. Derailment Reports, Boiler Inspections, Records showing lines and ownership (valuable for tracing back)
1908-1914.
193 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
11. Miscellaneous Shawmut (1899, narrow gauge receipts; 1900 local T.T.; 1919 about boilers of 2 locomotives 11 and 18 and one narrow gauge; 1908 "paper"; Nugent's bridge list [published]; 1903 T.T.
1899, 1900, 1919, 1908, 1903
15 Mss. pcs.; 1 pamphlet (timetable)
Box 2
12. Shawmut 8 × 10 enlargements:
19 photos
Box 2
13. C.N.Y.&W. timetable, April 24, 1899, #17
April 24, 1899,
3 Mss. pcs. (photostats)
Box 2
14. Shawmut Stock Certificates (correspondence 1953, photostats and stock certificates). 30 Mss. pcs. (includes 9 photostats of certificates and 12 original certificates).
1953
Box 2
15. Evidence that there was a No. 2 (not on the Clarion River) 7 Mss. pcs. (all photostats - duplicates of p. 195 in notebook).
Box 2
16. Clarion River (photos of engines & map (4 copies) of line
16 photos.
Box 2
17. P.S.&N. original of circular on Stony Brook Bridge. 6 Mss. pcs. (Circular 1907; 4 sheets of specifications for Lord & Lady Baltimore engines; B. & O. loaded car certification card - blank).
1907
Box 2
18. Latest used notes - last P.S.&N. typing - R.Wy & P. and early parts;
89 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
19. P.S.&N. "paper" misc. notes from junk. 46 Mss. pcs. (includes 2 Blueprints of bridge masonry foundations).
Box 2
20. P.S.&N. rolling stock pages sent to S.R. Wood - Parts omitted from P.S.&N. bulletins 92, 93, 96 -- largely personal items which should have been used. 115 Mss. pcs. (included 2 photostats of sections of line).
Box 2
21. Part 3 P.S.&N. (published) correspondence on locomotives included
(1955-1956).
17 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
22. 2 maps (includes 3 blank pass request forms, Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1947 article on P.&S. attempt to attract industry along line, maps of P.S.&N. and Lehigh and New England routes).
June 1, 1947
2 maps; 3 Mss. pcs.; 1 newspaper clipping.
Box 2
23. Loose material (seniority roster of enginemen of P.S.&N. and three typescript memos, 2 copies of descriptive pamphlet welcoming visitors of Nat. Ry. Hist. Soc. May 30, 1954 P.&S. RR.; 15 page typescript of minutes of 20th executive staff meeting, Jan. 29, 1908 P.S.&N.).
May 30, 1954, Jan. 29, 1908
19 Mss. pcs.; 2 pamphlets
Box 2
24. C.N.Y.&W. "paper" (historically valuable),
1899-1923.
5 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
25. A lot of Chapman letters, L. & S.W. 1889-1890 (vice-president Lackawanna & Southwestern RR.).
1889-1890
38 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
26. Allegany Central "paper" - L. & S.W. train orders from file of F.S. Hammond.
5 Mss. pcs. 1885 and 1890.
Box 2
27. L. & P. paper 1886-8 (valuable, especially the payroll draft). 3 Mss. pcs. (payroll draft dated Oct. 15, 1886 on Chatham National Bank of N.Y. pay to order of Dan'l. McCartey $11.63).
1886-8, dated Oct. 15, 1886
Box 2
28. Soranson's letters - mostly Shawmut (but he mixes subjects, so some may be B.&S., etc.). Some about people living and could not be published with other parts of P.S.&N. articles (e.g. - John B. Dickson, et al.) 1942-1948. 54 Mss. pcs. (attached to letter, Oct. 19, 1942, between pp. 2 & 3, is a playing card, the joker, sent to Allen because of the lithograph on the back. The card is not counted as part of the 54 pcs.)
1942-1948., Oct. 19, 1942,
Box 2
29. "to give away [?]" - Boiler inspection, etc.
1909-1935.
33 mss. pcs.
Box 2
30. P.S.&N. original picture - new shipment of engines arrives at Angelica from Mott's (probably only one extant).
1 photo.
Box 2
31. Inspections, Stationary Boiler #5889 (or #1-3) Shay gear #693 (#11, 14, 18, old locomotives)
1913&amp, 1917.
14 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
32. P.S.&N. Corporate History - Old timetables - Blueprint of P.S.&N. (very large - folded). 1 Mss. vol. (typescript of corporate history, blueprint bound in with this, as of the date of valuation June 30, 1919 - Office of Auditor May 31, 1923 ).
June 30, 1919, May 31, 1923
Box 2
1 pamphlet (P.S.&N. timetable #2, Nov. 15, 1903 - this has been folded as it is rather large. The edges are torn in several places and it is in generally fragile condition.)
Nov. 15, 1903
Box 2
33. P.S.&N. - extra copy of roster - I.C.C. 3 pp, of 2nd copy - C.N.Y.&W. earlydrafts.
39 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
34. Used notes - L.&P., L.&S.W., C.N.Y.&W., P.S.&N., R.N.Y. & P.
90 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
36. P.S.&N. mostly enlargements - one original and rare print.
67 photos (not all identified)
Box 2
37. Nile Wreck - extra pictures from Mott's negatives.
16 photos.
Box 2
38. Allegany County Advocate, Jan. 9, 1902, Angelica, N.Y.
Jan. 9, 1902,
1 newspaper - single issue.
Box 2
39. Simpsons' Daily Leader, August 22, 1913, Kittanning, Pa. (story on first train run on Pittsburg & Shawmut line). 1 newspaper - single issue [in very poor condition].
August 22, 1913,
Box 2
40. R.R. maps - Allegany Cty. L.&S.W. -- N.Y. State 1894, 1900 - P.S.&N. 1900, photo copies. 23 photos (includes maps, timetables and correspondence).
1894, 1900, 1900
Box 2
41. Bullis letters - McKean County and Western N.Y. railroads
1948-1957.
9 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
42. Mostly about the Kanes Mt. Jewett K.&R. RR. (Kushequa Line); also Kane & Elk RR. (Elk City, McKean County),
1909-1950.
72 Mss. pcs.; 14 photos.
Box 2
43. Nugent's letters - mostly Shawmut,
1948-1952.
122 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
44. P.S.&N. - list of negatives of C.F.H. Allen and Mott collections -- class numbers of Shawmut locomotives.
7 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
45. Clarion River,
1905, 1947-1951.
28 Mss. pcs.
Box 2
46. P.S.&N. - older locomotives (2. L.&P.; 1. P.&S.).
5 photos.
Box 2
47. Buffalo & Susquehanna (Wellsville & Buffalo?), Soranson's letters, etc.,
1943-1947.
29 Mss. pcs.; 1 T.C., 12 photos, 17 maps.
Box 2
48. A few of P.S.&N. negatives from C.F.H. Allen's collection (there are copies of timetables, stock certificates, maps, passes).
13 photos.
Box 2
50. 2 maps of N.Y. RR's.
1894, 1900.
4 photos.
Box 2
51. P.S.&N. "Janelyn" business car and subsequently in use in Mexico.
7 photos.
Box 2
52. Erie Narrow Gauge System - also Pennsy narrow gauge system and miscellaneous small roads, Penna. RR. maps,
1930-1950.
42 Mss. pcs., 24 photos, 16 maps, 1 newspaper clipping.
Box #3
Box 3
35. Shawmut correspondence (all sources)
1942-1960.
161 Mss. pcs.
Box 3
1. Envelope marked "Shawmut Real Estate"
Box 3
-- charts indicating physical description of road (# of bridges, lengths, etc.) and other information (such as annual labor outlay, etc.)
19 Mss. pcs.
Box 3
- 1920-1947, Lease of Edward B. Simmons, Angelica, N.Y. - for pasture lands.
1920-1947
20 Mss. pcs., 5 maps
Box 3
- abstracts of title for land owned by Linus Graham and apparently sold for railroad right-of-way, Allegany County, N.Y.,
1893, 1901
32 Mss. pcs.
Box 3
- photostatic copies of pp. 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173 of a (unknown) deed book, indenture conveying lands of - the Rochester, Nunda & Penna. RR. Co. to the Allegany Central RR. Co. by sale forced by foreclosure of mortgage (p. 173 is a sketch showing the stretch of track near Swain, N.Y., part of which was a horseshoe curve),
1881.
85 Mss. pcs.
Box 3
- deed conveying lands held in trust by Frank Sullivan Smith to the Shawmut Holding Corporation (executed by Clara A.H.H. Smith, executrix of F.S. Smith estate).
38 Mss. pcs.
Box 3
2. 4 Mss. pcs. - agreement between P.S.&N. and Belvidere Block Corp. for construction and maintenance of spur track (p. 1 of agreement is missing).
Box 3
3. Envelope marked "copy of P.S.&N. map, with connecting lines inked in by C.F.H. Allen.
4 photos.
Box 3
4. Envelope marked #35 mm. negatives"
Box 3
Old RR's. N.Y. Comm. map
1884
Box 3
Nile Wreck map by Nugent
Box 3
Mt. J.K.&R. timetables
1912
Box 3
P.S.&N. 1902 map and timetables
Box 3
Stony Brook Glen new bridge
Box 3
Sketch maps - Clarion River RR, Mt. J. & S. RR.
Box 3
P.S.&N. flyer "loop de loop" 1903 timetable
1903
Box 3
C.N.Y.&W. inspections
Box 3
Lathrops P.S.&N. clippings,
24 pp.
Box 3
Copies L.&S.W. timetable - L.&S.W. letter of George Chapman
Box 3
One strip unidentified
Box 3
5. Envelope marked all P.S.&N. from J. W. Brauner 33 photos, 1 Mss. pc. (Aug. 17, 1952 cover letter for photos)
Aug. 17, 1952
Box 3
6. Blueprint of Main Line of B.&S. - Sagamore to VanHusen only.
Box 3
Track chart, Alignment & Profile 1 map (rolled as it is very long)
Box 3
7. Loose-leaf cover filled with photographs
45 photos (Shawmut shops and engines)
Box 3
8. 3 × 5 file cards, arranged alphabetically, -- information consists of name of individual, to which road or line he was connected and position or positions held.
Approximately 400 cards.
Box 3
9. Two iron spikes from
Box 3
a. Kane & Elk RR., James City, Pa. abondoned
Jan. 1946
Box 3
b. Clarion River RR., Pa. abandoned
1948
Box 4 MU-1181-1182
Railroad nails