Researching old railroad records to find family members. Floor plan of the 35 x 70 foot railroad room, 12 x 40 foot lounge to the right. Library staff member renee glass will show you how to determine if an ancestor was a railroad worker and where the records might be located. L and n railroad building power installation, louisville, kentucky, 1928. Researching employee records faqs can you supply info about my friend or relative who worked for the reading. Csx is a leading supplier of railbased freight transportation in north america. Railroad retirement board records national archives. See more ideas about train, locomotive and railroad history. Oct 10, 2018 overview the national archives at atlanta has received approximately 54,000 cubic feet of railroad retirement board rrb inactive claims folders from the national archives great lakes region. Reading company railroad employee files, records search at. The information found within these records will be of interest to genealogists and historical researchers. Passenger train schedules for between san francisco and sacramento, elmira and rumsey, and willlows and fruto.
Hours of service railroad and rail terminal management software. Factors contributing to this decline include increased productivity, industry consolidation, new technologies, and the significant reduction in passenger and local freight service. Union pacific develops and delivers quality programs and services to attract, develop, motivate and retain a skilled, diverse workforce. Railroad retirement board administers a federal retirement benefit program covering the. We do this with an emphasis on the companys most valuable asset, its employees. Researching employee records faqs reading railroad. Records will typically list an employees name, station, position, birth date or age, and various other details, such as salary, date entered service, and transfer information.
Railroad retirement board, spanning from 1936 to the early 2000s. Csx pride in service, a corporate community investment program, honors and supports those who serve our country and communities our nations veterans, active military, and first responders. See original cabinet card images of some of these photographs in scrapbook 173, 1999. Therefore, this requires some research in determining where to access the appropriate railroads records. Some organizations with records include the kansas state historical society atsf, the california state railroad. Union pacifics fullyear employee reportable injury rate was 1. See who you know at railroad software, leverage your professional network, and. Tracking down employment records from the railroad companies can be a serious challenge.
Rail road records staff will work with you to develop a customized maintenance record keeping software package. The louisville and nashville railroad company records consist of documents pertaining to the financial and legal contracts made by the railroad with various entities. The mphs is like most other railroad historical societies and does not have access to records of former employees. Union pacific railroad employees achieve record safety performance. This collection of personnel records held at union station in ogden, utah includes records on employees who worked for the union pacific railroad during the years 1890 to 1965. Union pacific railroad employees achieve record safety. Since then, numerous railway companies have come and gone, with many mergers occurring along the way. The happiest union pacific railroad employees are conductors submitting an average rating of 4.
If your ancestor worked for a railroad there may be records about their employment and family. Tennessee offers many local attractions and business for you to explore. Trackhos allows for administrators to assign employees to certain job groups that will enable the time tracking records for that employee type to be properly. Pfeiffer table stripedtrue responsivetrue exterior photo of camden station taken in 1921. According to randy houks railroad timeline, the first american rails are said to have been laid down at quincy, mass. Researching railroad records in the national archives, including railroad valuation records, railroad accident reports, annual reports of railroad companies, patent application files. Utah, select union pacific railroad personnel records, 18901965. The great searchfinding railroad employment records. Determine that each gate arm extends across each lane of. For example, caution books list offenses employees were written up for and include name, date, grade, station, years of service, and date of suspension if applicable. Prior service refers to employment with the railroad before 29 august 1935, when the railroad retirement board took control of most railway employee pensions. Southern pacific company joint employee timetable no.
Ep2, erie pittsburgh arranged freight, with abba shark lashup in erie, pa with 9739 in the lead. Records of the interstate commerce commission, rg 4, textual reference division. The layout is interfaced with a computer, using bruce chubbs computer model railroad interface cmri. Prior to 1936, records were kept by individual railroadsunions. Railroad retirement board rrb benefits as a railroad employee, certain retirement and disability benefits may be available to qualified railroad employees and spouses. Thegenealogist releases 60,000 railway worker records. These mostly appear as formallyworded, handwritten contracts and memorandums of agreement between louisville and nashville railroad, or other related, regional railroads, and. New electronic training record rules for railroad workers ecfr 243.
Many of us remember hearing stories about grandpa joe who worked for the railroad. Midcontinent public library who really was working on the railroad. Employee personnel files are virtually nonexistent, as can be expected from that type of record. Louisville and nashville railroad company louisville and nashville railroad office building showing new 220 v 3 power and 110220v 1 s wire light installation. New electronic training record rules for railroad employees. Sep 15, 2016 what are the new electronic training record rules for railroad employees. It is very rare for a historical society to be of any specific help on genealogical questions. I stumbled upon some a few years ago for eight milwaukee road. Kansas, atchison, topeka and santa fe railway prior service. A great resource for anyone with erie railroad workers in the family, this site indexes employee rosters, obituaries, photographs, letters, accident reports and other records compiled from old issues of erie, the employee magazine published from 1905 to 1960, and erielackawanna magazine, published after the railroad s 1960 merger with the.
Chartered by the commonwealth of kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the great success stories of american business. On average, employees at union pacific railroad give their company a 3. Louisville and nashville railroad company records u of l. By the time of its merger with three other railroad labor unions to form the united transportation union in 1969, it had the greatest membership of any of the operating railroad brotherhoods. Csx is effectively executing its scheduled railroading operating model as it drives toward becoming the best run railroad in north america. Dec 28, 2017 researching railroad records in the national archives spring 1997, vol. Each record includes birth date, place, education, present position and photo.
Between the years of 1951 and 1972, industry employment declined by. Railroad employee training software for managing training requests and records. Trackhos railroad hours of service compliance railroad software s hours of service software is designed to be the most user friendly in the railroad industry. Railroad retirement is a program similar to, but legislatively and administratively separate from, the social security system. May 29, 2015 for railroad employees who retired post1936, the railroad retirement board is the place to go for records. Attorneys guide to the partition of railroad retirement annuities. Louisville and nashville railroad company records, 18361912. Riding the rails up paper mountain national archives. The application specializes in collecting time data and reporting compliance issues as regulated by fra 49 cfr part 228. The records include details on employment history, and include a small number of rail trip passes granted to employees and their families. Locating railroad employee records for genealogy american. The date of birth column helps to narrow down the options.
The brotherhood of railroad trainmen was founded in 1883 in oneonta, n. From individual units to an entire fleet of locomotives, rail road records software is userfriendly and able to provide immediate, uptodate reports to meet any organizational goal. Begin your search for a railroad working ancestor by identifying where he lived at the time of his railroad employment. Chartered in 1850, the louisville and nashville railroad was a major contributor to the development of the southeastern united states.
Retirees and families website includes news and information of interest to up retirees, pension and benefits facts and more. The computer allows the ctc machine, signals, scale speedometers, fast clocks and short circuit protection to work. From there you need to dig into the history of the specific railroads to locate present owners and determine whether employee records still exist for. By utilizing an electronic record keeping system, inspection records can be. Railroad industry employment has declined significantly in the united states since world war ii. W e have no employee history records, no employment forms, no paycheck records. Employees who retired before 29 august 1935 will not be included in the records, unless they were rehired again sometime after 29 august 1935. In most issues were columns headed honor roll for recent retirees and in memoriam for recent employee deaths under which were listed some employee names, their occupationjobs and. He may have been an engineer on crack passenger trains such as the hiawatha or 400, may have manned a busy interlocking tower, or generated waybills in the yard office.
An extensive list of railroad employee record repositories, which include records acquired by genealogy today. Railroad retirement board is one of the choices in the dropdown menu. Historical maps and published histories can then help you to identify what railroad lines ran through that area at the time. The database available via this web page is intended as a compilation of all currently existing mainline and switching and terminal railroads, as well as of all operating railroads that have existed in the united states and canada since the first railroad the granite railway was chartered in massachusetts. He may have been awarded a gold pass for 50 years of service, or he may have worked on. Genealogy quick look allows you to search the index to over 1. Guide to the brotherhood of railroad trainmen records.
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