Midwest Archives Conference Records, 1972-2021

Container Title
Series: 1. Freight Cars, 1925-1983
Scope and Content Note: These records comprise freight car related documents, including correspondence, drawings, and photographs. There are records on the lease, sale and purchase of freight cars, along with maintenance records, retirement, and salvage records. This series also includes a sequence of folders which includes records on specific types of freight cars: i.e. box cars, hoppers, tank cars, etc.
Box   89
Folder   3
Car Diagrams, undated
Box   95
Folder   1
Freight Car Assignments, 1980
Box   95
Folder   2
Freight Train Manual, 1966
Box   1
Folder   1
Lease and Purchase, circa 1960-1969
Box   1
Folder   2-11
Lease, Purchase, Sale and Inspection, 1971-1977
Box   2
Folder   1-7
Lease, Purchase, Sale and Inspection, 1978-1981
Maintenance Records
Box   3
Folder   1
General, circa 1940-1949
Box   4
Folder   1
General, 1979-1980
Box   3
Folder   2
#58034-58038 “Flexi-Van Mail Service”, 1962
Box   3
Folder   3
#50000-50474 “Pulpwood Box”, 1968-1970
Box   3
Folder   4
#51000 Series “Bomb Loading”, Crane, IN, 1968-1971
Box   3
Folder   5
#99995-99999, 1967-1972
Box   3
Folder   6
#3500-3599, 3900-3999, 64000-64399, 92275-92324, 93800-93849, 1968-1975
Box   3
Folder   7
#4500-4599, 3800-3899, 1971-1975
Box   3
Folder   8
#3900-3999, 1972-1975
Box   3
Folder   9
#4500 Series, 1974-1975
Box   3
Folder   10
#96948, 99347, 99681, 99741, 1975
Box   3
Folder   11
#52510-52834, 6200-6299, 1971-1976
Box   4
Folder   2
Billing Repair Cards, 1959-1974
Retirements
Box   4
Folder   3-5
File C-9-465, 1980-1981
Box   5
Folder   1-4
File C-9-465, 1978-1982
Box   6
Folder   1-3
File C-9-465A, 1981
Box   7
Folder   1-4
File C-9-465A, 1982
Box   8
Folder   1
File C-9-465L, 1981-1982
Salvage and Dismantling
Box   8
Folder   2-3
File C-9-460, 1974-1976
Box   8
Folder   4
File C-9-460/465A, 1977-1982
Box   8
Folder   5
File C-9-417, 1973-1976
Specifications and Drawings
Box   8
Folder   6
Classifications, 1946-1978
Box   8
Folder   7
General, 1967-1983
Types
Box   8
Folder   8
Air Dump, File C-8-428, 1977
Box Car
Box   8
Folder   9
Board of Trade, Chicago, 1925
Box   8
Folder   10
Impact Test – Car #2613, 1963
Box   9
Folder   1
Lengthen Hiawatha Cars #54000-54499, 1964
Box   9
Folder   2
Floor Loads, photographs, 1965
Box   9
Folder   3
500 Stretched Cars #54500-54999, 1965
Box   9
Folder   4
Rebuilt Cars #55000-55699, 1966
Box   9
Folder   5
Repairs Hiawatha “Butterfly”, photographs, 1966
Box   9
Folder   6
18 Rebuilt, drawings, 1966
Box   10
Folder   1
Over Road Tests, 1966-1970
Box   10
Folder   2
Series #56500, #6300, #341400, 1972-1976
Box   10
Folder   3
Repairs/Renumbering, 1977
Box   10
Folder   4-6
Ford Hi-Roof, 1974-1979
Box   10
Folder   7
Drawings, 1967-1980
Box   11
Folder   1
Drawings, 1977-1980
Caboose
Box   11
Folder   2
Drawings, 1974
Box   11
Folder   3
Specifications, Big Stone City, drawings and photographs, 1974-1978
Box   11
Folder   4
Miscellaneous Drawings, 1967-1975
Box   11
Folder   5
Sound Level Tests, 1975
Box   89
Folder   2
Correspondence, Drawings and Newspaper Articles, 1944-1960s
Box   11
Folder   6
Commercial Frame Cars, drawings, 1977
Flat Car
Box   11
Folder   7
Specifications, File C-8-405, 1973-1974
Box   11
Folder   8
Specifications, drawings, 1976
Box   11
Folder   9
Flexi-Van, drawings, 1977
Box   12
Folder   1
Specifications, drawings, 1977
Gondola
Box   12
Folder   2
12th MLC Program, drawings, 1967-1969
Box   12
Folder   3
Drawings, 1967-1973
Box   12
Folder   4
File C-5-2328, drawings, 1974-1976
Hopper
Box   12
Folder   5
Ore Car Extended Sides, 1964
Box   12
Folder   6
Ore Car Door Renewal photographs, 1965-1966
Box   12
Folder   7
Ore Cars, 1957-1972
Box   12
Folder   8
Specifications, drawings, 1975
Box   12
Folder   9
Epoxy Linings, 1970-1976
Box   12
Folder   10
File C-8-425, photographs, 1976-1977
Box   12
Folder   11
Open Top Triple, 1976-1978
Box   12
Folder   12
Drawings, 1968-1983
Box   12
Folder   13
Open Top Chip Car, 1972
Box   12
Folder   14
Tank, drawings, 1967-1975