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Michigan Central Railroad Company fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Michigan Central Railroad fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1872-1962
- Accession Number
- 2011-28
- Storage Location
- R6 S1 Sh3 B3
- R6 S1 Sh3 B7
- R6 S1 Sh1 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Michigan Central Railroad fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2011-28
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S1 Sh3 B3
- R6 S1 Sh3 B7
- R6 S1 Sh1 B3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1872-1962
- Physical Description
- 7 volumes of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. After about 1867 the railroad was controlled by the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Penn Central and then Conrail. After the 1998 Conrail breakup Norfolk Southern now owns much of the former Michigan Central trackage.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of various records created and maintained by the Michigan Central Railway. Fonds includes:
- Record of locomotives through St. Thomas shops for classified and unclassified repairs, with history of individual rail motor cars, 1936-1959 (R6 S1 Sh3 B7)
- Locomotives repair/ maintenance logbook, with index, 1902-1936 (also contains a colour depiction of a standard type Grant locomotive, 1873 and a certificate dated November 13, 1962 attesting that R.G. Ray is a life member of Charity Lodge No. 5, B. of L.F. and E. (Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen) (R6 S1 Sh3 B7)
- Index of railway engines acquired and disposed of, 1880-1907 (R6 S1 Sh3 B7)
- In volume with running head "Record of Traveling Auditor's Reports and Bond of Agent", records of the certification/ qualification, discipline and dismissal etc. for Michigan Central Railway engineers and firemen, 1872-1909. Not indexed. (R6 S1 Sh1 B3)
- Records of the certification/ qualification, discipline and dismissal etc. for Michigan Central Railway engineers and firemen, 1872-1931. Indexed. (R6 S1 Sh1 B3)
- Record of enginemen, 1903-1930. Not indexed. (R6 S1 Sh3 B3)
- Record of enginemen, 1913-1930. Not indexed. (R6 S1 Sh3 B3)
- Name Access
- Michigan Central Railway
- Michigan Central Railroad
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Railways
- Business and Industry
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