Interstate Commerce Commission railroad abandonment index
Creation: 1920s-1985Abstract
The Transportation Act of 1920 required railroads to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) for permission to eliminate tracks from their system. The collections consists of index cards to finance dockets involving the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central Transportation Company, and Conrail.
Dates
- Creation: 1920s-1985
Creator
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (Organization)
Extent
6 digital_files
Historical Note
The Transportation Act of 1920 required railroads to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) for permission to eliminate tracks from their system. Docket cards were created by the ICC when a railroad initially filed a request.
Scope and Content
The collections consists of index cards to finance dockets involving the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central Transportation Company, and Conrail. The cards document line abandonments and financial transactions from the 1920s through 1985.
On the top line, there is a docket number, the date filed, and section of the law under which it was filed. The next line indicates the name of the railroad. The short text is an abstract of the case. For an abandonment, the county and state the tracks are in are usually indicated, the length of track to be abandoned, and the end points of the abandonment as indicated by a town name or mile posts. Some of the cards include a handwritten notation indicating where the case can be found in the printed ICC Reports.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals are housed at the Library of the Surface Transportation Board.
Existence and Location of Copies
View this collection online in the Hagley Digital Archives.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research
Use Restrictions
Contact the Audovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department for access to the digital files.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Related Names
Source
- Glaab, Christine L. (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Penn Central Transportation Company (Organization)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (Organization)
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Interstate Commerce Commission railroad abandonment index
- Author:
- Abby Adams
- Date:
- 2014.
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
