Bruce Smith railroad reminiscences

Collection — Box: OH

Identifier: S4432

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Bruce Smith is a retired locomotive foreman with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company. The collection consists of one audio cassette and accompanying transcript.

The titles of the reminiscences include: “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” CSt.PM&O, Sheps, Wisconsin, Nov. 23, 1931, 2:30 a.m “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” Merrillan, Wisconsin, June 12, 1933, 4:30 a.m. “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” Merrillan, Wisconsin, Oct. 10, 1933, 5:30 p.m. “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” Hersey, Wisconsin, July 15, 1963, 1:30 p.m “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” enroute Waukegan, Ill. To Wyeville, Wisconsin, Nov. 10, 1962, 4:30 p.m. “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” N. 21 locomotive no. 351 at Altoona Roundhouse “Embarassing Moments on a Railroad,” Kurth, Wisconsin, Jan. 14, 1961 “Railroad Steam Locomotives Maintenance and Repair Facilities as Built During the Reign of Steam as the Major Pulling Power” “Changing Locomotive Driving Wheel Tires” “The Steam Locomotive Boiler and Its Appurtenances”

Dates

Creation: 1931-1963
Creation: Majority of material found in 1931, 1933, 1961-1963

Creator

Smith, Bruce (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical Information:

Bruce Smith is a retired locomotive foreman with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company.

Extent

2.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Bruce Smith is a retired locomotive foreman with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company. The collection consists of one audio cassette and accompanying transcript.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.