Illinois Railway Museum Marktanteilsanalyse für März 2026

1. Why can’t you locate xxxxx? The collections at the Pullman Library encompass over 1 million drawings, hundreds of boxes of correspondence and financial records, passenger car specifications and drawing lists, marketing department materials, photos, negatives, index books, company publications and reference material. The collection is constantly being indexed and organized. There are over 35 file cabinets of material. The collection is physically stored in three locations. The volunteers attempt to respond to all inquiries and orders in a timely fashion. There is one designated day per week that the Library is staffed. With order fulfillment, conservation, organization ongoing, there isn’t a lot of free time to index all of the material. There are multiple indexing efforts that are in process, but the sheer numbers of drawings (and their condition) prohibit rapid results. Many indexes that Pullman had for their internal use are missing or in other collections and are unavailable to us, and in some cases (like the wood car drawings), Pullman saw no need to retain indexes for material no longer in inventory. The Pullman Library did not receive a full set of drawings, index books, photos, negatives, specifications or correspondence. There are known gaps. 2. What other drawings are available? (not usually found in Specifications & Drawing Lists) Facility maps and building drawings & photos – especially drawings of the Michigan City plant Truck Brake drawings – show consist of a specific passenger train with each car identified providing weights, braking requirements, and other data Drawings from the New York Central Drawings and maintenance manuals for Amtrak 3. What sketches or drawings might be of particular interest? Color & Design (C&D) department sketches providing full-sized full alphabet drawings for specific lettering types C&D sketches for specific lettering groups on specific cars (U.S. Mail; BAGGAGE & EXPRESS; RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, etc.) with size & paint