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Interstate Commerce Commission Locomotive Inspection Reports

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Creator
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yungmeyer, Martha
Former owner
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
Topic
Transportation
Railroads
Locomotives
Accidents
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Smithsonian in [1971?] by Martha Yungmeyer, the daughter of D.W. Yungmeyer, who had been an inspector for the ICC.
Creator
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yungmeyer, Martha
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Interstate Commerce Commission Locomotive Inspection Reports
Summary
Records compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders and railroads operating them.
Biographical / Historical
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), a former independent agency of the U.S. Government, was established in 1887 and charged with regulating the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states. Surface transportation under the ICC's jurisdiction included railroads, trucking companies, bus lines, freight forwarders, water carriers, oil pipelines, transportation brokers and express agencies. The first regulatory commission in US history, the ICC was established as a result of mounting public indignation against railroad malpractices and abuses. The ICC's effectiveness was at first limited by the failure of Congress to give it enforcement power, by the Supreme Court's interpretation of its powers and by the vague language of its enabling act. However, beginning with the Hepburn Act (1906), the ICC's jurisdiction was gradually extended beyond railroads to all common carriers except aircraft by 1940. Its enforcement powers to set rates were also progressively extended, through statute and broadened Supreme Court interpretations of the commerce clause of the Constitution, as were its investigative authority for determining fair rates of return on which to base rates. In addition, the ICC was given the task of consolidating railroad systems and managing labor disputes in interstate transport. In the 1950s and 1960s the ICC enforced Supreme Court rulings that required the desegregation of passenger terminal facilities. Beginning in the 1960s the ICC's functions were progressively reduced as government control of surface transportation was deregulated. The agency was terminated at the end of 1995 and many of its remaining functions were transferred to the new National Surface Transportation Board. Source The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001.
Extent
8 Cubic feet (24 boxes )
Date
1931-1964
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center on October 20, 1986 by John H. White, curator of land transportation (Division of Work and Industry).
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0241
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Records
Photographs
Citation
Interstate Commerce Commission Locomotive Inspection Reports, 1931-1964, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Martha Yungmeyer.
Arrangement
Divided into 4 series Series 1: Steam Locomotive Boiler Records Series 2: Electrics, Diesels, Rail Car Records Series 3: Record Books Series 4: Photoprints
Processing Information
Collection processed by Don Darroch and Robert Harding, 1986
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Records
Photographs -- 20th century
Scope and Contents
This collection is arranged into four series: Series 1: STEAM LOCOMOTIVES BOILER RECORDS, Series 2: ELECTRICS, DIESELS, RAIL CAR RECORDS, Series 3: RECORD BOOKS, & Series 4: PHOTOPRINTS and consists of records and photographs of the ICC for the years 1931-1964. Most of the photographs are of accidents or failures of equipment. The photographs are dated and railroads identified. Accident times and circumstances are noted. The records were compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders as well as of railroads operating them.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512968886-1503512968897-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80008fc2f-4a5a-4cc6-a056-161ee8881f81

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  • New York Central wreck at Wellington, Ohio, photoprint

  • Miscellaneous Not Counted

  • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train accident, photoprint

  • Collision between CNSM locomotive and CTA train at Wilson Ave. Station, Chicago, Illinois, photoprint

  • Pennsylvania Railroad train accident, photoprint

  • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad wreckage of Number 19 (Chief), photoprint

  • ATand SF 9/5/56

  • Miscellaneous--Not Accidents--Wheel failures

  • Norfolk & Western Railroad locomotive with crown sheet failure, photoprint

  • Interstate Commerce Commission Report number 3869, report

  • Dand RGW No. 3703

  • Photoprints

  • Norfolk and Western

  • NYC 1/10/1960-Report

  • S.P. No. 4175

  • E.D. and W. No. 16

  • GMand O No. 272

  • N. Y. O. and W. No. 807

  • M.P. No. 9765

  • U.P. No. 3835 and 3988

  • AT and SF No. 2319

  • S.P. No. 4136

  • C&S No. 531

  • U.P. Miscellaneous Accidents, 1931-1948

  • Sou. No. 4120

  • Vgn. No. 55

  • BEDT No. 14

  • S.P. No. 2554

  • U.P. - Crown sheet failures, 1942-1948

  • Alphabetical lists of Railroad's equipment (ledger type)

  • N. P. No. 5004

  • S.P. No. 5001

  • Pictures in 1960 Annual Report

  • Boston & Maine

  • New York Central wreck at Wellington, Ohio, photoprint

  • Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie

  • CRI and P No. 1266

  • Erie No. 3341

  • New York Chicago & St Louis

  • U.P. No. 2497

  • Illinois Central

  • Bath & Hammondsport

  • Southern Pacific

  • Cliffside

  • Pennsylvania RR No. 4931

  • D. & R. G. W. No. 3614

  • St. Louis & San Francisco

  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

  • ATand SF No. 330

  • Index to All Series

  • C. and O. 1642

  • New York Central

  • Band O no. 4521

  • Missouri Pacific

  • Verde Tunnel and shelter - misc., 1937-1938

  • Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh

  • Cand NW No. 1822

  • Montana Western

  • New York Central

  • Great Northern

  • PRR No. 4928

  • Portland Electric

  • Virginia Central

  • Sou. No. 627

  • Chicago, St. Paul,Minneapolis & Omaha

  • Roscoe Snyder & Pacific

  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

  • Birmingham , Columbus & St. Andrews

  • Penn R. R. No. 9026

  • Meridian & Bigbee River

  • S.P. No. 1774

  • N.Y.C. No. 1601

  • Baltimore & Ohio

  • U.P. No. 820

  • N.Y.C. crown sheet failure

  • I.C. No. 8019

  • Erie

  • Frankfort & Cincinatti

  • N. Y. C. No. 4057

  • L.I. No. 1503

  • Dayton, Lebanon, Cincinnati & Terminal

  • Pennsylvania Railroad

  • Sou. No. 4861

  • Southern Pacific

  • PRR No. 4374

  • Leigh Valley

  • Southern Pacific

  • Union Terminal

  • G.N. No. 365C

  • PRR No. 4631

  • Louisiana & Arkansas

  • Preston

  • PRR No. 6744

  • Record Books

  • East Jordan & Southern

  • CMSTPand P No.-11

  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy

  • Moscow Camden & San Augustine

  • Union Railroad, 1937-1943

  • Manchester & Oneida

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