Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains interchange records of daily car reports of the Washington, Idaho and Montana railroad.
Dates
- Creation: 1966 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
On April 18, 1962, the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized acquisition of the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Company by the Milwaukee Land Company, a subsidiary of the Milwaukee Road. Under an agreement dated August 14, 1961, the Milwaukee Land Company paid Potlatch Forests, Inc. $460.000 for all WA, I and MT stock. In spite of the transfer of ownership, the WA, I and MT continued to operate under its own name until 1980. When the Milwaukee Road was sold in 1980 the Burlington Northern Railroad purchased a portion of the road in Washington and Idaho which included the Washington Idaho, and Montana line.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Contains sampling of daily reports of cars from 1966-1971.
Arrangement
The material in this collection is a sampling of the interchange daily car reports, one month from each year.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this collection were donated by Thomas E. Burg.
- Title
- Guide to Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Erin Geslani.
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository