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Transportation: Railroads, Ships and More

A guide to resources about the history of trains, railroads, ships, boats, aviation and transit systems, focusing on collections available through Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections.

Collections at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Black Diamond, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1870

Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1870 as 'Black Diamond' for Black Diamond Coal Company, California, the engine pictured above was shipped to the Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad in 1889.Image from the Galen Biery Papers and Photographs, #2461, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. 

 

 

Collections of interest at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies may include:

Published Resources - Rail