P-2 Passenger Service 1938-1939

Name/Title

P-2 Passenger Service 1938-1939

Entry/Object ID

0001.B0164.0007

Scope and Content

P-2 Passenger Service 1938-1939

Category

Busses, Main Line Passenger, Doodlebug, Timetables, Coal, Blueprints/Plans, Telegrams
Vehicles, Passenger Trains, Archival Materials, Fuel

Acquisition

Accession

0001.1

Source or Donor

Kennecott Copper Company

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Creator

Nevada Northern Railway

Date(s) of Creation

1938 - 1939

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Contract Carrier Permit-Edmond Earl Homer

Description

Correspondence regarding a contract carrier permit for Edmond Earl Homer to operate to the CCC camps, requesting comment from the NNRy, 1939.

Creator

Pacific Southwest Railroad Association, Harry Bateman Tooker

Date(s) of Creation

September 25, 1939 - December 30, 1939

Title

PSC Decision Delay-MLP

Description

Correspondence advising that the PSC decision on the discontinuance of the Main Line Passenger train would be delayed due to a request by the union, December 22, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

December 22, 1939

Title

Timetable Request

Description

Request for working timetables by the Reconstruction Finance Corp., with reply, December 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey, Reconstruction Finance Corp.

Date(s) of Creation

December 7, 1939 - December 15, 1939

Title

Bus Garage Location

Description

Correspondence directing Beem and Davidson to locate where the bus garage would be placed, November 29, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

November 29, 1939

Title

CCC Invitation Reply

Description

Correspondence replying to an invitation by Lt. Gerald J. Tison, the CCC Company Commander, Company 5435, at Cherry Creek, November 22, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

November 22, 1939

Title

Adlake Windows

Description

Correspondence regarding the use of Adlake windows for the bus, November 21, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

November 21, 1939

Title

CCC Camp Books

Description

Correspondence regarding a shipment of books by the NNRy to the CCC Camp at Cherry Creek, November 1939.

Creator

Gerald J. Tison, George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

November 11, 1939 - November 15, 1939

Title

Pacific Greyhound Through Fares

Description

Correspondence regarding an inquiry by Pacific Greyhound to establish through fares, November 1939

Creator

Pacific Greyhound Lines, George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

November 16, 1939 - November 18, 1939

Title

Various Reservation Requests

Description

Various requests for reservations to be made for G.L. Hickey's travels, 1938-1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

1938 - 1939

Title

NNRy Take on Hearing

Description

Correspondence regarding the railroad's take on the outcome of the hearings to discontinue the main line passenger train, includes notes about purchasing a motor car and independent figures for truck costs that came in within a penny of each other, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey, Daniel Cowan Jackling

Date(s) of Creation

October 21, 1939 - November 4, 1939

Title

Newspaper Clippings-PSC Hearing

Description

Various newspaper clippings regarding the PSC hearing, October 1939.

Creator

Ely Daily Times

Date(s) of Creation

October 17, 1939 - October 20, 1939

Title

Flxible Bus

Description

Correspondence regarding the Flxible bus, October 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey, Flxible

Date(s) of Creation

October 9, 1939 - October 16, 1939

Title

Report of Locomotive Coal

Description

Reports of locomotive coal received and issued, 1939.

Creator

Charles McKeever Nesbitt

Date(s) of Creation

1939

Title

ACF Bus Response

Description

Correspondence advising American Car & Foundry that the NNRy would not be purchasing a bus from that company, October 1939.

Creator

A.J. Maclean, George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

October 3, 1939 - October 12, 1939

Title

Adlake Model 26 Window Sash

Description

Correspondence, specifications and plans for the Adlake model no. 26 window sash the NNRy contemplated installing on the new General Motors busses, 1939.

Creator

General Motors Corp., A.J. Maclean, George L. Hickey, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Adams & Westlake Co.

Date(s) of Creation

August 29, 1939 - October 3, 1939

Title

Cherry Creek Passengers

Description

Report of passengers carried to and from the town of Cherry Creek in September 1939.

Date(s) of Creation

September 1939

Title

Bus Schedules

Description

Correspondence regarding the scheules of the Greyhound and Burlington busses, September 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey, Southern Pacific

Date(s) of Creation

September 22, 1939 - September 26, 1939

Title

Postponement of Hearing

Description

Notice and correspondence regarding the postponement of the PSC hearing for the discontinuance of the Main Line Passenger train, September 1939.

Creator

Railway Mail Service, George L. Hickey, Public Service Commission

Date(s) of Creation

September 11, 1939 - September 12, 1939

Title

Tires

Description

Correspondence regarding the price of tires for busses, September 11, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

September 11, 1939

Title

Postponement of Hearing

Description

Correspondence regarding the postponement of the hearing and questions of how motor service would be formed, September 11, 1939.

Creator

George L. Hickey

Date(s) of Creation

September 11, 1939

Title

Baggage Handled

Description

Table of baggage handled on the main line passenger train for July and August 1939.

Date(s) of Creation

July 1939 - August 1939

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Civilian Conservation Corps, Edmond Earl Homer, Daniel Cowan Jackling, Railway Mail Service, General Motors Corp., Public Service Commission, Harold Aaron Davidson, Harold J. Beem, Gerald J. Tison, Adams & Westlake Co., Pullman Co., Railway Express Agency, Earl Tappan Stannard, American Car & Foundry Co., Union Pacific Railroad

Related Places

Place

City

Ely, Wells, Wendover, Las Vegas, Cherry Creek, East Ely

County

White Pine, Elko, Clark

State/Province

Nevada

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Location

East Ely Yard