Established in 1984 as a special collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library, the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library stands today as one of North America’s largest and finest railroad history collections.
Named after the noted twentieth-century railroad executive, John W. Barriger, III (1899-1976), whose collection forms its heart, the Library has grown to become a major resource for the history of railroad business and technology as well as for the study of railroading’s multidimensional influence on the American economy, society and culture.
| Collection Name | Collection Number | Shelving Location |
|---|---|---|
| Book and Periodical Holdings | ||
| Southern Pacific History Center Materials | ||
| John W. Barriger III Papers | B-1 | Archives |
| Charles Rupp Railroad Timetable Collection | B-2 | Archives |
| The ACF Industries Archival Collection | B-3 | Archives |
| Association of American Railroads-Bureau of Railway Economics Historical Collection | B-4 | Archives |
| Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Historical Society Collections | B-5 | Archives |
| Milwaukee Road Archives | B-6 | Archives |
| Isabel H. Benham Papers | B-7 | Archives |
| Hamill-Louisville and Nashville Railroad Collection | B-8 | Archives |
| Maury Klein Collection | B-9 | Archives |
| Donald Sarno Collection | B-10 | Archives |
| Pliny-Fisk Collection | B-11 | Archives |
| Don Hofsommer Collection | B-12 | Archives |
| Reinier Beeuwkes Collection | B-13 | Archives |
| Railroad Executive Oral History Program | B-14 | Archives |
| William Rapp Photograph Collection | B-15 | Archives |
| Gregory Ames Collection of Children’s Railroad Literature | B-16 | Archives |
| Preyer Photograph Collection of German Locomotives | B-17 | Archives |
| Guilbeau-Holcomb Translation of Carl Friedrich Zimpel’s Das Eisenbahnwesen von Nordamerika | B-18 | Archives |
| Amtrak Corridor Development Studies Collection | B-19 | Archives |
| G. W. Maxwell Photograph Collection | B-20 | Archives |
| Railroad Prints Collection | B-21 | Archives |
| Railroad Stock Certificate Collection | B-22 | Archives |
| Missouri Pacific Collection | B-23 | Archives |
| Klasing Brake Collection | B-24 | Archives |
| Johnson Papers | B-25 | Archives |
| Gallagher Papers | B-26 | Archives |
| White Papers | B-27 | Archives |
| Clark Collection | B-28 | Archives |
| John W. Barriger IV Collection | B-29 | Archives |
| Zeigler Locomotive Photos Collection | B-30 | Archives |
| Hofsommer Covers Collection | B-31 | Archives |
| John Barker Collection | B-32 | Display Cases and Archives |
| Lindquist Collection | B-33 | Archives |
| Merchants Dispatch Collection | B-34 | Archives |
| Lou Marre Locomotive Photos | B-35 | Archives |
| Herb Harwood Photos | B-36 | Archives |
| Burkhardt Employee Timetable Collection | B-37 | Archives |
| Railroad Menu Collection | B-38 | Archives |
| Myers Collection | B-39 | Archives |
| Steinmeyer Photos | B-40 | Archives |
| Philadelphia and Northeastern Collection | B-41 | Archives |
| Jenkins Scrapbook | B-42 | Archives |
| Railroad Rule Books | B-43 | Archives |
| Loewy Designs | B-44 | Archives |
| Model Train Catalogs | B-45 | Archives |
| Railroad Sound Records | B-46 | Archives |
| Robert W. McKnight Railway Signal Collection | B-47 | Archives |
| Arthur Dubin Drumheads | B-48 | Archives |
| Stanley Barriger Collection | B-49 | Archives |
| Myles Model Train Collection | B-50 | Archives |
| Cheragotti Collection | B-51 | Archives |
| Binzell Photo Collection | B-52 | Archives |
| Railroader of the Year Collection | B-53 | Archives |
| Robert W. Downing Collection | B-54 | Archives |
| LStMS Transit Note | B-55 | Archives |
| John W. Barriger III Memorabilia | B-56 | Archives |
| Railroad Time Book Collection | B-57 | Archives |
| Fehl Drawings | B-58 | Archives |
| Railroad Pass Collection | B-59 | Archives |
| Association of RR Editors Collection | B-60 | Archives |
| Union Pacific Collection | B-61 | Archives |
| Budd Car Drawing | B-62 | Archives |
| Weinman Collection | B-63 | Archives |
| NC&St.L Report Log | B-64 | Archives |
| Rogers Letter Book | B-65 | Archives |
| Dorothy King Collection | B-66 | Archives |
| Fasulo Collection | B-67 | Archives |
| Jordan Collection | B-68 | Archives |
| Stephenson Collection | B-69 | Archives |
| Vaughan Collection | B-70 | Archives |
| Robert G. and J. Hansell Lewis Collection | B-71 | Archives |
| Lou Marre Collection | B-72 | Archives |
| USRA Collection | B-73 | Archives |
| Simmons-Boardman Collection | B-74 | Archives |
| Bangor and Aroostook Collection | B-75 | Archives |
| David S. Weatherwax Collection | B-76 | Archives |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Collection | B-77 | Archives |
| New York Central Railroad Transit Books | B-78 | Archives |
| New York Central Railroad Collection | B-79 | Archives |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Collection | B-80 | Archives |
| Pere Marquette Railroad Collection | B-81 | Archives |
| Hocking Valley Railroad Collection | B-82 | Archives |
| Northern Railroad of New York Collection | B-83 | Archives |
| Unadilla Valley Railway Collection | B-84 | Archives |
| Chandler and Co. Collection | B-85 | Archives |
| Railroad History Collection | B-86 | Archives |
| Steam Locomotive Research Institute Collection | B-87 | Archives |
| Stuyvesant Fish Collection | B-88 | Archives |
| Troy and Rutland Railroad Co. Collection | B-89 | Archives |
| Railroad Stock Certificate Collection | B-90 | Archives |
| Ronald L. Batory Collection | B-91 | Archives |
| D. K. McNear Collection | B-92 | Archives |
| H. K. Vollrath Collection | B-93 | Archives |
| Victor Hand Collection | B-94 | Archives |
| Robert Breese Collection | B-95 | Archives |
| Blalock-Charles Collection | B-96 | Barriger Archives |
| Ira Silverman Collection | B-97 | Archives |
| Richard Saunders Collection | B-98 | Archives |
| GM&O Bloomington, IL Collection | B-99 | Archives |
| Lakeside and Marblehead ICC Reports Collection | B-100 | Archives |
| The Roberts Collection | B-101 | Archives |
| Fred Frailey Collection | B-102 | Archives |
| Pullman Standard Negative Collection | B-103 | Archives |
| Robert Grindrod Collection | B-104 | Archives |
| Egan Collection | B-105 | Archives |
| LTK Engineering Collection | B-106 | Archives |
| G. W. Maxwell Collection | B-107 | Archives |
| John F. Nash Collection | B-108 | Archives |
| Stephanus Collection | B-109 | Archives |
| Power Clash Manuscript Collection | B-110 | Archives |
| Ted Rose Collection | B-111 | Archives |
| I-64 Study Papers | B-112 | Archives |
| The West the Railroads Made Exhibition Archive | B-113 | Archives |
| Frisco Predecessor Collection | B-114 | Archives |
| FBI Report on the Wreck of the Federal | B-115 | Digital Library |
| Ray Burton Collection | B-116 | Archives |
| St. Francois County Railway Collection | B-117 | Archives |
| Houlahan Collection | B-118 | Archives |
| Wayne Leeman Collection | B-119 | Archives |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works Collection | B-120 | Barriger Archives |
| E. Ray Lichty Collection | B-121 | Archives |
| Harry B. Mathews Collection | B-122 | Archives & On Display in Mathews Gallery |
| Louisville and Nashville RR Collection | B-123 | Archives |
| Bruce Heard Collection | B-124 | Archives |
| Conrail Predecessor Collection | B-125 | Archives |
| Blackwood Collection | B-126 | Archives |
| Harry Stegmaier Collection | B-127 | Archives |
| Railway Supply Institute Collection | B-128 | Archives |
| Clement Collection | B-129 | Archives |
| E. Hunter Harrison Collection | B-130 | Archives |
| Tom Streeter Collection of Maps | B-131 | Archives |
| Golden Spike 1869 Washington Medal | B-132 | Vault |
| Frank H. Dewey Collection | B-133 | Archives |
| Henry M. Posner III Collection | B-134 | Archives |
| Carlos Schwantes Collection | B-135 | Archives |
| City of Chicago Railroad Materials | B-136 | Archives |
| West Shore Line Railroad Photos | B-137 | Archives |
| Tom Schmidt Collection | B-138 | Archives |
| Carl Rose Collection | B-139 | Archives |
| Dale Corn Collection | B-140 | Archives |
| John H. Winner Collection | B-141 | Archives |
| GATX Collection | B-142 | Archives |
| Boston and Maine Timetables Collection | B-143 | Archives |
| Paul Banner Collection | B-144 | Archives |
| Daniel Kitchen Collection | B-145 | Archives |
| David H. Foster MK&T RR Collection | B-146 | Archives |
| Don G. McInnes Collection | B-147 | Archives |
| Ralph Barger Collection | B-148 | Archives |
| Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Collection | B-149 | Archives |
| Charles Stats Collection | B-150 | Archives |
| Hannibal and St. Joseph RR Collection | B-151 | Archives |
| Rock Island Railroad Engineering Collection | B-152 | Archives |
| Montgomery and West Point Railroad Letter | B-153 | Barriger Archives |
| Shawn Canavan Collection | B-154 | Archives |
| Preston Cook Collection | B-155 | Archives |
| Harman Family Papers | B-156 | Archives |
| Rush Loving Collection | B-157 | Archives |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Collection | B-158 | Archives |
| Oldham Texas Plat Map and Related Documents | B-159 | Barriger Archives |
| Brian Buchanan Collection | B-160 | Archives |
| Plan of Alton & Terre Haute Railroad | B-161 | Barriger Archives |
| Wood, Arthur P. Diary | B-162 | Barriger Archives |
| Paramore Cotton Belt Scrapbook | B-163 | Barriger Archives |
| Livingood Family Letters | B-164 | Contact Curator |
| B&O Railroad 1839 Manuscript | B-165 | Barriger Archives |
| Schontz, John Manuscript | B-166 | Contact Curator |
| Bob's Photo Collection of Passenger Car Photographs and Data | B-167 | Barriger Archives |
| George, Ray Collection of Railroad Postcards | B-168 | Barriger Archives |
| Watson, Robert Photo Album | B-169 | Barriger Archives |
| Union Pacific Eastern Division Certificate | B-170 | Barriger Archives |
| Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Rates | B-171 | Barriger Archives |
| Friedmann, John Collection of IC-Southern Merger Study Material | B-172 | Barriger Archives |
| St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway Timetables | B-173 | Contact Curator |
| St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Map | B-174 | Contact Curator |
| Map of the Black Valley Railroad and Country | B-175 | Contact Curator |
| Map of the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad | B-176 | Contact Curator |
| Taxpayer Letter to Baltimore, Maryland Legislature | B-177 | Contact Curator |
| Merchants Bridge Collection | B-178 | Contact Curator |
| Great Railroad Strike Letter | B-179 | Contact Curator |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Maps | B-180 | Contact Curator |
| Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Freight Waybills | B-181 | Contact Curator |
| City of New Orleans Deposition Abstracts | B-182 | Contact Curator |
| Lutzweiler, Jim Typescript | B-183 | Contact Curator |
| 1947 Freedom Train Documents & Toy | B-184 | Contact Curator |
| Des Moines Railfan Scrapbook | B-185 | Contact Curator |
| Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company Ordinance | B-186 | Contact Curator |
| Schletzer, John Train Slides | B-187 | Contact Curator |
| Caramanna, Michael Collection | B-188 | Contact Curator |
| Clouser, Bill Slides | B-189 | Contact Curator |
| Agreement Between the Colored Firemen and Railroad Management | B-190 | Contact Curator |
| Union Station Postcard | B-191 | Contact Curator |
| Railroad Sounds: Steam and Diesel Record | B-192 | Contact Curator |
| Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad Gold Bond | B-193 | Contact Curator |
| Casey Jones: The Brave Engineer Sheet Music | B-194 | Contact Curator |
| Millet, Albert Manuscript Journal | B-195 | Contact Curator |
| African-American Railway Clerks Photograph Collection | B-196 | Contact Curator |
| Unrecorded Broadside Advertisement | B-197 | Contact Curator |
| Arkansas Valley Brochure | B-198 | Contact Curator |
| "Kansas: A Small Story of a Great State" Brochure | B-199 | Contact Curator |
| Rock Island Route Christmas Card | B-200 | Contact Curator |
| Great Northern Railway "Empire Builder" Brochure | B-201 | Contact Curator |
| "The Garden of Allah" Brochure | B-202 | Contact Curator |
| Louisville & Nashville Railroad "A Century of Progress: Chicago 1934" Brochure | B-203 | Contact Curator |
| Santa Fe Railroad "Grand Canyon Outings" Brochure | B-204 | Contact Curator |
| "Points of Interest: Sunset Route" Brochure | B-205 | Contact Curator |
| Northern Pacific Railroad Informational Flyer | B-206 | Contact Curator |
| Santa Fe Railroad "Indian Detours Off the Beaten Path" Brochure | B-207 | Contact Curator |
| "Beauties of the Rockies" Picture Book | B-208 | Contact Curator |
| Northern Pacific "Yellowstone" Brochure | B-209 | Contact Curator |
| Franklin Railway Supply Company Manufacturing Facilities Photographs | B-210 | Contact Curator |
| Pacific Harbor Line Rules and Regulations | B-211 | Contact Curator |
| "Streamline Cruises" Foldable Brochure | B-212 | Contact Curator |
| Union Pacific "Military Map of the U.S.A." Brochure | B-213 | Contact Curator |
| "Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks" Brochure | B-214 | Contact Curator |
| "Straight Thinking About the Railroads" Brochure | B-215 | Contact Curator |
| Union Station Invitation | B-216 | Contact Curator |
| Union Station Celebration Program and Agenda | B-217 | Contact Curator |
| Union Station Reborn Invitation | B-218 | Contact Curator |
| "Steamtown Trains" Brochure | B-219 | Contact Curator |
| "Art Galleries Aboard Famous New York Central Trains" Brochure | B-220 | Contact Curator |
| The Boat Train Coach | B-221 | Contact Curator |
| "A Salute to Railroading" Brochure | B-222 | Contact Curator |
| History of The Iron Mountain Railroad | B-223 | Contact Curator |
| Trackage Rights Statistics | B-224 | Contact Curator |
| Underwood Slide Collection | B-225 | Contact Curator |
| Missouri Pacific Map Book | B-226 | Contact Curator |
| Metrolink Map Collection | B-227 | Contact Curator |
| Koch Collection of Pennsylvania Railroad Calendars | B-228 | Contact Curator |
| Plat Map of Lands Granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company | B-229 | Contact Curator |
| Promotional Broadside for National Railway, Electric and Industrial Exposition | B-230 | Contact Curator |
| Canal Railroad Company Journal | B-231 | Contact Curator |
| Pennsylvania Railroad "Special Excursions to the Sea-Shore and Mountains" Brochure | B-232 | Contact Curator |
| Florida Southern Railroad Station Photograph | B-233 | Contact Curator |
| Florida Railroad Workers Photograph | B-234 | Contact Curator |
| Boston & Worcester "Great Western Route" Timetable | B-235 | Contact Curator |
| 1873 American Dredging Company Stock Certificate | B-236 | Contact Curator |
| Canal Dredging Photograph | B-237 | Contact Curator |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company Stock Certificate | B-238 | Contact Curator |
| New York Cable Railway Company Gold Bond | B-239 | Contact Curator |
| Trial of Oscar T. Caldwell Daily Democratic Press Steam Print | B-240 | Contact Curator |
| Prospectus of the Central Railway of West Virginia | B-241 | Contact Curator |
| Oregon Branch of the Pacific Railroad Pamphlet | B-242 | Contact Curator |
| Cram's Township and Railroad Map of Missouri | B-243 | Contact Curator |
| "A Ride in the Cab of the Twentieth Century Limited" Book | B-244 | Contact Curator |
| St. Louis Merchant Bridge Terminal Railway Company Capital Stock Certificate | B-245 | Contact Curator |
| 1923 Map of Central Illinois | B-246 | Contact Curator |
| 1934 Map of Illinois | B-247 | Contact Curator |
| Summer Saunterings Over the Lines of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and Northern Pacific Railroad | B-248 | Contact Curator |
| Barriger Maps | B-249 | Contact Curator |
| Dictamen que en el cabildo estraordinario Pamphlet | B-250 | Contact Curator |
| Theatre Diagrams and Fire Alarm Stations of Saint Louis with a Correct Map of the City and Other Valuable Information | B-251 | Contact Curator |
| Hartford & New Haven and Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad Letter Collection | B-252 | Contact Curator |
| San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Company Stock Certificate | B-253 | Contact Curator |
| 1904 Springfield and Eastern Railroad of Illinois and New Jersey Articles and Certificate of Incorporation and Corporate Documents | B-254 | Contact Curator |
| Railroad Switch Control Line Photographs | B-255 | Contact Curator |
| Railroads in the Kingdom of Belgium Compared With Those in the United States | B-256 | Contact Curator |
| Scioto Valley/Scioto Valley and New England Railroad Corporate History Book | B-257 | Contact Curator |
| U.S. Military Railroad Photographs | B-258 | Contact Curator |
| Burlington Route 75th Anniversary Postcard | B-259 | Contact Curator |
| Train Derailment Photo Postcards | B-260 | Contact Curator |
| Harvey, Willard Negatives Collection | B-261 | Contact Curator |
| "Lands Granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company" Plat Map | B-262 | Contact Curator |
| Bredenberg, Rollin Timetables | B-263 | Contact Curator |
| Locomotive Transportation Manuscript Collection | B-264 | Contact Curator |
| Hackettstown Bank of New Jersey Stock Certificate | B-265 | Contact Curator |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Stock Certificate | B-266 | Contact Curator |
| Merchants Exchange of St. Louis Certificate of Membership | B-267 | Contact Curator |
| Railroad Guides, Rule Books, Diagrams and Other Memorabilia | B-268 | Contact Curator |
| Amtrak Timetable Collection | B-269 | Contact Curator |
| Locomotive Paintings | B-270 | Contact Curator |
| Schanzle Map Collection | B-271 | Contact Curator |
| Map of Mexican National Railway-1881 | B-272 | Contact Curator |
| Mark Cane Collection | B-273 | Contact Curator |
| Koch Collection of PRR Calend | B-274 | Contact Curator |
| Russell Tedder Album of Photographs | B-275 | Contact Curator |
| William Greenwood Collection | B-276 | Contact Curator |
| Lincoln Funeral Train Items | B-277 | Barriger Archives |
| USMRR Timetable | B-278 | Contact Curator |
| Road Maps and Travel Brochures | B-279 | Contact Curator |
| Wabash Menus | B-280 | Contact Curator |
| Schrady Collection | B-281 | Contact Curator |
| Bound photographs of B&O Railroad Bridges | B-282 | Contact Curator |
| Rollins Scrapbook Fair of the Iron Horse | B-283 | Contact Curator |
| Richard Overton Manuscript | B-284 | Contact Curator |
| Railroad Train Wrecks and Floods Scrapbook | B-285 | Contact Curator |
| Alaska Railroad Scrapbook | B-286 | Contact Curator |
| Railroad Telegraph Lines West of Pittsburgh | B-287 | Contact Curator |
| Scenes Along the Florida East Coast Railway | B-288 | Contact Curator |
| Henry Tyson Notebook | B-289 | Contact Curator |
| Southern Pacific RR Telegraph Scrapbook/Photo Album | B-290 | Contact Curator |
| B&O Railroad Cyanotypes and Postcard Prints | B-291 | Contact Curator |
| Maine Central Predecessor Contracts | B-293 | Contact Curator |
| Alfred E. Perlman Collection | B-294 | Contact Curator |
| Louisiana Purchase Exposition Coach Excursion Ticket | B-295 | Contact Curator |
| Ephemera, Miscellaneous | B-299 | Contact Curator |
| Patent Model | B-300 | Contact Curator |
| Early Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Image | B-301 | Contact Curator |
| P.K. Hannah Collection | B-302 | Contact Curator |
| McLaughlin Brothers 1875 Map of the United States with Texas and Pacific Railway Connections | B-303 | Contact Curator |
| Early American Locomotive Daguerreotype | B-304 | Contact Curator |
