Western and Atlantic Railroad - Master of Transportation - Motive Power's Engine Ledger Account

Series

Identifier: 018-09-041

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume of accounts, created in the Motive Power Division, which records the costs of repairing and maintaining the Western and Atlantic's locomotives. Each page is devoted to a separate engine with columns for: (1) date of repair, (2) labor performed, (3) amount of labor costs, (4) materials used, and (5) amount of material costs. To be found within this volume is the service pulled on the "General", the "Texas" and other similar, if not as famous, locomotive engines.

Dates

Created: 1867-1870

Creator

Western & Atlantic Railroad (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

0.50 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The accounts are generally listed in numerical sequence of engine number with the engine's name spelled out in the upper right-hand corner, and thereunder chronologically by date. There is no index.

Record Groups

- 018. Western & Atlantic Railroad
- 018/09. Master Of Transportation

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Western and Atlantic Railroad - Master of Transportation - Motive Power's Engine Ledger Account
Author: Georgia Archives
Description rules: Local
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin