Oral History Series

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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?5

Call Number: F868 .T915 B167

Author(s): Buckley, Scott.

Year Recorded: 1973

Physical Description: 1 online resource (4 audio files (111 min., 20 sec.).

Series Title: (Columbia Colllege oral history series)

General Notes: Contents outline (typescript, photoprint) accompanies recording.

Contents: Tape 1, Side 1: Early biographical information ; Family ; Plumber's helper ; Butterfield Merchantile Company ; Fireman on Hetch-Hetchy ; Job in Sierra Railroad shops ; Return to Hetch-Hetchy ; Inducted into military service, 1917 ; Fireman on Angels Branch for Swansen ; Locomotive used on Angels Branch ; Three cars derailed above Jamestown ; Fireman on Tuolumne to Oakdale run ; Ran helper engine out of Cooperstown ; Night crier at Don Pedro ; Back on helper engine ; Fireman at Jamestown ; Fireman at Oakdale ; Fireman on Angels Branch ; Layed off ; Back on Hetch-Hetchy ; 1909--Buildings and yards in Jamestown in early years ; Fire at Neville Hotel ; Jamestown roundhouse ; Sierra locomotives in early years ; Sugar Pine Railroad shops in Sonora ; Sierra locomotives -- Tape 1, Side 2: Childhood experiences on Sierra property ; More about Sierra steam locomotives ; Sierra trains around 1910 ; Angels train in early days ; Powder car explosion on Angels Branch ; Experience with burned-out bridge ; Near accident on Hetch-Hetchy ; Early railroad working conditions ; Standard Lumber Company ; Thomas Bullock ; Section gangs, track maintainance ; West Side Lumber Company ; Dutch Mine Spur ; Atlar Branch ; Derailment near Arnold Hill ; Studying to become an engineer ; First time running an engine ; Train getting away on Grade -- Tape 2, Side 1: Fireman in Jamestown and Oakdale ; Hetch-Hetchy during raising of dam ; Sierra operations during late 1930's ; George Wright ; Daily passenger train, later mixed train.

Local Notes: Recorded April 27 and May 11, 1973.

Held By: COLUMBIA

Personal Subject: Baker, Jim.

Personal Subject: Sierra Railroad.

Personal Subject: Sierra Railroad.

Corporate Subject: Sierra Railroad.

Subject Term: Railroad engineering.

Subject Term: Railroads--California--Tuolumne County.

Subject Term: Railroads--California--Tuolumne County--History.

Subject Term: Railroads--California--Tuolumne County--Personal narratives.

Geographic Term: Tuolumne County (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.