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Albert M. Langley Railroad Collection

 Collection
Collection number: MS-152

Scope and Contents

Material covers ephemera, an oversize postcard, photocopies, reproductions of photographs and publications relating mainly to Georgia and South Carolina railroads. The majority of the items are commemorative envelopes or post cards issued by the Augusta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Some items are from other sources Included are the Central of Georgia Railway Company, The Freedom Train to Augusta, Georgia, the Louisville and Wadley Railroad, Seaboard Coastline Railroad (Florence South Carolina to Augusta Georgia), Hamburg South Carolina, McDuffie County Georgia, Santa Fe Super Chief (Inaugural of Daily Service [Los Angles] to Chicago), Statesboro Northern Railroad, Autumn Leaves Cannonball, and Southern. Also included is a first day cover for the South Carolina Tricentennial and a commemorative envelope for the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Savannah River Plant. The post card shows Georgia Railroad Engine 302 outside the old Augusta Museum (old Academy of Richmond County building), Instructions for building a model railway size Enterprise Mill, Augusta Georgia.

The following articles are also included:

Fetters Thomas T. Chapter 3 Red Cars to Aiken. Palmetto Traction: Electric Railways of South Carolina. H.E. Cox 1978.

Langley Mary L et al. The Railroad Comes of Age; the Historic South Carolina Canal and Rail Road and the Best Friend of Charleston. Augusta Chapter National Railway Historical Society 1970.

Langley Albert M and Mary L Langley. Trolleys in the Valley : A History of the Street & Interurban Railways of Augusta Georgia North Augusta South Carolina the Horse Creek Valley Aiken South Carolina. Publisher Not Identified 1972.

Photocopies:

History of the Georgia Railroad address by J. Clyde Mixon to the Athens Historical Society May 31, 1963

Re-issue of Block Rules, Augusta and Summerville Railroad Company 1912

Charter of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company 1835

Dates

  • 1945 - 2015
  • Majority of material found within 1970 - 1978

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Material was donated to the Georgia Room Augusta-Richmond County Library by Albert M. Langley Jr in 2015.

Albert M. Langley Jr. is a writer and photographer who resides in North Augusta, South Carolina. He has been a member and national director of the National Railway Historical Society and a past-president of the South Augusta Historical Society.

Extent

1 box

Language

English

Related Materials

Langley Albert M. Georgia Short Line Railroad Album. Union Station 2005.

Langley Albert M. Georgia & Florida Railroad Album. Union Station 2004.

Langley Albert M. Southern Railway System : A History of the Premier Carrier of the South : The Southern Serves the South. Union Station Pub 2010.

Langley Albert M. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Album. Union Station 2000.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Heritage Room Repository

Contact:
823 Telfair Street
Augusta GA 30901 United States