Important Note: Please consult our reference room staff regarding collections access and scheduling a visit. Some special collections are being stored remotely and will have restricted access until Level 1 reopens.
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 | ||
| 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 Memorabillia | B-56 | Archives |
| Railroad Timebook 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-096 | 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 |
| B&O Railroad 1839 Manuscript | B-165 | Barriger Archives |
| 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 |
| Lincoln Funeral Train Items | B-277 | Barriger Archives |
