The Virginian Railway Company was formed in 1907 with the merger of the Deepwater Railway (1898) in West Virginia with the
Tidewater Railway (1904) in Virginia. The two lines were connected in 1909 and coal was shipped from the fields in West Virginia
to the port of Norfolk, Virginia. The railroad benefitted from its eastern terminus being next to the United States Naval
base. The Virginian Railway Company merged with Norfolk and Western in 1959.
The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen was founded as the Conductors Union in 1868 in Illinois. The Union changed its
name to the Order of Railway Conductors of America in 1878. The union became the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
in 1954. The Order merged with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and
Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union in 1969.
Glenn Thomas Millican was born 21 July 1913 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, to Claude L. Millican (1889-1942) and Reva Bishop
Millican (1891-1927). Millican worked as a conductor on the Virginian Railway. He married Virginia Lyle Womack (1915-1996)
5 December 1942, and they had one child. Millican died in Chesterfield County, Virginia, 26 December 1983 and was buried
in the Briery Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Records, 1906-1975, of the Virginian Railway Company consisting of freight conductor's car and tonnage record books, 1945-1975;
rule books for the Virginian Railway Company, the Deepwater and Tidewater Railway Companies, and Norfolk and Western; and
bulletins, correspondences, notes, timetables and other records for the Virginian Railway and for Norfolk and Western. Also
includes ledger, 1951-1969, cashbook, 1956-1969, and other documents for the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
Series I: Virginian Railway Company, 1906-1956
Series II: Norfolk and Western Railway Company, 1950-1975
Series III: Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, 1951-1972
Virginian Railway Company records, 1906-1956, contain Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Books, 1945-1956, filled
out by G. T. Millican (1913-1983), a conductor for the Virginian Railway; Safety rules and regulations and schedules for conductors,
1906-1955; timetable, 1943; and bulletins, 1953.
Boxes 1-4
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Books,
1945-1956 .
Extent: 4 boxes
Box 1 Folder 1
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 19 April 1945-18 May 1947
Box 1 Folder 2
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 16 August 1947-9 November 1948
Box 1 Folder 3
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 29 August 1948-18 March 1951
Box 1 Folder 4
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 3 September-28 October 1951
Box 1 Folder 5
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 18 November 1951-4 January 1952
Box 1 Folder 6
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 5 January-17 February 1952
Box 1 Folder 7
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 18 February-21 March 1952
Box 2 Folder 1
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 22 March-19 April 1952
Box 2 Folder 2
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 9 August-6 September 1952
Box 2 Folder 3
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 8 September-11 October 1952
Box 2 Folder 4
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 11 October 1952-17 May 1953
Box 2 Folder 5
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 22 May-9 August 1953
Box 2 Folder 6
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 20 August 1953-28 February 1954
Box 2 Folder 7
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 15 October 1954-31 January 1955
Box 3 Folder 1
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 11 January-25 February 1955
Box 3 Folder 2
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 26 February-5 April 1955
Box 3 Folder 3
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 17 May-29 June 1955
Box 3 Folder 4
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 30 June-1 August 1955
Box 3 Folder 5
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 8 September-12 October 1955
Box 3 Folder 6
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 13 October-12 November 1955
Box 3 Folder 7
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 14 November 1955-11 January 1956
Box 4 Folder 1
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, 11 January-2 February 1956
Box 4 Folder 2
Freight Conductor's Car and Tonnage Record Book, undated (blank)
Boxes 4-5
Rules and regulations manuals and schedules for conductors,
1906-1955 .
Extent: 2 boxes
Box 4 Folder 3
The Deepwater Railway Company and the Tidewater Railway Company, Train Rules , 1906
Box 4 Folder 4
The Virginian Railway Company, Safety Rules , 1936 (two copies)
Box 4 Folder 5
The Virginian Railway Company, Supplement to Rules and Regulations of the Operating Department Effective December 1, 1918 supplement effective 1 May 1942
Box 4 Folder 6
The Virginian Railway Company, Rules of the Operating Department , 1943
Box 4 Folder 7
The Virginian Railway Company, Safety Rules , 1945
Box 4 Folder 8
The Virginian Railway Company, Rules of Equipment Operation and Handling for the Government of Train and Engine Service Employees of the Operating Department , 1946
Box 4 Folder 9
The Virginian Railway Company, Schedule for Conductors , 1946 (copy one)
Box 5 Folder 1
The Virginian Railway Company, Schedule for Conductors , 1946 (copy two)
Box 5 Folder 2
The Virginian Railway Company, Rules of Equipment Operation and Handling for the Government of Train and Engine Service Employees of the Operating Department , 1955
Boxes 5
General papers,
1943, 1953 .
Extent: 1 box
Box 5 Folder 3
The Virginian Railway Company, Time Table No. 19 effective 8 August 1943
Box 5 Folder 4
The Virginian Railway Company, "Bulletin 4: Seniority Roster of Road Conductors " and "Bulletin 5: Seniority Roster of Road Brakemen, " 1 January 1953
Norfolk and Western Railway Company records ,
1950-1975 .
Boxes 5, 7
Extent: 2 boxes.
Norfolk and Western Railway Company records, 1950-1975, contain notices, 1950-1961; rules and regulations, 1951; rates of
pay, 1967; pamphlets, 1968; train book, 1975; correspondence and general papers, 1960-1968; blank form books; and photograph.
Box 5 Folder 5
Notices, 1950-1961
Box 5 Folder 6
Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Operating Department , 1951
Box 5 Folder 7
Correspondence and general paeprs, 1960-1968
Box 5 Folder 8
"Road Conductors: Current Rates of Pay " effective 1 August 1967
Box 5 Folder 9
Association of American Railroads, Bureau of Explosives, "Pamphlet No. 6C: Illustrating Methods for Loading and Bracing Trailers and Less-Than Trailer Shipments of Explosives and Other
Dangerous Articles Via Trailer-on-Flat-Car (TOFC) or Container-on-Flat-Car (COFC), " September 1968
Box 5 Folder 10
Norfolk and Western Railway Company Conductor's Train Book, 27 September-26 November 1975
Box 5 Folder 11
Norfolk and Western Railway Company Form C. T. 34--work log(?), no date (blank--copy one of two)
Box 5 Folder 12
Norfolk and Western Railway Company Form C. T. 34--work log(?), no date (blank--copy one of two)
Box 7 Folder 1
Norfolk and Western Railway Company--photograph of steam engines
Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen records ,
1951-1972 .
Boxes 6-7
Extent: 2 boxes.
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen records, 1951-1972, contain correspondence, 1956-1961; Labor Relations Institute,
University of Louisville, program, 1968; United Transportation Union time books, 1970-1972; membership ledger, 1951-1969;
and cash book, 1956-1969.
Box 6 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1956-1961
Box 6 Folder 2
"University of Louisville, Learning While Earning, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen: Know Your Order and How It Works,
Labor Relations Institute, " 25-26 May 1956
Box 6 Folder 3
United Transportation Union Time Book, 1970-1971 (blank)
Box 6 Folder 4
United Transporation Union Time Book, 1971-1972
Box 7
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen ledger, 1951-1969
Box 7
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen cash book, 1956-1969
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