Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Railway & Locomotive Historical Society's Bruce Meulendyke Slides, MS 942, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

On loan from the Railway & Historical Society.

Biography

Bruce Meulendyke was born in 1920. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a veteran of World War II. He had a daughter with his first wife Ruth Chadsey. Bruce married second to Ethel (Chadsey) Leonard on April 10, 1971 at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He was employed at the Electric Boat Shipyard for 32 years until his retirement.

Scope and Contents

Slides taken by Bruce Meulendyke on his train trips in Europe and the United States between 1950 and 1996. Trips to Switzerland, Scandanavia, Britain, Germany as well as trips in the United States to Texas, Georgia, and San Francisco are documented here. They include images of locomotives, rolling stock, landscapes, rail signs and portraits of railroad employees.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by rail trip.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Photography of railroads
• Photography of railroads -- Texas
• Photography of railroads --Georgia
• Railroads -- Europe