Fred M. and Dale M. Springer Archives
Housing the archival records of the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum and the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society
The Fred M. and Dale M. Springer Archives houses the archival records of the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum and serves as the official repository for the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society. The archives cover local and railroad history. Railroad-related holdings include photographs, engineering and mechanical records, maps, drawings, timetables, employee magazines, etc. The Springer Archives has one of the largest collections of railroad mechanical drawings and the most complete set of Santa Fe employee timetables. Visitors also have access to 5000 books in the research library.
The Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum explores the history of the railroad and topics relating to regional and local history. The SR&MS is devoted to the preserving, studying, and sharing of information about all aspects of the history of the Santa Fe and about modeling its operations, equipment, and structures.
- Listing of local history collections
- Listing of major railroad history collections
- Types of materials relating to railroad history
The archives offers a series of digitized records available on CD:
- Order form with a list of available titles
- Descriptions of Santa Fe Splinters available on CD (see order form)
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We have started putting some of our collections online. The online collection is currently small, but we will be adding archival materials over the next several months.
