The Lucius M. Beebe & Charles M. Clegg, Jr. Collection
Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were California writers, photographers and public personalities who photographed and wrote about railroads throughout California and North America. Together, they helped vitalize the railfan movement in North America and are considered to be pioneers of railroad photography. Charles's sister, Ann Clegg Holloway, gifted a collection of Beebe and Clegg’s photographs and papers to the California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives.
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Boarding rail car
BC 3322Two Native American women with infant board the Galloping Goose near Vance Junction on the Rio Grande Southern. Photographed by Charles Clegg. October 1956.
Galloping Goose No. 3
BC 3069Two women and a man with Galloping Goose No. 3 on the Rio Grande Southern. October 1945.
Car at station
BC 2142Rail car at a Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad station. Photographed by Charles Clegg. Unknown date.
Station
BC 2716Silverton station on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Photographed by Charles Clegg. October 1945.
Men on top of car 3063
BC 3264Two brakemen on top of narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western box car 3063, tightening the hand brake with a brake club. Unknown date.
Track workers
BC 2959Railroad workers building track on the Manchester & Oneida Railway. Photographed by Charles Clegg. July 1946.
Conductor in a way car
BC 1196A conductor from the Carson & Colorado Railway, later known as the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge, inside a way car. Photographed by Charles Clegg. June 1946.
Passenger Train
BC 2094Passenger train on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Unknown date.