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.
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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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To find the photos below in our catalog, just search by its filing number (e.g. BC 3322).
BC 3322
Boarding Rail Car
Two Native American women with infant board the Galloping Goose near Vance Junction on the Rio Grande Southern. Photographed by Charles Clegg. October 1956.
BC 3069
Galloping Goose No. 3
Two women and a man with Galloping Goose No. 3 on the Rio Grande Southern. October 1945.
BC 2142
Car at Station
Rail car at a Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad station. Photographed by Charles Clegg. Unknown date.
BC 2716
Station
Silverton station on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Photographed by Charles Clegg. October 1945.
BC 2959
Track Workers
Railroad workers building track on the Manchester & Oneida Railway. Photographed by Charles Clegg. July 1946.
BC 2094
Passenger Train
Passenger train on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Unknown date.
BC 1196
Conductor in a Way Car
A conductor from the Carson & Colorado Railway, later known as the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge, inside a way car. Photographed by Charles Clegg. June 1946.
BC 3264
Men on Top of Car 3063
Two brakemen on top of narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western box car 3063, tightening the hand brake with a brake club. Unknown date.
