HUGE Railroad Memorabilia Collection on American Pickers

The collection was owned by the late Brian Maiher and is now cared for by his wife Jill. I have been privileged to visit the collection a few times and my company has also been tasked with helping to sell parts of the collection starting on July 10th.

Only a limited number of people ever saw the collection while Brian was alive and I've been trying to explain to people just how amazing it is. The episode of Pickers finally shows the world the collection. While it is sad that Brian is gone, his collection will live on through his friends, the show, and the next group of collectors that will be entrusted to protect these items.

What's amazing about Brian's collection is that the show really did not even get into his outdoor collection or that he also collected fire department memorabilia. He had a train station on his property as well as full size freight cars.

I caught the tail end of the episode the other night. I was blown away by the little bit I saw. Very impressive to say the least.

Bob

I watched this on demand. Good grief, what a collection the guy had! Notice all those steam number plates literally lying on the ground? If they're all original, those are each worth well into 4-figures. There has to be millions of dollars worth of stuff there, just from what was shown (not counting the massive fire fighting collection he apparently has that didn't get mentioned).

Man, all those signal lanterns, there must have been hundreds of them! How about those PRR depot name plates? If they're original, what must those all be worth?