Let's See Your Railroadiana

A NYCS Lantern.





Except I don't have it yet ... it's my Christmas present from my parents this year. I picked it out when we were in Pennsylvania this past April.

Jake,

That's a long wait for a Christmas present. At least you know it's going to be a cool gift.

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Originally posted by NJCJOE:
Jake,

That's a long wait for a Christmas present. At least you know it's going to be a cool gift.

Yes, it'll be worth it though. I've been wanting a RR lantern for awhile now and didn't have the money to buy it at the time, so my parents agreed to get it as a Christmas present.

I've had the luxury of my grandfather, Mario Sr., that worked for the Central and retired in 1965, and gave me a distinguished list before he died:

- Original 1940 blueprints for the Utica, NY yard and Union Station tracks, from Nail Creek through Utica to the West Shore crossover in Schuyler, NY.

- Several NYCS and NYC&HR lanterns with clear and colored glass.

- Switch lock and key

- Mercury & 20th Century place settings

- Wide brimmed hardhat

- Countless numbers of paperwork, timetables and switchlists

By far, the most valuable piece is the blueprints. Their almost 20' long and has evey detail of what "used to be"... 26 yeard tracks, 4 mainlines, automobile unloading facilities, freight house, locomotive facility and 3 turntables / roundhouses!

That's neat knowing where the items came from. I have some early blueprints also. They are fascinating pieces of history.

Here are a few more signs.

Joe,

That's a mighty impressive collection.

I was lucky enough to make the acquaintence with a gentleman with the most unbelievable collection of cast iron railroadaina. He is a huge DT&I fan and even has a real DT&I caboose. He has everything cast iron the DT&I ever had.....very cool.

Here's my meager items.

My garden shed


Here's my Western RR signal bell


I hope one day to build a replica station or interlocking tower and fill it with some railroadiana.

Brian B.

Very cool Brian. I like the garden railway. G scale?

Harvey, you done flushed a whole covey of 'um!!

This count?? A match safe of my great grandfathers. He was an engineer on the B&O RR. Any info would be great!

AMCDave,

Absolutely that counts, but I don't have any information about it. Thanks for posting.

Joe,

Noticed the For Sale sign on your neighbors house. Might it have something to do with the way you chose to decorate your yard?

joe,

come across any DL&W stuff yet.

No, my neighbors are not moving because of me......at least I don't think so.

Nothing DL&W yet Pete.

Hi there, you have quite the collection! Joe, or anyone else.... do you ever come across any Canadian stuff?? I have a big collection of Canadian related railroadiana, which include a Northern Alberta Railway speeder, lantern, locks and switch stand, CPR and CNR semaphores, some CNR and CPR number boards, and my growing collection of diesel builders plates from BC Rail, CN Rail, and CP Rail. If anyone comes across any other builders plates from Canadian roads, please let me know! I have some US roads I'd consider trading..... Thanks gentlemen..... Corey

Corey,

 

Canadian railroadiana shows up every once in a while. I haven't seen anything earth shattering lately but I'll keep you in mind.

 

Here is an updated railroadiana thread.

 

https://ogrforum.com/t...ur-collection?page=1

Thank you very much! I appreciate it..... I'll have to put up some pics here shortly!

A few L&N steam number plates I have. The headlight is from IC 2448, a Mountain type. I bought it at Paducah in 1961 for $ 20.00. It's all original, never re-painted and it works. There are more items but too much to show here.