Railroadiana Items In Your Collection

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I had a few PRR calender's.  All of my trains are gone, but I still have the calender's.

Nice looking stuff guys.  I did add a Dressel switch lantern to my collection, its in pieces right now, awaiting funds to replace the missing lenses.  I really want a steam engine oscilating Mars light (like on NKP Berkshires ect) one of these days.  Could care less about a standard headlight, I want the flashing Mars light.      Mike the Aspie

p51 posted:

NJCJOE posted:

 

These were white originally? I've seen repros and supposed originals, but they're all yellow when they're painted. Maybe that's due to what we think of crossing signs today (as stop signs were yellow for many years but many don't know that).

Here is a copy of the PRR standard drawing for these signs. Right above the title block it states that the sign shall be painted black on white.

Looks great, Joe! What's going on in that huge new basement?

John

NJCJOE posted:

p51 posted:

NJCJOE posted:

 

These were white originally? I've seen repros and supposed originals, but they're all yellow when they're painted. Maybe that's due to what we think of crossing signs today (as stop signs were yellow for many years but many don't know that).

Here is a copy of the PRR standard drawing for these signs. Right above the title block it states that the sign shall be painted black on white.

Thanks for the info! I assumed it might have been different back in the day (like for example as stop signs were yellow and not red for many years), good to know how they're really supposed to look.

I espically like to collect beacons from the top of locomotives.  Looking for the strobe off a DM&IR SD9/18, Amtrak strobe ect.   If anybody comes across one that needs a home, I have a nice shelf looking for them.  

BlueComet400 posted:

Looks great, Joe! What's going on in that huge new basement?

 

John

Nothing yet. The basement still needs to be finished. It's probably going to take a couple of years before I can get to serious work down there. Plenty to do in the meantime.

Bill DeBrooke posted:

The information that came with this light said it was 'South Shore Line, Chicago'.

Looks like it!

It is pretty neat when you can identify an item from an exact location or piece of equipment, like the headlight above.

Here is my Erie Lackawanna headlight and the MU it came off of.

PRSL station sign.

A couple of NS blankets.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Picked up a Seaboard Air Line Railway police badge.

I managed to get one of these reproduction 42" high animated displays years ago. The lantern lights, and his arm swings, via a D battery.

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

Bill DeBrooke posted:

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

It's an early Legacy Bluetooth prototype 

  Good luck finding the right monitor cord to use it  

I have this French (SNCF) conductors lamp. It can show red or white, by turning the knob at the front, and is powered by a large battery with the switch at the top.

Regards

Fred

Just got this, a unit photo of a railway operating unit, from 1943

Camp Jesse Turner, Arkansas

Company C, 748th railway operating battalion. The unit was sponsored by and manned to a great deal by the Texas & Pacific RR.

p51 posted:

Just got this, a unit photo of a railway operating unit, from 1943

Camp Jesse Turner, Arkansas

Company C, 748th railway operating battalion. The unit was sponsored by and manned to a great deal by the Texas & Pacific RR.

awesome!  never knew there was such a unit

Garrett76 posted:

p51 posted:

Just got this, a unit photo of a railway operating unit, from 1943

Camp Jesse Turner, Arkansas

Company C, 748th railway operating battalion. The unit was sponsored by and manned to a great deal by the Texas & Pacific RR.

awesome!  never knew there was such a unit

There were several RR Operating Battalions (ROBs) in WW2, falling under the Military Railway Service.

Most went to run trains in Europe or the Pacific. Many of these men were railroaders already and just swapped their denims for wool or HBT fatigues and handed rifles and helmets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..._%28United_States%29

Bill DeBrooke posted:

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

I came across the case that held this item.  His address is listed as Kansas City, Mo.  I suspect he worked for the katy.

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

I came across the case that held this item.  His address is listed as Kansas City, Mo.  I suspect he worked for the katy.

I think it is a morse tape printer.  A search of those terms reveals images with similar mechanical internals- the motor, linkages, mechanical keyboard, etc.  Are there any holes on the sides where additional items could be connected?

Garrett76 posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

I came across the case that held this item.  His address is listed as Kansas City, Mo.  I suspect he worked for the katy.

I think it is a morse tape printer.  A search of those terms reveals images with similar mechanical internals- the motor, linkages, mechanical keyboard, etc.  Are there any holes on the sides where additional items could be connected?

I don't believe it is a printer.  There is no tape and no apparent place for tape.  I believe typing converts to Morse Code.  I don't really see how it could receive the same.  But, I could be wrong.

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Garrett76 posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

I came across the case that held this item.  His address is listed as Kansas City, Mo.  I suspect he worked for the katy.

I think it is a morse tape printer.  A search of those terms reveals images with similar mechanical internals- the motor, linkages, mechanical keyboard, etc.  Are there any holes on the sides where additional items could be connected?

I believe typing converts to Morse Code.  I don't really see how it could receive the same.  But, I could be wrong.

Youre right. Several machines were made to do this from the 40s to the 60s. The Codetyper was the best known.

I've never before seen one with such early keys, though.

This is a Southern Railway wall lamp I picked up at an antique shop.  Not sure when or where it would have originally been used.

jstraw124 posted:

This is a Southern Railway wall lamp I picked up at an antique shop.  Not sure when or where it would have originally been used.

The name, 'Southern Railway Co.', was created in 1894.  Sometime after that I presume.

p51 posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Garrett76 posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

I have had this piece for some time.  I think I know what it is but any thoughts would be appreciated.  There are no markings to indicate road or manufacturer.  The name Bud Ely who I assume it belonged to is on the inside.

I came across the case that held this item.  His address is listed as Kansas City, Mo.  I suspect he worked for the katy.

I think it is a morse tape printer.  A search of those terms reveals images with similar mechanical internals- the motor, linkages, mechanical keyboard, etc.  Are there any holes on the sides where additional items could be connected?

I believe typing converts to Morse Code.  I don't really see how it could receive the same.  But, I could be wrong.

Youre right. Several machines were made to do this from the 40s to the 60s. The Codetyper was the best known.

I've never before seen one with such early keys, though.

I think it's an early portable teletype sender (vs sender & receiver/printer in one unit)  As noted they used Morse code which eventually became converted "automatically" to a printed tape of words pasted onto a telegraph sheet where previously it was decoded and typed by hand.  There are a few versions but it didn't come into existence as a funtuonal idea until the early 1900s nor regular use until the 1920s.  There were only about a half dozen makers of these early machines; I think a telegraph equipment site might be the place to begin a good search.

Anybody have anything new?

Here is an Erie caboose lamp I picked up a few months ago.

I want this:

A GG1 horn.  Leslie 200. Off of GG1 4810:  

My Grandad's PRR railroad lantern:

He was a Telegraph  Operator on the Pennsy:

This photo taken by his brother in his tower, c. 1910

Ensley Tower near Dents Run, Pa.

Lew

moed321 posted:

I want this:

 

Where did you see that?

This showed up today.

Big Jim posted:

This showed up today.

No photos but I have the Thunder on Blue Ridge lp.

Picked up this interesting little booklet at an estate sale last weekend - only $5.00.

This one showed up Monday.

I have no idea why they put it on there, but, the last track says it is a cab ride inside a Niagara. What a disappointment that track was! That makes two Niagara recorded tracks that I have that were disappointments!

Here is my 1965 EMD builder's plate, and a Paul Strang photo of the locomotive it was mounted on, Rock Island GP35 #309. The plates were mounted on the cab sill directly under the locomotive's unit number.

Gage to check wheels to comply with Interchange Rule 41.1.c

Passenger car repair track foreman's keys

From 7811 which was built for the Santa Fe and later ran with AMTRAK.

John in Lansing, ILL

Now if I only knew what these came off of?

My D&RGW Timetables. I am missing '61.

We rode the Royal Gorge in '60, '61, '62, '63 and '64. The train was truncated in '65 losing the Dome and ending the run in Salida so we skipped it.

Tin the 1960 Timetable there is a "90" notation in my Dad's handwriting in the margin between Grand Junction and Fruita. That meant, of course, 90mph.

Lew

CRR of NJ bell bottom lantern with a clear cast globe.

NJCJOE posted:

moed321 posted:

I want this:

 

Where did you see that?

I watch for PRR items on ebay and review completed auctions and saw this had sold as a BIN and I missed it.