Railroadiana Items In Your Collection

I was going through some older pictures and found these.

 

A B&O bell that I restored for a friend of mine.

 

 

A PRR bell that was originally on an Atlantic and then used on a B6.

 

 

A 1 track sign.

 

 

The restoration process of my PRR sign from the tugboat the Bloxom.

 

Thanks for reviving this thread and sharing your items with us.

 

Here's another Pennsylvania timetable. This is a Form 79 dated March 13, 1921 and also features an image of New York Penn Station on its cover. Clearly, the company was justifiably proud of its magnificent station in New York City.

 

Note the Pennsylvania System lettering within the keystone versus the later "PRR" on the 1922 timetable pictured above. Also, this timetable is lettered for the Eastern Region under the larger "Pennsylvania System" banner. 

 

Bob

As seen by my previous posts, I'm particularly interested in paper items so I present for your consideration a New York Central & Hudson River passenger timetable dated 1893. Of course, this was well before electrification, GCT and the Hudsons and other such things so closely associated with the NYC. In fact, 4-4-0 999 was built at the West Albany Shops during the same year this timetable was issued so the 999 and its contemporaries were the latest and greatest in passenger power at the time.

   

 

The drawing of the old Grand Central Station on the cover is quite spectacular.

 

When you think about the incredible age of some of these items, it's quite thrilling and humbling to have the opportunity to be their current caretaker and hold them with your own hands.

 

Bob 

Some nice early timetables. Thank you for sharing.

A few of my items.

Here's the Summer 1904 timetable for the Western Division of the NYC&HR. The railroad's Western Division was composed of the territory beginning at Syracuse moving west to the Niagara Falls area. Also shown in this timetable are times for connecting services to and from New York City, assorted Canadian points and the Midwest.

    

 

Bob

Penn Central Timetables, Switch lamps, Conrail/NS/CSX Roadway Worker Safety books, Book of Rules, MW4, Original Drawings on Linen.

This is my favorite.

 

 

 

Cesar

Great collections! I really liked all the lanterns!

 

I have a few pieces. First one is a Griffin 33" train wheel display that I need to refinish. also have a Clawbar that's stamped AT&SF RR.

 

Just a few items from the other side of the pond.  Railroadiana from Germany. Thanks for looking, Bruce

 Well, I do have a set of manuals for the N&W 2300....

 

 

The crew-call whistle is around here, somewhere. I'll find it again some day.

 

Gilly

 

PRR oil can circa 1940. Gift from my son.  I rigged it up as a huge smoke fluid unit to fill my engines. Pretty funny when in use for new comers. 

Pictured here is PRR Form 5 New York-Philadelphia timetable effective June 11, 1905. As this timetable predates the completion of New York Pennsylvania Station by several years, it shows three Manhattan station stops: West 23rd, Desbrosses and Cortlandt Streets. Brooklyn is included as well. Philadelphia stations listed are Broad Street, West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia.

 

Bob

  

I have a old trolley marker light, ticket punch and a few old schedules,thats about it.

Pennsylvania Railroad mirror. Never could find a whole lot of information about it. Saw some like it, but smaller and different font online but never exactly the same. But it looks good in my living room.



Then I have this RR crossing sign, from Pennsylvania, back before PENNDOT

It's cocktail hour so here we have a wine and beverage list from the 20th Century Limited. It's interesting to note some of the prices such as $1.10 for a Manhattan and $1.25 for a brandy.

 

Bob

 

Do you own the station?

I started collecting cast iron signs a while ago, here is one of my favorites..

 

 

This is the oldest item in my collection. It is an Erie Railway timetable issued in 1874. Note the company's promotion of its broad gauge double track line on the timetable's cover.

  

Bob

There are several organizations dedicated to serving the needs of collectors of various types of railroadiana. Below are links to the websites of some of these groups:

 

Railroadiana Collectors Association:

 

http://railroadcollectors.org/

 

Key, Lock and Lantern:

 

http://www.klnl.org/

 

National Association of Timetable Collectors:

 

http://naotc.org/

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

Good point Bob. Those are fine organizations.

Not sure if this Manual is rare, but, I like it!





Interesting Thread..
Thanks for all the Great Railroadiana Pictures Everyone!!

K.C.

A timely thread. I have long held that Railroadiana, for supplemental income, is the future of train meets/shows ... and that includes E.D.'s biannual York meet. The Red & White buildings ... open to the public for a reduced (non TCA) fee would be a very good start.

 

Either the ED does for Railroadiana what they have done for 3rd rail or some one else will! ... 

 

 

Here's the New Haven's 1933 Annual Report:

 

Annual reports are a treasure trove of information, providing insight regarding the operating and financial strategies of individual carriers. Reviewing their bibliographies, many of the most respected railroad histories published over the years have relied heavily upon annual reports as their primary sources of accurate and factual information.

 

Bob  

 

Madison,

 

It depends on what sign you have. There are two versions of that sign. Most of these signs came from the PRR and look like this.

 

 

 

Mine is the other version and looks like this. I was told it came off a trolley line near Philadelphia.

 

 

 

There are two ways to tell the difference. First is the lettering style and spacing. The other is that on the PRR sign, there are two holes near the bottom. This was for a strap bracket that was mounted on the back of the sign which went around the pole for additional support. All PRR signs were painted white and black.

Here we have a desirable item. This is Reading Form T.T. 4 for the Trenton and New York Branches effective December 12, 1937. What makes this specific timetable particularly appealing is this is the edition which introduced the streamlined Crusader to the riding public. In fact, the new train entered regular service between Philadelphia and Jersey City the next day. Understandably, the railroad was quite certain to tout the new service rather prominently on the cover of the timetable.

  

Bob

Bob,

 

That is a nice timetable.

Hi, Joe.

 

Thanks very much. It's a nice piece to have since it coincided with the launch of the Crusader.

 

Here's a subsequent issue of RDG Form T.T. 4 from two years later. The artwork has changed but the Crusader is still prominently featured:

  

 

Bob   

I like that one too. I always like the Crusader. I do have two Jersey Central timetables that are neat, one marked on the front for The Blue Comet and the other for The Bullet.

This was my great grandfather's.  It's a match carrier that I think was a give wawy with Headlight Overalls. But I have never been able to find any more info. Anyone???

Hi, Dave.

 

I believe you're correct about the lighter being issued by Headlight either as a give away or separate sale item. It certainly appears to be promotional in nature.

 

Here are several images of Headlight Overalls memorabilia I found on the web:

 

 

I had never seen one of these lighters until you posted the pictures of yours. Thanks for sharing.

 

Bob

Headlight Overalls did use many types of advertising media but that's the first match safe I have ever seen. Very neat item Dave.

I have some New York Central paper type items and other things which were passed to me by my father who was the District Claim Agent for the NYC.  I would love to get some more information on some of this 'stuff'.

 

I noted with interest that Bob (CNJ 3676) and Joe (NJCJOE) seem to have a wealth of information and interest in similar things...  My email address is in my profile - please contact me!!!

 

Best,

Dave

Hi, Dave.

 

I'll shoot you an e-mail. I'm always happy to talk railroading.

 

An additional note regarding Headlight Overalls: I checked for additional images and located more advertising material, one of which features one of the UP's diesel streamliners and the second several young model railroaders at play dressed just like their heroes running the real thing. Great stuff; I'll have to start looking for some of it at train shows.

 

Bob

  

NYO&W Employee Timetable Number 75 effective April 25, 1954:

 

 

Bob

I have a couple of Armspear Spheroidal bridge/Pier lamps.  One, a swing bridge top lamp identical to the marker lamp seen here except for the marine style of bail (handle) and without the clasp marker mounting bracket.  It also has the added (and therefore removable) blinders that reduce the visible segment of the lenses from 90 degrees to 60 degrees as were also found when these had switch lamp bases riveted on to the bottom of this type of lamp.  The other is an all aluminum cast electric pier lamp made in the 1930's or 40's.  This type of lamp was made from the late teens until at least the mid 1930's.

 

Google images: "Dewey defeats Truman" and you'll see the famous photos of president Truman holding the newspaper with the incorrect outcome of his presidential election while standing on the rear of the OFFICIAL Presidential observation car AND NOTICE THOSE MARKER LAMPS!!!    Paul

This tread reminded me that I have a few Torpedo cases, one or two actually have torpedoes.

Without even trying I have accumulated a lot of railroad paper. Schedules, maps, metro cards, etc., from Amtrak, Septa, NYC, Metro, MARC and so on. 

 

Probably fills two copy paper boxes. The funny part is I do not look for this stuff, it just seems to find me.

 

 

Sean