Working, fluted Christmas tree light bulbs. Betcha they're worth more than the CARS are! ;-)
Mitch
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Blue light specials?
Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:
Blue light specials?
Evidently so! ;-)
Mud Daubers seem to like them too.
Originally Posted by Johnsgg1:
Mud Daubers seem to like them too.
Commuting out to the suburbs with their fellow WASPs? ;-)
I particularly like when one is used in the headlight socket of a prewar electric loco. Even Rudolph couldn't match that look! 
Jim
Funny, but not all that surprising. Being an avid antique Christmas lighting collector, I have acquired tons of these C6 15v cone lamps (bulbs.) Introduce in the early 20th century, becoming obsolete by mid 1960s, they were the standard of their day. Plagued with the fact that outfits (strings) were necessarily wired in a series of eight, an expired lamp would break the circuit, and would frustrate the user by having to search for the culprit. Thus, the introduction of C7 120v lamps and outfits wired in parallel in the mid 30s. Wide spread C6 Lamp production continued to service demands until after the bubblelite craze ended with the invasion of Italian miniature sets. There's been a minor resurgence of production since recent demand for reproduction "vintage" Christmas decorations.
OK, probably more than anyone here cares to know. I would gladly trade two or more of these bulbs for the cars. I doubt that they would be missed from my stash of thousands.
That is so cool. You gotta leave them there! Priceless.
Originally Posted by Mill City:
Funny, but not all that surprising. Being an avid antique Christmas lighting collector, I have acquired tons of these C6 15v cone lamps (bulbs.) Introduce in the early 20th century, becoming obsolete by mid 1960s, they were the standard of their day. Plagued with the fact that outfits (strings) were necessarily wired in a series of eight, an expired lamp would break the circuit, and would frustrate the user by having to search for the culprit. Thus, the introduction of C7 120v lamps and outfits wired in parallel in the mid 30s. Wide spread C6 Lamp production continued to service demands until after the bubblelite craze ended with the invasion of Italian miniature sets. There's been a minor resurgence of production since recent demand for reproduction "vintage" Christmas decorations.
OK, probably more than anyone here cares to know. I would gladly trade two or more of these bulbs for the cars. I doubt that they would be missed from my stash of thousands.
Ha! I may hit you up for some spares, then, just in case of emergencies.
Interesting and informative! Thanks!
Originally Posted by Lee Willis:
That is so cool. You gotta leave them there! Priceless.
Oh, definitely. I'm even gonna look into getting some backups just in case...
Mitch
Mitch, Though probably not easily found in your neck of the woods, the Bay is usually thick with these lamps, especially around Christmastime. Depending on the variance, the cost should be around a buck each. Interestingly, blue is the most common color in this category, fallowed by red, then green, then yellow, lastly white. Pink was introduced in the 50s, go figure. Happy hunting.
Originally Posted by Mill City:
Mitch, Though probably not easily found in your neck of the woods, the Bay is usually thick with these lamps, especially around Christmastime. Depending on the variance, the cost should be around a buck each. Interestingly, blue is the most common color in this category, fallowed by red, then green, then yellow, lastly white. Pink was introduced in the 50s, go figure. Happy hunting.
Thenkew! I know of a flea market or two here in the Ozarks which have Xmas stuff year-round. Shall investigate! 
Mitch
I agree with Lee - leave them in place! It makes a great story and you can imagine the original owner installing them one Christmas Eve many years ago!
-Greg
-Greg
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
I agree with Lee - leave them in place! It makes a great story and you can imagine the original owner installing them one Christmas Eve many years ago!
-Greg
-Greg
Heck, I'm tempted to outfit ALL my prewar varnish with 'em! 
Mitch
Believe it or not,I actually found an old $20.00 bill inside of a pullman car!Paid for the cost of shipping!!I could not believe it,as I bought the cars off the bay,and usually the seller would have found the money!
I agree with everyone else,the lamps look great!!
Just thought I'd share my lost and found pullman story today!
Back when kids didn't have a lot of money for things, these bulbs were often "borrowed" from the Christmas decorations box. I used them in a couple of places in the 1960's when there was no train store for me to get to get bulbs from. I use white ones on the front of my 115 station to this very day. These bulbs show up frequently at train shows. I bought a dozen in York about a year ago.
