Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1931 copy of the "Rules for the Government of the Operating Department" for Boston and Maine Railroad, a dominant New England railroad company dating from 183The pocket-sized book has some examples of blank forms, all regulations...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1927 hardcover copy of "The Principles of Railroad Transportation" by Emory R. Johnson, Ph.D.". Johnson was a professor on this topic at University of Pennsylvania and held various other academic posts. The book is...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1920's Mount Washington Railway Company (B & M RR) Travel Brochure issued by the Passenger Traffic Department and features the Mount Washington Cog Railway. The front displays a color image of the railway winding up through the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or World War II employee photo identification badge for the New York, New Haven & Hartford (N.Y., N.H. & H.) Railroad. The N.Y., N.H. & H operated from 1872 until 196The badge was issued to a worker at the company's...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully enameled souvenir badge from the 1927 American Railway Association (ARA) meeting held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This badge was for the Signal Appliance Association, a part of the Signal Section of the event, a very...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1920's – 1930's New York Central System railroad brakeman hat badge. The center of the nicely made silver-plated nickel hat badge features a blue enamel disc that reads: "NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM". Above the disc in raised...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare and unique 1930's Railroad Chief Special Agent Presentation Badge of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, also known as the 'Cotton Belt Route', this badge was presented to C. S. A. T. J. McCormack. The 'Cotton Belt' carried mostly...

ARTIFACT: 1920's – 1930's tool check fob for Bethlehem Steel's wholly owned railroad, the PB & NE RR. As the manufacturing market changed from iron to steel, Bethlehem Co. became the only company to survive the transition. As the market continued to...

ARTIFACT: This is a 14 karat gold 40 Years of Service pin given by Norfolk and Western Railway, a company existing from 1838-199The pin reads NORFOLK & WESTERN above a locomotive and reads VETERAN along the track. At bottom is a sapphire. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1910 Boston & Maine Railroad china dinner platter by Maddock China, Leominster, New Jersey (Trenton). The platter is oval shaped and reads: "BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD" along the top. The mark on the underside of the platter...

ARTIFACT: Great 1940's Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad Hiawatha streamlined engines promotional celluloid pin. The Railroad was also known as The Milwaukee Road and the fleet of Hiawatha streamlined engines passenger trains boasted some...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1875 Boston & Albany Railroad Company date stamped receipt. The receipt shows a nicely detailed locomotive in the upper corner and to the side reads: "BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY." and just below is dated:...