Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Boston & Maine Railroad glass globe, embossed with the letters: B & M. R.R. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: 5-1/2" tall - top diameter is 2-1/2" and the bottom is 3-1/2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s-1880s lantern from the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad. It is in the "brass top, bell bottom" style. In 1887, the Boston, Concord and Montreal became part of the...

ARTIFACT: Rare, early 1910's folk-art souvenir from High Bridge railroad bridge which crosses the Kentucky River Palisades in Jessamine County. Initial construction on the High Bridge began in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Railroad mail handler badge from Chicago Union Station, which was a large, independent mail handling center in Chicago. The badge reads C.U.S. 1589 MAIL...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1900 Pennsylvania RR (Penn'a. Lines or Pennsylvania Lines) Railroad police badge from the strike buster era. A great, shield shaped, hand-stamped badge with jaunty look. The...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare and early Western Railroad baggage tag. The Western Railroad was established as a means to link the Boston & Worcester (B&W) Railroad in Massachusetts to the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s Railway Express Agency (REA) Local Safety Committee member badge. REA was a conglomeration of smaller national express companies set up by the United States...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1920's Railway Express Agency Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card shows the company logo in the top corner in red ink and reads: "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY" in...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1930 Railway Express Agency Retired Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card features the company logo in the top corner in red ink, the center reads: "RAILWAY...

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold pin given to an employee with thirty-five years of service by American Express. The pin shows a globe and reads AMERICAN EXPRESS WORLD SERVICE 35 YEARS...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1870's - 1880's Chase's Brookline Express brass baggage check made by R. Woodman of Boston. The tag shows the #78 in the center with black painted detail and above it is stamped:...