Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

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". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Embossed glass...

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 Boston and Maine Railroad. Two years later...

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 1850's for the Lexington/Danville Railroad as a...

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. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" diameter...

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 center features a five point star showing an angled...

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 Hudson Berkshire Railroad in New York via crossing 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 government in 1917, during World War I. The pin is in an...

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 black and white detail. The opposite corner reads:...

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 EXPRESS AGENCY". The Route Agent named on the business...

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. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: 9/16" in diameter...

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: "CHASE'S BROOKLINE EXPRESS". The top edge features a...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1918 Railway Express Agency Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card reads: "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY". The Route Agent named on the business card is: "E. B. SIMS" and the bottom reads: "ROUTE AGENT KANSAS CITY, MO...