Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a small 1930s Air Express lapel pin. Air Express was established in 1927 by Railway Express Agency. The pin is s petite wing with a red enameled diamond at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's Air Express lapel pin. Air Express was established in 1927 by Railway Express Agency. The pin is s petite wing with a red enameled diamond at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" x...

ARTIFACT: This is wonderful Sepia Tone 8x10 Photo taken of the all African American Pullman Orchestra in the 1920's. The photo depicts them in their decked-out Pullman Car during their Coast to Coast Tour. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's. SIZE: Approximately 8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1880's American Express Company brass padlock. There is no key for this lock. The American Express Company (AMEX Co) was originally an express mail business back when it was first founded in 1850. In 1857, the company made its...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s box for the hopper car from a Varney model railway kit. Varney was a very popular model manufacturer between 1936 and 1960, and an early advocate of building models in HO gauge. The box even has a small bit of vintage...

ARTIFACT: This is an Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway advertising sign for bus service from the early 1950s. As transportation modes progressed, streetcar lines were slowly replaced with bus routes. The sign is aluminum painted in a bold orange, blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950's bullion trainman hat badge for the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ, or Balgarski Darzhavni Zheleznitsi), in operation since 188The central device of the badge is the side view of a railroad car wheel. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 14 karat gold pin that was given to an employee with 50 years of service by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (N.Y., N.H. & H.). The N.Y., N.H. & H. operated from 1872 until 196The pin's design shows a winged...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s badge for the Union Pacific Railroad Superintendent of Telegraph. Union Pacific, now the largest railroad in the United States, has been around in one form or another since 1862. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railway director five years of service pin in 14 karat gold. MKT began in 1870 and was affectionately called the "Katy" for short. The pin is in red, white and blue enamel and has a...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1910s railroad car lock from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (N.Y., N.H. & H.). The N.Y., N.H. & H operated from 1872 until 196The lock is in cast iron with a brass keyhole cover with a star...

ARTIFACT: This is a great postal cover dated March 2, 1898 from Sunset, Colorado, a ghost town in Four Mile Canyon near Boulder. The letter that was once inside the cover was addressed to Miss Lucy Sherwin of Denver and shows four inked date and place...