Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice blue and white china soup bowl by Greenwood China for the Hampton Casino in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This bowl is circa 1890s, and at that time the Casino was owned by the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway (E.E. & A...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1850s fixed globe lantern from Eastern Railroad, which ran between Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine starting in 183The "F.T." etched on the glass globe may stand for Fitchburg Terminal, which was incorporated...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful railroad engineer shaving mug showing a painted railway scene and the engineer's name: J. C. Stahl. The lip of the mug, handle and frame of the scene are detailed in gilt paint. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Railway Express Agency (REA) employee badge. REA was a conglomeration of smaller national express companies set up by the United States government in 1917, during World War I. The badge is round and is numbered 45819...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1904 United States Express Company commemorative medal for the company's 50th anniversary. The medal is round and reads UNITED STATES EXPRESS CO. 1854 SECURITY DISPATCH TRADE MARK and shows a winged chest flying beneath a horseshoe...