Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a badge for the Boston and Maine Railroad's "Snow Train", which operated from 1931-1971 during the winter to bring adventurers from Massachusetts to slopes and villages in Vermont and New Hampshire. The badge shows a man cross-country...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous, heavy and huge circa 1930s engine nose plaque for the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Started in 1830, the B&O was an effort by the port city of Baltimore to open up routes to the west rivaling the Erie Canal. The B&O...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 Railway Express Agency Police badge #27. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated nickel with painted details. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a C, St. P, M, & O Railway Special Police 6-Point Star Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-7/8" in width by 2-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated brass with painted detail. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one piece...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1890s Cedar Rapids, Iowa Railroad Police 5-point star badge #12. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: About 2-5/8" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted details. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Saint Louis Ð San Francisco Railroad ("Frisco Lines") employee badge. The badge is a simple oval and is engraved with the words ST L. Ð S. F. R.R. STATION MAIL EMPLOYEE. VINTAGE: Circa 1916. SIZE: 1-3/16" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare Pennsylvania County Railroad Special Police "Strike Buster" brass 6-point star badge. VINTAGE: Circa early 1900s. SIZE: About 2-5/8" in width by 3" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass with painted detail...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered 1920s Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) Railroad police badge. Started in 1830, the B&O was an effort by the port city of Baltimore to open up routes to the west rivaling the Erie Canal. The B&O eventually also ran from Baltimore to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or 1940s Pennsylvania Railroad Company railway police sergeant badge #4025. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s. SIZE: About 2-1/4" in width by 2-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1890s New York, New Haven & Hartford (N.Y., N.H. & H.) Railroad police badge. The N.Y., N.H. & H operated from 1872 until 196The shield-shaped badge has a finely etched border and a maker mark on reverse from the American...

ARTIFACT: This is very rare Chicago Railroad Police Commission sergeant badge. The badge reads THE CHICAGO RAILROAD POLICE COMMISSION SERGEANT 18 and shows the State of Illinois seal at center and an eagle at top. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s "stock" Special Police badge as used in Baltimore, Maryland railroad yards. This badge is a six-pointed star and is in excellent condition. The pin on reverse has a rectangular saddle. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...