Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Late 1970's New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) hard hat for Power Infrastructure Employee in excellent condition. The white hard hat features the NYC MTA emblem on either side. The adhesive disc is silver with a large...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's – 1940's New York City Transit System Employee Badge. The center of the round badge features the number: "2240" and surrounding it reads: "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM" in black painted detail with a black ring...

ARTIFACT: 1920's-30's Boston Metropolitan (Metro) Transit Authority Street Railway Police Badge #56The Boston Elevated Railway started replacing rail vehicles with buses in 1922, a process later dubbed "bustitution". The last Middlesex and...

ARTIFACT: Rare late 1930's Reading Company Railway police badge #'d 5The nicely detailed badge shows a streamlined "Crusader" engine at center with an armored knight whose arm and sword point in the direction the train is heading and seems to...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1905 – 1910 Denver Public Tramway Company employee badge. The triangular shaped badge features a disc that shows a tramway car with the letter: "D" stamped in the center and surrounding it reads: "FOR THE GOOD OF...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900's - 1910's trolley man hat badge from "The City Transit Co" of Dayton, Ohio. The oval shaped, enameled badge is slightly convex and shows the number: "795" in the center and above reads: "THE CITY TRANSIT CO." all in white detail...

ARTIFACT: This is a small but clear circa 1900 cabinet photograph of a Connecticut Railway & Lighting Company (CT. RY. & LTG. CO.) streetcar motor man in uniform. He is wearing a hat badge numbered 4This photograph is possibly from Bridgeport,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900s or 1910s Union Railway Company (URCo) of St. Joseph, Missouri street railway trolley wire superintendent badge. St. Joseph was a huge railway hub, and its first street trolley was operational by 188The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s badge for the street railway motorman division of The City Railway Company of Dayton, Ohio. Dayton was one of the first American cities to use electricity to power transportation, beginning in 188The badge is numbered 3...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Wheeling Traction Company Conductor badge. The shield shaped, black celluloid badge reads: "CONDUCTOR 258 WHEELING TR. CO." in white detail. The reverse reads: "HEEREN BROS. & CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. W.C. PATENTED" and...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910's – 1920's Wheeling Traction System (street railway) employee badge. The oval shaped badge reads: "WHEELING TRACTION SYSTEM EMPLOYEE" in black painted detail and the center shows the number: "719". The...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous Portsmouth Electric Railway conductor hat, badge, key ring and ticket puncher. The PER served the Portsmouth areas from 1899 through 192The hat is a dark blue wool and has a large brass plate on the front that reads CONDUCTOR...