Railroad, Express, & Street Railway Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified 1930s pin, most likely for a transportation association. The letters FTA are at the top of the pin in Deco script, and could stand for Freight Transport Association, or something similar. The pin is gold-filled and shows...

ARTIFACT: This is a named circa World War I service medal issued to S.J. Coll, a employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, founded in 184The medal is shaped like a keystone (for the Keystone State") and was issued without a ribbon. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a distinctive insignia for the United States Army 2nd Military Railway Service, a unit that had less than one hundred men. The insignia shows a lion with an eagle's head and wings and the service's motto: PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA (through...

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...