Railroad Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: 1920's – 1930's tool check fob for Bethlehem Steel's wholly owned railroad, the PB & NE RR. As the manufacturing market changed from iron to steel, Bethlehem Co. became the only company to survive the transition. As the market continued to...

ARTIFACT: This is a 14 karat gold 40 Years of Service pin given by Norfolk and Western Railway, a company existing from 1838-199The pin reads NORFOLK & WESTERN above a locomotive and reads VETERAN along the track. At bottom is a sapphire. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1910 Boston & Maine Railroad china dinner platter by Maddock China, Leominster, New Jersey (Trenton). The platter is oval shaped and reads: "BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD" along the top. The mark on the underside of the platter...

ARTIFACT: Great 1940's Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad Hiawatha streamlined engines promotional celluloid pin. The Railroad was also known as The Milwaukee Road and the fleet of Hiawatha streamlined engines passenger trains boasted some...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1875 Boston & Albany Railroad Company date stamped receipt. The receipt shows a nicely detailed locomotive in the upper corner and to the side reads: "BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY." and just below is dated:...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Boston & Maine Railroad glass globe, embossed with the letters: B & M. R.R. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: 5-1/2" tall - top diameter is 2-1/2" and the bottom is 3-1/2". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Embossed glass...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s-1880s lantern from the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad. It is in the "brass top, bell bottom" style. In 1887, the Boston, Concord and Montreal became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Two years later...

ARTIFACT: Rare, early 1910's folk-art souvenir from High Bridge railroad bridge which crosses the Kentucky River Palisades in Jessamine County. Initial construction on the High Bridge began in the 1850's for the Lexington/Danville Railroad as a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Railroad mail handler badge from Chicago Union Station, which was a large, independent mail handling center in Chicago. The badge reads C.U.S. 1589 MAIL. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" diameter...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1900 Pennsylvania RR (Penn'a. Lines or Pennsylvania Lines) Railroad police badge from the strike buster era. A great, shield shaped, hand-stamped badge with jaunty look. The center features a five point star showing an angled...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare and early Western Railroad baggage tag. The Western Railroad was established as a means to link the Boston & Worcester (B&W) Railroad in Massachusetts to the Hudson Berkshire Railroad in New York via crossing the...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1870's - 1880's Chase's Brookline Express brass baggage check made by R. Woodman of Boston. The tag shows the #78 in the center with black painted detail and above it is stamped: "CHASE'S BROOKLINE EXPRESS". The top edge features a...