Transportation Related Artifacts & Collectibles

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...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful and extremely rare circa 1900 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Electric Railway Conductor hat badge numbered 2The convex, brass hat badge reads: "CONDUCTOR PORTSMOUTH ELECTRIC RY" and shows the number: "21" in the center, the lettering and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s-1980s 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1931 copy of the "Rules for the Government of the Operating Department" for Boston and Maine Railroad, a dominant New England railroad company dating from 183The pocket-sized book has some examples of blank forms, all regulations...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare and unique 1930's Railroad Chief Special Agent Presentation Badge of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, also known as the 'Cotton Belt Route', this badge was presented to C. S. A. T. J. McCormack. The 'Cotton Belt' carried mostly...

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: 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 a circa late 1930s Railway Express Agency (REA) Local Safety Committee member badge. REA was a conglomeration of smaller national express companies set up by the United States government in 1917, during World War I. The pin is in an...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1930 Railway Express Agency Retired Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card features the company logo in the top corner in red ink, the center reads: "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY". The Route Agent named on the business...

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold pin given to an employee with thirty-five years of service by American Express. The pin shows a globe and reads AMERICAN EXPRESS WORLD SERVICE 35 YEARS. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: 9/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a 125th Anniversary Wells Fargo Agent" commemorative "belt buckle from 197It is made of brass.  VINTAGE: Circa 1977. SIZE: About 2-11/16" in length by 2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass with patinated details...