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Real Photo Postcard. A unique view. At least 8 foot of snow piled on each side of a train track. makes me glad I live in the south. A very unusual post card. Bottom left corner has about 1/8 of an inch torn off. Light soiling, some corner and edge wear. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
$8.00 item #1158
Snapshot photograph 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Says on the back "Smallest Public
Railway in the world. 15" gauge track. Runs between Heythe & Dungeness
in Kent, England. Speed Approx. 45 miles per hour. Light soiling on back,
slight corner and edge wear. $9,50 item #1516
1913 Union Railroad Station St Louis MO. Wonderful night time view of the Union
Station. Sent from St. Louis January 30, 1913. PSC Co. Notice the horse and
buggies, the trolley cars, and the clock tower. Some soiling, edge and corner
wear. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $5.50 item #hh017
Reproduction Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Private Police
Detective Badge. Heavy, well made badge. 2 x 2 inches. I bought this badge with
a real Game Warden's badge, at the time I was pretty sure this badge was a fake.
After doing a bit of research I am 99% sure it is a reproduction. $25.00 item
#2037
"The Limited Passing Through the Orange Groves" Probably California.
Early card. Newman Postcard Company, San Francisco. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Light
soiling, corner and edge wear. $6.00 item #3047
Incredible children's pencil box from a railroad. 20th Century Limited,
New York Central System. The Water Level Route , The World's Ace of Trains.
Paper box, Some pencils, ruler, inspection slip, protractor, Crayons, eraser. I
am not sure how much of this came with the box. In a drawer in the bottom is a
map of America, I guess so you could color it. Map is in excellent condition,
box shows just slight wear, mostly on edges, and light soiling. Box is 5 1/2 x
10 closed. Map is 10 x 14 inches. Streamliner steam train. Early. $69.50 item
#4272
1908 High Lever Railroad Bridge Conneaut Ohio. Two postcards. One dated 1908, the other undated, but from the same era. Two different views of this unusual railroad and road bridge from Conneaut Ohio. The card in the first photo has writing, and was sent from Conneaut June 13, 1908. The other card is unsent. Some soiling, corner and edge wear. Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
$9.50 item #ooo8
"Twentieth Century Limited Leaving Chicago" early postcard. Unsent,
but does have some soiling, edge and corner wear, creases on the corners, and a
couple of small tears. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Description of the train on the
back. $5.50 item #4861
Two Santa Fe Streamliner railroad postcards. The first in Crozier Canyon,
Arizona, the second Johnson's Canyon. Linen. Both unsent, Fred Harvey postcards.
Some soiling, light corner and edge wear, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $11.50 item
#4862
Union Station, Lakeland Florida. Earlier unsent postcard. Light soiling, corner
and edge wear. Asheville Postcard Company. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $11.50 item
#4864
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, Unsent, early, postcard. Some
soiling, edge and corner wear. Creases across bottom.3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches $6.50
item #4866
1906 Union Station, Baltimore, MD. postcard. Sent from Baltimore, December 10,
1906. Undivided back. Writing on bottom, light soiling, light postmark ink on
front. Edge and corner wear. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $9.50 item #4867
"Double Deck Car, Pittsburgh, PA. Largest in the world, seats 110
people" postcard. Dated in handwriting on the back Feb. 11. 1917. A very
unusual car. P.R. Co. This car to Schenley and Highland Park. Crease on right
side, some soiling, edge and corner wear. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $9.50 item #4869
"Ride the Turbo! Amtrak 1975" pinback button. Lithographed. Light
scratches, a couple of spots of wear on the rim. 1 3/4 inches. $7.00 item #4944
Trains Around The World 1972 Octopus books, London. No dust jacket, light
soiling. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. 162 pages. $19.00 item #5024
Brochure encouraging companies to produce calendars during WW II to keep their
name alive with consumers while they were doing war production work. Opening it
up it shows the 1942 art for the Pennsylvania Railroad calendar. Opens to 22 x
14 inches. Folded 11 x 7 inches. Military production pictures on the outside.
The PA railroad print would be nice framed, even with the fold lines. Light wear
on corners and edges, light soiling. $12.50 item #5038
Reprint from the April 20th Liberty magazine, "There's Romance in
Railroads" 8 pages. Some soiling and yellowing. 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches.
1940s. Interesting little article on the development of railroads in America.
$6.50 item #5039
Unusual greeting card. As you can read from the handwritten message, this engine
was used in the filming of the Movie "Around the World in Eighty
Days". 4 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, folded. Light soiling, corner and edge wear.
$6.50 item #5040
The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, 68th Annual Report for the
year ended December 31, 1962. 48 pages, very colorful cover, great map inside.
Pictures of their operations, financial information, and etc. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4
inches. Good condition, light corner and edge wear. Staples in spine are rusty.
$15.50 item #5041
1937 Silver Lake NY Railroad Station Postcard. I think this card is even earlier
than it's August 31, 1937 postmark indicates. I just think someone sent it much
later than when it was published. Notice the much earlier cars, model A ?
Published by R. E. Severns, Perry NY. Sent from Perry. Some postmark ink on the
front, some creases, Edge and corner wear, soiling. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $5.50
item #bbb27
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen pinback badge. founded
December 1, 1873. Light scratches, light surface rust on the back. I think these
pins are from the 1960s. I have several of these. $5.50 each item #5641
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