Show us your RR memorablilia

JASON Dec 8, 2005

  1. isboris4449

    isboris4449 In Memoriam

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    Here is a small sampling from over the years.

    Tom
     

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  2. isboris4449

    isboris4449 In Memoriam

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    Here's a few more.

    Tom
     

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  3. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nice to see train orders! :thumbs_up: :teeth:

    As a serious collector of such items, I'm constantly amazed by how much of the railroadiana sector completely ignores these artifacts!

    :eek:mg: :cry:

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  4. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    :thumbs_up: Cool!

    Someone had a good connection to the scrapper. A bunch of numberboards managed to escape. I was lucky enough to get a couple from old Milw U-boats.

    :D

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  5. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I sure wish there was more interest in keeping this thread going! Anyone else?

    Here's one:

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    Although the scan fails to show it, this is a brass lock. Made by Wilson-Bohannon Company, On the hasp, is marked "B&N RR." Which stands for Milwaukee Road predecessor Bellingham & Northern Railroad. Absorbed into the Milw in 1918, to date, this is the only known existing such lock.

    :D

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  6. sp4009

    sp4009 TrainBoard Member

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    And Your name was???:confused2:

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  7. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Several timetable-waybill sleeves. Also used to enhance hand signals. Two different hard hat, etc, decals, and a cloth patch:

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    :D

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  8. JASON

    JASON TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nice one Joe,haven't seen this one before.
     
  9. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    GOTW?? Huh?
    I know I should know this, but I am having a brain dump...

    On a GN note, a real GN switchstand!

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  10. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Hemi-

    GOTW is the pattern. Glory Of The West. There is some on display, inside the Belton depot.

    :D

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  11. JASON

    JASON TrainBoard Supporter

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    I GOT ONE!

    I finally got my hands on a DRGW number board,so happy to get one after all these years.
    DRGW SD50.
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    The best part is I may be able to buy #5505 as well.It surprised me just how big they really are.
     
  12. JASON

    JASON TrainBoard Supporter

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    I'm in show off mode,so here's some maps I had framed,This one is huge!
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    Smaller version,
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  13. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Here is an old thread to resurrect.
    Got this coaster in the mail today. Being a presenter has its perks.
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  14. Keith

    Keith TrainBoard Supporter

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    A few pieces of paper, recently picked up, at TCA train show at Forney Museum in Denver.

    Last run certificate - Rio Grande Zephyr
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    The 100th Anniversary of Denver Union Station.
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    List of tunnels, between Denver and Grand Junction.
    Showing tunnel number, milepost, location and length.
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    Unopened envelope, carried on the Rio Grande Zephyr, on the 50th Anniversary of th Moffat Tunnel/Moffat Road
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    Another unopened envelope, carried on the Ski Train.
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    Just a few of the recent paperwork acquired. Also have several hardware pieces!
    Latest hardware, was a matched set of DRGW caboose marker lights.
     
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  15. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    On the topic of Colorado, this was issued when one of the Galloping Geese was making its first run after being restored.
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  16. Keith

    Keith TrainBoard Supporter

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    Sticking with the narrow gauge theme:

    Oil tickets, Engines 19 and 21, Rico 1906.
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    Flimsy, to C&E Engines 455/41. Ridgway, 1936
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    Clearance card, for above flimsy. July 4, 1936
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    Express package receipt, between Ridgway and Colorado Springs. March, 1906
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    Trip oir daily inspection. Rio Grande 5762, the F7B at the CRRM, Golden, CO. From 1983.
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    A favorite! Money Order receipt. Dated Oct 19, 1896. My birthday! 72 years earlier anyway!
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    And a few other pieces in album as well.
    I've got a decent pile of narrow gauge flimsies
    and clearance cards, if anyone might be interested.
    And 1 standard gauge set.
     
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  17. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Love seeing that RGS train order set! For those who do not know, the RGS used D&RGW train order forms.....
     
  18. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I talked about a piece of UP 844's cab interior years ago in this thread... here's some pics...
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  19. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Another few crown jewels in my collection are these 3 artifacts from Milwaukee Road in Montana.

    The first is a chunk of suspension cable used to hold the trolley over the rails. It was found high atop Pipestone Pass west of Donald.

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    The next items are warning signs once nailed to the trolley poles. These were found near Bruno, Montana. Can anyone confirm if they were once painted? Obviously the paint disintegrated decades ago...

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  20. BoxcabE50

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    Yes. The signs could have been painted. Probably yellow, with possibly some black on the letters.
     

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