Railroad Memorabilia
Read MoreCirca 1948. An original aluminum logo from Milwaukee Road 52-seat coach passenger car #503. Stamped 7723 and marked 503 twice on the back. Retains some orange paint chips from when it was removed. Unable to find any photos of the car, but sister car #502 was restored in 2007 in St. Paul, MN. Also found a photo of car #504 showing the logo placement.
This is an actual photo of the Santa Fe 2928 locomotive with the above lamp. The locomotive was made by Baldwin Locomotive works in 1944 for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and used primarily for passenger service. It is a Class 2900 4-8-4 steam locomotive. Because of the war, ordinary metals were used in the construction making this the heaviest Northern type locomotive ever made. This is a beautiful locomotive and we wish we could have seen it in person. But unfortunately it was scrapped. Turns out the model railroading people have made a brass working model of this exact engine. Wow.
Milwaukee Road Inspector Lantern
Lantern is marked "C.M&St.P" on top, and "Dietz Acme Inspector Lamp New York, U.S.A." on the back. All original including reflector and Dietz globe. Height 14 1/2".