Shows: Atlanta '04

Here are some photos of the Atlanta, Georgia show held in August of 2004. These were generously provided by Rob Hoffer. Click on each image for a larger version; use your [BACK] button to return to the page. Download time may be **slow** for a modem connection.

Above left to right. A locomotive headlight complete with number boards on the side; a beautiful sign and bell, although we've been advised that some signs like this are reproductions; a train bulletin board from Manassas, Virginia on the Southern Railway; a motor car.
Above left to right. A rare porter badge from the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad; a Fairbanks Morse builders plate; a matched set of two ALCO builders plates from 1922, although we've been advised that these *may* be reproductions; a display of books.
Above left to right. A "French Quarter" pattern service plate from the Illinois Central Railroad; a display of china in Southern Railway's "Peach Blossom" pattern; a sugar packet-holder in the "Chuck Wagon" pattern of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; a dinner plate in the "Ft. Worth" pattern of the Texas & Pacific Railway.
Above left to right. A lineup of brass locks from the Ohio Valley Electric Railway, Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western Railway, and Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
Above left to right. A bellbottom lantern with a red cast globe from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ; a wirebottom lantern with a blue-etched globe from the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad , a bellbottom lantern with a red cast globe from the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway ; a wirebottom lantern with a clear cast globe from the Florida East Coast Railway.
Above left to right. A bellbottom lantern with a clear cast globe from the Central of Georgia Railroad; a bellbottom lantern with a clear etched "tracks" globe from the Southern Railway; a brass-top, bellbottom lantern with a clear cast globe from the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad; an Elgin railroad watch marked "BLE" for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and marked for its original owner, J.D. Shackelford.
Above left to right. A display of railroad timetables and other paper; a display of short globe lanterns of different colors all with etched globe markings; a box 'o locks; spittoons from the Texas & Pacific Railway and Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Above left to right. Two smoking stands from passenger cars, one marked for the Central of Georgia Railway, the other for the Seaboard Railroad; close-up of Central of Georgia marking; close-up of Seaboard marking; a blue-etched "tracks" globe from the Southern Railway.
A hearty THANKS to Rob Hoffer for supplying these photos and to those
collectors and dealers at the show who let their items be photographed!
Also thanks to those collectors who have emailed in additional information.