Shows: Austintown '05

Here are some photos of the Austintown, Ohio show held in July of 2005. These were generously provided by Gary Moser. Click on each image for a larger version, some of which are *large* files. Use your [BACK] button to return to the page. Download time may be **slow** for a modem connection.


Above left to right. Socializing during setup; indoor and outdoor displays of hardware. The painting done on the side of the truck is generally based on a PRR calendar from the mid 1940s.

Above left to right. Hardware and china displays. Note the Bessemer Railroad orange blanket in the first photo.

Above left to right. A display of tall globe lanterns including examples from the Hocking Valley and Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh; a display of hat badges; a builders photo of a Lackawanna steam locomotive; a table of china and hardware.

Above left to right. A reproduction number plate; a rare builders plate from a Pennsylvania Railroad T1 class steam locomotive; a "Pennsylvania New York Short Line" sign; a conductor's lantern and blue tall "Vulcan" globe.

Above left to right. A Pennsylvania Railroad brass-top lantern; a brass "Train Collectors' Association commemorative Kero lantern made by Adlake; a Baltimore & Ohio "Casey" lantern with a blue cast globe; a New York Central and Hudson River brass-top lantern.

Above left to right. A rare mining lamp designed to detect methane gas; a clear etched Bessemer & Lake Erie tall globe; a Fitchburg Railroad brass-top lantern; a display of hardware. A hearty THANKS to Gary Moser for supplying these photos and to those collectors and dealers at the show who let their items be photographed!