Shows: Denver '05

Here are some photos of the Denver, Colorado "Rail Fair" show held in July of 2005. These were generously provided by Tony Rizzuto. 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 Santa Fe "logo" globe, clear cast with an extended base; Santa Fe china piece in the "Bleeding Blue" pattern; John H. Murphy butter pat in the "Scarab Feathers" pattern (This company operated eating houses on the B&O and Erie Railroads); sugar container in Santa Fe's "California Poppy" pattern.
Above left to right. A Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate from a Union Pacific 2-10-2 steam locomotive; ALCO builder's plate also from a Union Pacific 2-10-2 steam locomotive; Colorado Midland platter in the "Cascade" pattern; closeup of logo on same.
Above left to right. A Denver & Rio Grande platter in the "Curecanti" pattern; closeup of logo on same; D&RGW (Denver & Rio Grande Western) etched letters on a short globe originally cast as "CNR" (Canadian National Railroad); a display of railroad locks.
Above left to right. Denver & Salt Lake Railroad marking on a "Reliable" tall-globe lantern; a display of lanterns; two views of Santa Fe china primarily in the "Mimbreno" pattern.
Above left to right. A brochure, ticket, and timetable from the Colorado Midland Railroad; a timetable from the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad.
Above left to right. A Union Pacific Railroad brochure for the 1905 encampment of the "Grand Army of the Republic"; a steam locomotive 5-chime whistle; a badge, uniform button, and uniform patch from the Rio Grande Western Railroad; a tinted photograph from a Colorado railroad right-of-way.
Above left to right. Various passes.

Above left to right. Various passes.
   
Above left to right. Two views of a flagging kit complete with flag and track torpedoes. This reportedly came from the Denver & Rio Grande, although it is not marked as such.
A hearty THANKS to Tony Rizzuto for supplying these photos and to those
collectors and dealers at the show who let their items be photographed!