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| Above left to right. A lineup of green cast globes from the B&P RR (thought to be Baltimore & Potomac), Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Monongahela Railway Company. |
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| Above left to right. A blue cast globe from the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. A clear cast globe from the Western Maryland Railway in an unusual marking. a clear cast globe from the Pennsylvania Railroad. a very early clear cast globe marked "Penn RR" from a fixed globe lantern owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. |
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| Above left to right. Various lantern displays, the last two illustrating that some tables showed lanterns for display only and not for sale. |
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| Above left to right. A lineup of lanterns: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh "Engine" bellbottom made by CT Ham. An all-brass top lantern from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad made by Adams & Westlake (A&W). A wirebottom from the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis made by Handlan. A bellbottom from the Delaware & Hudson Company made by CT Ham. A bellbottom from the Pennsylvania Railroad made by RRSL&L. A bellbottom from the S&A RR (several possible candidates for these initials). |
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| Above left to right. More lanterns: A brass conductors lantern with a green-over-clear globe. An early brasstop fixed-globe bellbottom from the Pennsylvania Railroad. A bellbottom frame from the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago made by A&W. A Handlan wirebottom marked Southern Railway in Mississippi with a matching blue-etched globe. A wirebottom made by A&W from the Western Maryland Railroad (not Railway, which was later) with a green cast globe. |
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| Above left to right. A Norfolk & Southern "Casey" model wirebottom with a red-etched globe -- the etched marking is spelled out and quite unusual. Closeup of N&S globe etching. Two marker lamps from the Pennsylvania Railroad. A pile o' lanterns. |
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 Left - The Showstopper: The Gaithersburg show usually reveals some real treasures, and this is one example. It is a Civil War era, brass-top, fixed-globe lantern with a terrific cast globe marked "USMRR" for "United States Military Railroad". Two views are shown under different lighting conditions. A closeup of the globe is shown upper right. |
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