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| Above left to right. An Armspear lantern marked "LV RR" for the Lehigh Valley Railroad with a blue or green cast globe marked same; a Thompson lantern marked "Fitchburg RR" (note the "RR" is carried over on the base) with a clear cast "FRR" globe; a "Reliable" bellbottom lantern marked "NYO&W Ry" for the New York, Ontario & Western Railway with a clear cast globe marked same; a brass top lantern marked "PW&B RR Co" for the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Wilmington Railroad with a green cast globe marked for the same railroad. |
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| Above left to right. An Armspear lantern marked "N&W Ry" for the Norfolk & Western Railway with a clear cast globe also marked for this railroad; an A&W "The Adams" lantern marked "WVC&P RR" for the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railroad" with a clear unmarked globe; an A&W "Kero" lantern marked "Sou Ry" for the Southern Railway with an amber etched "Southern Ry" globe; a "kero" lantern marked "VGN RWY" for the Virginian Railway with a green unmarked globe. |
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| Above left to right. A "Reliable" lantern marked "V Ry" for the Virginian Railway with a red cast "Virginian Ry" globe; an Armspear lantern marked "PB&W RR" for the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Wilmington with a clear cast globe marked same; an Adams & Westlake lantern (possibly a "The Adams" model) marked "Pere Marquette" (in a rectangle) with a clear cast globe marked same; a display of various globes. |
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| Above left to right. An Adams & Westlake marker lamp in "safety yellow" marked "C&A RR" likely for the Chicago & Alton Railroad; two Armspear marker lamps marked "SAL" for the Seaboard Air Line; an all brass "decorator" lamp made for the souvenir market; a brass (British?) locomotive lamp which may or may not be authentic -- reproductions of this model are known to exist. |
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| Above left to right. A locomotive headlight from a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 steam locomotive #5626; a display of lanterns, some with two-color globes; a display of globes; some bunk lamps. |
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| Above left to right. A table of lanterns and other hardware; a lineup of postal lamps as were used in Railway Post Office cars, except the GWR examples are believed to be reproductions; some extremely fancy (and fake) lamps; a beautiful clear cast globe marked "StLIM&S Ry" for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway. |
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| Above left to right. Finally every Gaithersburg show turns up at least one showstopper in the railroad lighting category, and here are two of the main candidates: a "Casey" lantern marked "RF&P-WS" for Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac - Washington Southern with an amber cast globe marked the same; globe shown separately; a brass top "Boston Terminal" lantern with a red cast globe marked same; closeup of globe marking. |
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All photos by Rob Hoffer. Thanks, Rob! |
