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Shows: Gaithersburg '08

Here are more photos from the the 31th annual Railroad, Steamship,and Transportation Artifacts Show held in Gaithersburg, Maryland in November of 2008.

Above Left to right. Various pieces in the Santa Fe's "Bleeding Blue" pattern; front and back views of an Illinois Central commemorative plate; a table of railroad china.
Above. A compote in the "Harmon" pattern of the New York Central; close up of the logo; a commemorative goblet and plate from the 1902 convention of the American Association of Dining Car Superintendents.
Above. Various pieces in the "George Washington" pattern of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; a butter pat in the Boston & Maine's "Bar Harbor" pattern; front and back views of a service plate in the "Chessie" pattern of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
Above. A butter pat in the "Asa Packer" pattern of the Lehigh Valley Railroad; a pitcher in the Delaware & Hudson's "Champlain" pattern; a service plate in the Illinois Central Railroad's "French Quarter" pattern; a "Memphis Special" commemorative plate.
Above. A display of pieces in the "Silhouette" pattern of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; a celery plate from the Queen City Hotel in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Cumberland, MD station; two platters in the Western Maryland's "Union Bridge" pattern; three pieces in the Pullman Company's "Verde Green" pattern.
Above. A teapot in the "George Washington" pattern of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; a teapot in the Lehigh Valley's "Cobalt Blue" pattern; a table of various railroad-marked teapots; two teapots in the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Karasz" pattern.

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All photos by Rob Hoffer.