Million Dollar Auction

Lot of eleven passes. Years included: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, two for 1921, two for 1922, 1923, and 1924. Passes in good condition. (Prag Collec

Gorgeous pictorial Western pass! Printed on blue heavy cardstock. Vignette of locomotive moving through the desert with cactus in the background and d

1931 and 1932 pass for the San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad Co. Motor Stage. Both in very good condition. The railroad was built for the sole reas...

A 1917 pass for this standard gauge rail that served as a connection between Ione and Martell beginning in 1904. Issued to Mr. Chas. A. Beck, clerk fo

The first of eight passes for this rare Tahoe railroad. No. 265, issued for the year 1909 to M.F. Van Horn (Dist. Pass. Agent for Pennsylvania Lines)

Pass for the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Issued to Mr. M. F. Van Horn and Wife. Signed by Walter D. Bliss (son of D.L. Bliss). ...

No. 429. Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company pass for 1912 for transport on the company's trains and steamboats. Issued to Mr. F.W. ...

No. 444. Issued for the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company for the year 1913 to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Van Horn (District Passenger Agent, ...

No. 577. Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Issued for 1916 year to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Van Horn (Dist. Pass. Agt. for Pennsylvania Lin...

No. 239. Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Issued for 1918 year to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Van Horn (Dist. Pass. Agt. for Pennsylvania Li...

No. 784. Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Issued for 1924 to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Van Horn (Dist. Pass. Agt. for Pennsylvania Lines). ...

Final pass offered from the Prag Collection of Tahoe railroad passes. No. 485, issued for 1925 year to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Van Horn (Dist. Pass. Agt. f

Two passes for this short terminal railroad line that ran between Altadena and Pasadena beginning in 1888. Included is an early 1892 pass (creases and

Seven passes. Years included: 1910, 1911, two for 1913, 1915, 1917, and 1928. Four are issued to the same person. Passes in good condition. The Pacifi

According to the pass, this was "the crookedest railroad in the world." No. 4266, issued to A. E. Ladwig (gen. agent for C. & N. W. Ry...

Five passes for this railroad built in 1896 to service a lumber community that operated near Mt. Shasta. Years included: 1920, three for 1929, and 194

Railway pass card for the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, No.240, issued to Mr. F.W. Thompson & Wife, from the G. A. Chicago Rho...

Railway pass card for the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, No.206, issued to MR. M. F. Van Horn, from the P.A., Pennsylvania Railway....

Railway pass card for the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, No.136, issued to MR. M.F.Van Horn, from the P.A.-Pennsylvania Railway. Co...

Railway pass cards for the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, issued to MR. M. F. Van Horn, from the P.A., Pennsylvania R.R. Co. Los A....

Lot of four. 1) 1891 personal baggage pass for Pacific Transfer Co. (San Francisco) issued to W. H. Hurlburt & family (Union Pacific Ry.). 2) 19...

Lot of 4 passes. Includes: Quincy Railroad Company (1928, 1930, 1931, two stamp cancelled) and Indian Valley Railroad Company (1928). The Indian Valle

Early, very attractive Western pass. Has vignette of locomotive (upper left) and steamer (upper right). No. 53, issued to H. Silver and wife for 1892.

Lot of 2. 1) No. 3573, issued in 1930 to A. A. Zestrow, commercial agent for the Illinois Central RR. 2) No. 38, issued for the 1936-37 season to E. W

Two passes: an 1897 pass (printed on green cardstock) issued to C. C. McNeil, gen. supt. of M&P & Salt River Valley RR; also a 1906 pass (pr...

Lot of ten passes from two different San Diego railroads. Includes: San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway (1908), San Diego & Cuyamaca Railr...

Lot of 3: listed as "The Crookedest Railroad in the World”. Begun in 1896, the route up to 2500 feet on the east side of Mt. Tamalpais from Mil...

200+ ticket stubs for the Southern California Railway Company for the 1890s. Seven different types: First Class passage from Rivera, Round Trip Ticket

Five passes. Includes: three for 1937-38 and two for 1940-41. All are punch-cancelled and stamp cancelled. Also light soiling. This 80 mile short-line

Two passes for railroads with "Northern" in the title. Includes: Northern Pacific Railway Company (1898) and Northern Redwood Lumber Co. (...

California Southern Railroad, California Central Railway. 1889 pass issued to Mrs. Herman Silver and family (treasurer). Signed by C.W. Smith as vice-

Six passes, all different. This railroad operated between Ft. Bragg and Willits. Originally built to haul redwood logs, it added passenger service in

Lot of 14. Includes: three issued and one unissued Employee's Quarterly Pass for 1920, unissued pass for 1921, unissued employee pass for 1922, ...

Lot of 17 passes with some years duplicated. Includes: 1918 (unissued), 1921 (unissued), 1931 (unissued), 1934 (two, both cancelled), 1936-37 (ten pas

Six passes from five companies. Includes: Los Angeles Transfer Co. Bus Pass for 1904; 1917 and 1918 passes for the California Southern Railroad Co.; 1

Nine passes for Southern California railroad and steamship companies. 1) Los Angeles Steamship Company: 1923, 1925, 1930, 1931, two for 1932, and 1933

Five early issued passes for the Santa Fe Route of the Southern California Railway. Includes: 1891, two for 1892, 1893, and 1895. The 1891 pass has po

Nine early Western Pacific Railway passes. Includes: 1912, 1913, two for 1914, two for 1915, 1916 and two for 1917. Multi-colored passes with reverses

Two pictorial passes for transportation to this resort located at the north end of Cheyenne Canyon. Back of each pass has description of area and reso

Four different passes. Includes: early 1903 pass (Pikes Peak Route) issued to F.W. Thompson (gen. Western agent for C.R.I. & P. Ry.); 1909 pass ...

Lot of three. Includes: Employe's (sic) Time Pass for 1889, issued to W.N. Bell, tie agent, for transport between Leadville and Glenwood; a Tick...

Lot of 8 passes from two companies. From the Midland Terminal Railway Co., 1913 and 1927 passes (wear to back of second pass). From the Midland Contin

Nine passes for four different companies. 1) The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.: 1925, 1928, 1929, and two for 1930. 2) 1931 pass for The

Lot of 6 from two railroads. Includes: rare pass for Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs Railroad (1916) and Manitou & Pike's Peak Ry. (192...

Fifteen passes. Includes: 1906, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, two for 1933, four for 1935-36, and two for 1938-39. Generally in very good condit

Six passes from two different Chicago railroads. 1) From Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co.: 1912, two different 1928, and 1931, al

Very early! No. 704, issued to R. M. Hovey (?) for 1876. Signed by W. F. Downs as superintendent. Ornate font. Reverse lists conditions. Printed on ca

Two passes issued for the 1916 year to Charles Long and Mrs. Charles Long. Long was the livestock agent for the railroad. Some light soiling. Stamp si

Neat pair of employee passes, one issued to "one Chinamen" and the other issued to "two Chinamen." For rides from Virginia City ...

Pass issued for 1931 to Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific System. Toning. Punch cancelled. (Prag Collection) City: State: Nevada Date: 19

Early, territorial pass for the Sioux City & Dakota Railroad, which operated from 1879-1881 (before being taken over by Chicago, Milwaukee and S...

Lot of 27. Includes: Texas & Pacific Railway (1876, 1888, 1912, 1913, ), Southern Kansas Railway Co. of Texas (1890), Houston & Texas Centra...

Very early pass with a great route: from Promontory to Bryan. Promontory Summit in Utah was the site of the joining together of the Union and Central

Twenty-nine passes. Includes: San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. (1913-1916), Bingham & Garfield Railway Co. (1917, 1921, 1922,...

Six National Park R/R Passes: four older c1915 & two from the 50's (Prag Collection) City: Yellowstone State: Wyoming Date: HWAC#: : 31454

Three different railroads. 1) 1912 and 1914 passes for Ferrocarriles Nacionales De Mexico. 2) A 1915 pass for Ferrocarril Sud Pacifico de Mexico. 3) A

Lot of 8. Includes: American Express Company (1914), Butte County Railroad Co. (1911 and 1915), National Express Company (1912 and 1913), Sunset Centr

Twenty-five passes that span 7 decades in this famous railroad's operation. Years included: 1901, 1904, 1905, 1906 (2), 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, ...

Five passes for five different years for this Colorado and Texas line. Includes: 1904, 1905, 1908, 1912, and 1938-39. All issued to different people.

Thirty-eight passes! This transcontinental railroad operated between Minnesota and Washington. It was both the northernmost transcontinental railroad

Twenty-five passes. Years included: two from 1913, 1914, 1915, two from 1924, 1926, 1927, three from 1928, 1932, five from 1933, two for 1935-36, four

Six different passes. Included: early 1898, 1905, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1938. Fair to good condition. The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinen

Large collection of 51 passes from the Northwest U.S. Earliest is 1897, latest is 1952. Includes: Washington and Columbia River Railway (1897), Spokan

Lot of 17 passes for railroads operating in the Northwest U.S. Includes: Oregon & California Railroad (1880,), Oregon Short Line Railroad (1902,...

Three different. 1924, 1933 (Redwood Empire Route), and 1940-41 (Redwood Empire Route). Signed by two different presidents. (Prag Collection) City:

Lot of thirteen passes. Includes: 1921, two for 1922, 1923, 1924, three for 1925, three for 1926, 1928, and 1930. Overall good condition. (Prag Collec

Lot of 4 passes. Includes: Southern Pacific Company (1893, 1899, 1924) and Southern Pacific Steamship Lines (1925). Early two passes printed on colore

1) Southern Express Company, 1890. Issued to Frank M. Baker, General Superintendent. Signed on front by president. Issued by M. J. O'Brien, Vice...

Four different early passes. Includes: 1889, 1909, 1910, and 1916. Of the four, the earliest has the biggest condition issues (toning and tape residue

Lot of 31 pieces. Includes: Great Northern Express Co. (two 1905); Western Express Co. (two unissued 1901); Tidewater Southern Railway Co. (1927, 1929

$1000 first mortgage bond, with most coupons still attached. 15 x 17 "with a vignette of paddle wheeler and a railroad. City: Selma State: Al...

Lot of 3: vintage B&W postcards of a train disaster at the Colorado River. Cars are depicted splayed around a broken trestle, lying in the river...

Lot of 7: the California Western Railroad & Navigation Co. started in 1885, built by the Fort Bragg Redwood Company to transport coastal redwood...

Large group of various documents, receipts, conductor's reports, waybills, Water Supply checks, and others. There are (3) B&W postcards, a &...

Before and after. One view of the L. T. RY & T Co. is from 1902, Narrow Gage Train at Tahoe City. The other is a later view of the engine after ...

Lot of 12: rare package of Mt. Tamalpais Railway maps, timetables, and tour guides for the famous "Crookedest Railroad in the World." This...

Lot of 4: (3) small B&W photos, from the "Napa Valley Route," of the "San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway Electric Monticel...

Nine items for this narrow gauge railroad. 1) Eight freight office receipts, dating from 1881 to 1905, for the office in Nevada City. Six are for S.C.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad crash, c 1905. The engine looks just like the engine at the far right in the NCNGR museum web site. Matted, 9 x 11

Lot of 5: Quincy Railroad Co. Timetables. These are indicated as "Issued by L. H. Thayer, Supt." There is an unissued "Western Pacifi...

Collection includes: timetables; tickets; "Class C" Bond Participation Certificate, no. 181, hole cancelled; employee certificate; several...

Photos include: Belmont Cable Car and Station; Market Street Railway; SF Muni; Burlingame Railway; Millbrae Railway; Sacramento Street Line; and more.

Small information booklet, fully illustrated, about the route of this train line from San Raphael to Willits in northern California. Full of pictures

Large group of PRC ephemera, lot of 67 pieces. The majority are NPRC Redwood Empire Route timetables, from 1932 through 1955. There are several duplic

Rare "The Railway Hand Book" booklet, from October 1, 1897. Volume 9, Number 10, published by "The Railway Hand Book Publishing Co. o...

Very rare western railroad guide book. Titled "The Railroad Gazetteer," this paperback book has lost its front cover, and the rear cover i...

Lot of 6: various documents from the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad Co. that includes a 1913 "Rules & Regulations" booklet, Local ...

Rare Santa Rosa Railway Co. check in the amount of $200.00 from October 1, 1895. Embossed with bank seal, in excellent condition. Signed by both the B

Seven RPC's of different views. A photograph of a box car from the Hobart Southern #5. Three hand colored cards. Six printed cards. Two playing ...

Nine RPC's, includes: Plowing with a rotary snow plow, icicles on the S. P. Station, S. P. snow sheds, Truckee River Canyon, S. P. Freight House...

Forty year sinking fund bond. Coupons 9 through 80 still attached. #5042 signed by John Hancock and J. Solinsky. The railway was abandoned by 1917. He

Sacramento Northern Railway Time Tables, Brochure on San Francisco Cable Cars, San Francisco US Railroad Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association Itine

Lot withdrawn.

Included are: passes; tickets; Expense Bills; Nevada County Narrow Gauge Freight Bills. (Prag Collection) City: State: California Date: HWAC#: : 32

Over 50 photos include: market Street Railway, Municipal Railway, San Mateo, and many more. (Prag Collection) City: State: California Date: HWAC#:

Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway; The Western Railroader; freight bills; tickets, time tables; Gold discovery Special--Sacramento to Placervil...

Collection includes: many tickets--Western Pacific, Muni Railway, Southern Pacific, Sacramento Northern, S. F., V. & N. R. R. Co. and more; pas...

Collection includes: Nice "One Fare" token for Los Angeles Railway; tickets (Metropolitan Transit Authority, L. A. Transit, Pacific Electr...

Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Travel Guides, LA and SLC Railroad Company Train tickets c. 1907, 1912, 1921, 1924, LA and SLC financial records,

Over 200 issues of "The Western Railroader for the Western Railfan". 7.75" x 6.75". The Western Railroader was a publication tha...