The Sweetheart Express Auction (February 2021)

Interurban RW, 10x10x14, four clear fresnel lenses Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Footed base. Embosed Handlan St Louis on top, 4 lenses 2 amber 2 teal, brass plaque on bottom Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Proven

Measures 77.5" long, porcelain enameled steel blade tapers from 9" inches to 7" where it attaches. Has three 7.5" roundels in re...

Lantern marked I.C.RR, clear globe etched the same. Oiler embossed I.C.RR about 24" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenanc...

embossed with plaque, four five inch lenses, two red, two teal, 9x9x17 inches Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nels

10x10x12" with 4 lenses two teal two amber, with dish reflectors in yellow and lunar white. Electrified for modern use. Includes a black and wh...

9x9x11" two 5" lenses and two 2" lenses. With 2 levers that change the colors of the lenses from clear to teal. Electrified for moder...

Handlan Buck, two 5-inch lenses, 8x8x10 green lenses; Armspear two clear lenses; 8x8x10 with bell bottom, c1920 Date: c1900 Country (if not USA):

Maine Central Hand Lantern by Dietz, clear globe, embossed on top. Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Dressel lantern, unmarked otherwise, painted classic US Military green. 18" high, 4 lenses, 2 red, 2 green, 5" diam lens. Date: Country...

Large Brass Bell on wooden frame, rung by air pressure. Bell is 12-inch diameter, nine inches from rim to crest. Made by EMD (Electromotive Division o

Unmarked marker lamp, 4 lenses, 17" tall, 9" square, 2 red 2 teal lenses 5" diameter. Made in the shops of the Missouri Kansas and Te...

Lot of 2. WRRS Company, type 1870, pc1870-1, Two green, two organge lenses 7.5" diameter, 9" tall. 2nd one has 2 red lenses and 2 teal len...

Wooden Stool with aluminum top, green, approx 16x22x10 Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Lot of 9 tools all embossed or punched with the rr markings. Includes 2 wrenches, 2 different hammers, oil can, 2 different kerosine cans and a box ca

Eight different handheld RR lanterns, two with red globes, si x clear. All eight are embossed on the top with the following marks: NEW YORK CENTRAL; N

12x18x10, emreplacement top, embossed NYC&HR Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

From Bigstone Gap Virginia. About 3.5' long 2' high c1900. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railro...

Embossed NPRY in small letters on top, clear globe, Adams & Westlake; Missouri Pacific embossed MOPC, clear globe by Handlan. Date: Country (...

Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Marked ORR&NCo and OWR&N c1900. Measures. 3' tall by 13", newer handle has been add...

Oregon Short Line Semaphore Lamp by Adlake with one amber lens, 4x12-inch overall size. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Pacific Electric RY lantern with clear globe embossed PERY. Adams & Westlake frame. 1923 patent date. Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

About 6.5' tall. Red sign is about 12" square. This witch stand was used by the Pacific Electric Ry San Bernardino-Colton mainline. The mai...

Lot of 2. Made in Milwaukee road shop. The lamps have raised lettering ìC.M.& St. P RYî These lamps were used on the front of of locom

The Panama RR went across Isthmus of Panama to ship stuff from one ocean to the other. The gold from the USS Central America was shipped across this r

F. O. Dewey Bell bottom railroad lantern by Armspear Mfg Co. New York, clear globe embossed "PENNSYLVANIA LINES". 11" tall, 7" d...

Pennsylvania RR Cast Iron RR Crossing Sign: Oval cast iron, 48x 18.5x1 inches. Overall height on its metal pole is 72 inches. These were made between

Pennsylvania RR Locomotive Cab Signal, 5x5x15 inches, with clear glass signal mechanisms with 2-inch lenses. These signals sat right outside the drive

Pennsylvania RR Rear Marker Lamp and Semaphone Lamp: Rear made by Handlan, with three, 5-inch blue and one red lens. Size is 8x8x14 inches. Yellow-pai

Pennsylvania RR, Penn Central, and New York Central RR Lanterns: three Pennsylvania RR, two Penn Central RR, and three New York Central RR lanterns, e

Peter Gray Switch Stand marker lantern, four lenses, two amber, two blue, 10x10x17 inches. 4.5 inch lenses. Plaque: New York, New Haven, and Hartford.

Matched pair of Peter Gray Switch Stand Marker Lanterns, one from Maine Central RR, other is B&M RR. Two blue, two amber lenses on one; two red,...

Pile National locomotive headlight in working condition. From the Chicago, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway locomotive #509. Built in 1914 and scrapped

Piper Rear Marker Lamp with red and purple, 5-inch lenses, 10x15 inches. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nel

Piper Train Order Lamp with two amber lenses, 8x8x15 inches. Similar in use to a semaphore lamp. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pro

square base, 5x8x10 inches Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Prahm Patent Switch Stand Lamp, with four, 4-inch diameter lenses. It is 15 inches tall and 8 inches long, patent date July 24, 1888, made by Handlan

Two Pyle National rear marker lamps with manufacturer's name embossed on top 11" tall, 9" across, four, 4-1/2 inch diameter lenses, 2 ...

Safetran model CLS-100, 1 aspect color light, 24" x 12" x12" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nels...

Three Dressel lamps, : #15 tail lamp, 8 x 8 x 14", 1 lens-red, 5" diam; older tail light 6 x 8 x 10"; #250E crossing gate lamp, 2 len...

Amspear Rear Marker Lamp, 16" x 10". 4 lens. 3 orange, 1 red, 6" lens Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ...

Pristine multi-color lens signal lamp for the rear RR car with original embossed brass holder for exterior mounting. Embossed "Santa Fe" a...

GRS Type "SA" searchlight dwarf with deflecting cover glass. General Railway Signal Co., 3' x 2' x 1' Date: Country (if ...

Union Switch and Signal Co., 40" diam, 3.5' long. This signal has the complete glass battery component. Date: Country (if not USA): St...

Six signal devices, two books, LM&S Railway 10x8 inches on wood oval base; three round signal devices, 4x4x2.5, each slightly different; two lin...

Measures 10" wide 9" deep, 12" tall. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

From Louisville & Nashville Railroad, made of 4 pieces of steel. May be cast iron painted black with white numbers. 27" long by 5.75" ...

Lot of two 1.) Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. Measures about 23" tall by 10 in diameter at the base. 2.) 12.5" tall an...

Label UNION on the side, 9x9x9. Alexander Holley Rudd's original 1915 designed, "Position Light Signal" (later "PL-1") unit....

Used to board such famous trains as the Sunset Limited 1910-20, 16x22x10. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson R

Southern RR Engine Bell: a 12-inch diameter, brass bell in a black iron yoke mounted on wood base for display. Yoke is 26 inches tall, 24 inches wide.

Southern Pacific RR Ground Throw Switch with Four-Lens Dressel Switch Lantern. The throw switch is cast iron collected from Tahatchapee, California. S

Ten different embossed Southern Pacific RR Lanterns. Only two are the same metal-frame lamp, one with a red lens and one with a blue lens. All the res

Southern Pacific RR Marker Lamps: The first is an Adams & Westlake switch stand marker lamp, with four lenses, two with nine-inch aprons, emboss...

Southern Pacific RR Signal Lamp, electrified for modern use. Four, five-inch lenses, 2 red, 2 teal. Marked on top Dressel Stainless. SP marking not ea

Used at the S.P. Ogden Yard in Utah. Painted ina unique manner by the Southern Pacific. Four lenses 4" 2 red 2 teal. About 15" tall and 8&...

This "lunar white" call-on signal was placed below a searchlight signal to give signal a double meaning. 20" diameter, 20" wide,...

Two Adlake lanterns: one marked Southern RY on top, unmarked clear globe; Second marked SOU.RY, unmarked clear globe. Date: Country (if not USA):

Union Switch and Signal Co., 3 x 3 x 8'. This signal has the complete glass battery component. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: ...

replaced handle, stamped as usual. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Two steam locomotive oilers, each about 28 inches long. Base is 4 inches in diameter. One is marked Delaware Lakawana, the other is unmarked. Date:

Used by the Chicago Transit Authority, 11-inch diam x 3-inches deep, possibly used at an El station. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Embossed on top, Adlake Kero Railroad Lamp, plain clear globe Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Coll

Heavy cast iron frame. Teal and amber lights. 3.75" lenses. 7.5x7.5x12.5" mounted on wooden base. Electrified for modern use. Date: Cou...

Handlan-Buck Switch Stand Marker with 5" reflectors in amber and teal. Measures 9x9x5" tall. Has "FRISCO" (St. Louis & San F...

Aluminum cast frame. 5" lenses 2 red 2 teal. Mounted on a wooden base. Measures 9.5" square x 10" tall. Date: Country (if not USA)...

2 blue 2 red 5" lenses with hoods. 10x10x10" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul RR. Built in the Milwaukee Road RR Shops, circa 1880-1914. Four lenses, two green are four-inch diameter, two red len

Telegraph keys, lot of four. Three are US Army Signal Corps J-38, made by Lionel Co. one in original box. High speed telegraph key US Army Signal Corp

Southern Pacific RR, Union Switch & Signal Co., 5.5'tall, 3' wide Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: G...

"W" - whistle, 18 x 14"; X - crossing, 12 x 12" cast iron signs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ...

Union Switch and Signal Light made for New York, New Haven, and Hartford RR. H-5 Searchlight signal was used at signal tower SS-75 at the New Haven, C

Lot of 6. 1. Classification Lamp from one of the Wabashís Blue Painted 700 series 4-8-4 Hudson, the locomotive that pulled ìthe Blue B

A) Embossed, flat top Dietz Vesta, New York railroad lantern, embossed "WABASH RR" on top, clear globe, unembossed. Excellent condition. ...

crossed signs on post, 4" x 4' Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Worchester Street Consolidated Rear Marker Lamp with clear globe. Worchester Street Horse RR opened in 1863, merged in 1887 to become the Worchester C

Simplex #101, 24 x 14 x 4" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collection

Railroad lanterns from Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western RR. Embossed DL& WRR on flat top, clear globe, made by Dietz; Reading Co Loco Dept, b...

St Louis, San Francisco RY, wood handle, repainted etched clear globe SLSFRY, Adams and Westlake; UPRR on Adlake, red globe, etched UP. Date: Count

Rock Island, clear unmarked globe, Adams Westlake;next three are all flattop by Dietz: New York, New Hampshire & Hudson, embossed NYNH&H, re...

Lot of (9) various Railroad Transportation Union commemorative medals, in gold, copper and silver plating, including (2) Penn Central medals. One of t

Pacific Electric Marker Lamp: This lamp was collected after the line shut down in 1961. Red globe. No RR designation. Very similar to a handheld RR la

Seven signal locks and three signal lock keys; These were used to secure the track signals; two padlocks (SP) and two classic railroad lock (SP and AT

Collection of four different: cast-iron for Boston & Albany RR has a wall mount, and may have been a rear marker lamp -- OLD!; Handlan rectangul...

Three Railroad Semaphone Lamps: New York Central RR, unrestored, single 5-inch clear lens. Overall size 8x15 inches; Second lamp is from Erie RR, same

Large Collection of marked railroad tools. There are about 24 tools, all marked with various RR designations . This is a great collection for a railro

Railroad Train Order Hoop and Fork. Railroad train order (akin to an aircraft flight plan) were passed from the station clerk to the train operator wh

made by johnson Farebox company. Three different coin configurations. Made to be worn on the belt; Token dispenser by Northern Ohio Power and Light D

Railroad whistle post marker signs. Along the railroad grade there are posts with an X or a W that tell the train operator when to blow the train whis

Kentucky and Indiana Terminal RR lantern, K&ITRR on top, plain clear globe; Second is Chicago, Milwaukee, StPaul, and Pacific, with clear globe ...

One 1920 certificate of registration in the state of California for one Ford Tour Model T vehicle. Issued February 16, 1920 to Erick Erickson of Fernd

1.) Fouling point sign post. As their train entered a sighting, this sign told the crew when they were clear of the main line. This sign was used at G

From Trail to Railway by Brigham 1907; The Railroad Questions by Larrabee 1898; the Great K & A Train Robery by Ford 1901; Wonders and Curiositi...

Red lens approx 20" diameter, approx 20" deep. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Nelson Railroad Collect...

lot of 6. Generaly 1" thick of differing gauges. Grand trunk 1981; Kerr/Mcgee safeharbour rale; French National Railroad; Nevada Country Tracti...

Hundreds of items 1950s to modern. Models, trinkets, collectibles, postcards, safety cards, 2 fileboxes full! Date: Country (if not USA): State:

A two notebook collection, carefully curated. Alabama Great Southern, 1913; Alton RR 1936; Atlantic City RR 1924; Atlantic Coast line 1910, 24, 55; At

Copper ashtray made by Meyer & Wenthe Manufacturers in Chicgao. About 5" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gar...

Letter from Special Agent J.P. Wilder Albany/Rochester N.Y. to Chief of Police San Diego, Calif. requesting and expert and engineer regarding a trunk

Lot includes 14 pieces of serving china from the Baltimore & Ohio RR dining car; a menu and other ephemera; a towel; and 2 booklets "The Bl...