Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Five cabinet cards and two smaller photographs taken on the Manitou & Pikes Peak rail line. Includes four from J.G. Heistrand: "352. Above ...

Lot of 5 cabinet cards that show people outside of train cars on the summit of Pikes Peak. The railroad is the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway. Inc...

$1,000 bonds. Interest at 7% semi-annually paid in gold coin. 1) No. 1692. Issued to Isaac T. Burr, George B. Wilbur and Alden Spear of Boston. Novemb

1) First Mortgage to the Central Trust Company of New York, Dated July 1st, 1890. 26 Pages. 6" x 9". Tears and writing on cover. 2) Tim...

36 pages. This pamphlet is written in German, but appears to be discussing routes into Denver via the Kansas Pacific Railway. Map showing route from G

Communication Relative to the Location of the U.P.R.R Across the Rocky Mountains Through Colorado Territory 5" x 8 1/2". 16 pages. by A. ...

Keep your eye on Akron. Grand Excursion Broadside. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2". Some wearing at fold lines. City: Akron State: Colorado,

Group of 4 Short Line Blue Books from September 1902 and 1904, March and June 1905. A Handbook for Travelers, Official Time Tables of the Colorado Spr

Group of 7 items, including: Two "What may be Seen Crossing the Rockies En-Route Between Ogden Salt lake and Denver." Softcover. 36 pages ...

Rocky Mountain Official Railway Guide: Containing Railway Time Schedules; Connections and Distances; Hotel Directory; Postal and Express Guide, giving

1) "Proceedings of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers." Denver, Colorado on October 16, 1889. Cover is missing. C...

All photographs are close ups of train crossing "The Loop." shots all come from below the tracks. Range in size from 4 1/4 x 7" to 8 ...

Booklet by the South Park Line (Denver, Leadville & Dennison Railway). 32 Pages. 9" x 5 1/2". Over three mountain ranges, through cano...

Rocky Mtn Nationsl--Estes Park, Colorado map; Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway--Los Angeles to New York map; Tourist Guide--Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean

To the Farmer's Loan and Trust company. the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railroad was constructed only in the state of Kansas and was sold to t...

All measure about 7 x 4 1/2". 1) Denver & Rio Grande Railway trestle near Chalk Ranch. Early (?) W. H Jackson photo. 2) Another Jackson pho...

1) "Colorado Mountain Playgrounds" issued by Union Pacific System 1926. 48 Pages. 7" x 10". Descriptions with Photographs and ma...

1) Topographical Map of Rocky Mountain National Estes Par and Environs. 2) Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, 1950. 3) The Travelers Time-Saver and Trans-M

Lot of 4. 1) Rio Grande Southern Railroad Co., Silver San Juan Scenic Line, draft w/ vignette (1914). 2) A paycheck (1912) and draft (1913) for the Sa

Blank Stock Certificate No. 89 First Mortgage to The Mercantile Trust Company, July 1st, 190660 pages. 8" x 10". Bound. Writing and sta...

Booklet. . First Mortgage to George J. Gould, Trustee, of the City and State of New York. 6" x 9".20 Pages. The Pueblo & State Line Ra...

"The Trail of the Iron Horse" from photographs by L. C. McClure, Denver. 24 pages.9" x 12". 44 photographs, 7" x 5" . ...

Lot of five. 1) The Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad Company. Inc. in CO. No. 547. Fabulous vignette of tracks through gorge. Green border. 19-...

1) Letter of Information and Map of Railroad. 8 1/2" x 11". 2) Satisfaction, Release and Discharge of First Mortgage 6 Pages. 8 1/2&qu...

Two copies of a pamphlet sized first mortgage to Russell Sage and George J. Gould. The railway only operated from 1885 until 1891. 6 x 9". The...

Published by the passenger department of the Burlington Route. 64 pages of pictures and words. Fold out map in back. 19 x 12". Superb condition...

1)" Colorado Outings" by way of the Burlington Route. Copyright 1898. 48 pages. 6" x 8 1/2 " Pictures and foldout map. Some wea...

1)" Colorado Outings by way of the Burlington Route" 48 Pages. 6" x 9". With 12 pictures and foldout map. 2) "Colorado v...

Lot of 38. Some very early. Some pictorial. Includes: United Railways and Electric Co. of Baltimore (1910-1915); Philadelphia and West Chester Turnpik

1) Racine, Ohio. August 20, 1876. For shipment of 26 packages on the Steamer Hudson. Regular Cincinnati and Wheeling Passenger Packet. 3.5" x 8...

Includes: 9 paid checks drawn fro various companies--New York, Ontario Western Railway, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Buffalo & Susquehanna Ra...

Dated February 23, 1854. Nathaniel N. Allen is appointing to J. Milligan as his special attorney to transfer 23 shares of the Georgia Rail Road and Ba

Rare. Oceanic Steamship Comp'y Passenger List of S.S. Australia for San Francisco, Sailing from Honolulu, May 24th, 1892. Printed on cardstock i...

Ticket agent's stub (combination railroad and stageline) with attached unused tickets, way bill for the California, Oregon, & Idaho Stage Co...

Very hard to find! 21 1/2 x 30 1/2 ". On linen paper. Color! Routes of 17 railroads are displayed. Belonged to Orie Hutchinson of Hutchinson, K...

Paper booklet (8.75" x 5.5"), cover missing, 24 pp. Published by People's Pacific Railroad Company, Boston; printed by Alfred Mudge &a...

Booklet. Railroad ran fromBath to Rockland, Maine and connected with the B & M and the Maine Central. 20 pages. 5 1/2" x 9" Some disc...

31 pieces. Includes: Columbus & Xenia Railroad Co. (illustrated, c. 1920s), Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (1913), Mobile & Ohio ...

1200 illustrated checks for the St. Francis County Railway Company in Farmington, MO! All feature a vignette of an electric railcar. Most in good cond

Index map from the Virginia & Truckee Railway showing sheets of val. secs. no. 1 and no. 2 mainline from Reno to Virginia City and Minden Br. f...

Engine No. 25 and No. 20, a large gear form marked Trimble and more. Parts were fabricated in the basement of the Roundhouse in Carson City which had

The Carson and Colorado Railway was a U.S. 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that ran from Mound House, Nevada, to Keeler, California below the Cerr

The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, the T&T, was a class II railroad extending roughly 200 miles through remote reaches of the Mojave Desert fro...

Possible a part from the Santa Cruz & Felton that ran a narrow gauge line between Felton and Santa Cruz beginning in 1875. The South Paacific Co...

Five parts: whistle valve, Engine lamp, swivel, etc. from the C & C Railway and the V & T Railway. Engine 9 and 21 are C & C Railroad. T...

The Roundhouse in Carson City had a machine shop in the basement where train parts were fabricated. Four model pieces included in this lot: 1. marked

Extremely rare! Only the second one we have had! Gorgeous framed $1,000 first mortgage bond. No. 412. The Eureka & Palisade Railroad Co. is inde...

Original time table and map for "The Nevada Short Line." Schedule between Tonopah, Goldfield, Beatty, Rhyolite, and Ashfork, Albuquerque, ...

This 1909 pass was issued to John Ryan, the General Manager of the Tonopah and Tidewater Co. Ryan was an employee and close friend of the mining tycoo

Lot of 11. Includes: six payroll checks for the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Co. (with Goldfield dateline), 1931-36; two delivery receipts for the s

Agency of The Bank of California. Virginia, Nev., Febry. 10th, 1890. The Southern Development Company of Nevada is being paid $1,456. Signed by Henry

Four Bank of California, Virginia & Truckee Railroad checks with RN-G. All issued to a Jennie (?) E. Rice for $100. All signed by Henry Yeringto...

Woodworth Mill, Agency of the Bank of California. RN-E. Issued to Virgina & Truckee Railroad for $155.93 on Nov. 2, 1872. Signed by James G. Fai...

1) Central Pacific Railroad Way-bill for powder transported from Sacramento to Carson City, August 28, 1879. Blue Virginia & Truckee stamp (Sept...

This is a very rare gold bond for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company, signed by its president, silver-baron William Sharon. It is issued to...

V&T Railroad Company. Incorporated in 1868 in Nevada. VERY EARLY No. 66 issued to William Sharon for 500 shares by F.A. Tritte, secretary, and W...

Early cast iron custom made support bearing the early initials of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. 5' x 4.5', 3' at the diagonal. In...

Lot of 9. 1) Two different Bank of California, Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co. checks. One is RN-g, 1876, cut cancel. The other is 1894, no RN, ...

Billhead issued on Nov. 30, 1874 to the Kelsey Mill for 913 tons of ore shipped via the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Signed by Geo. A. King and Thor

Bank of California, RN-G. Virginia, Nev., July 10th, 1876. Issued to Mark Hopkins, Treasurer, for $22,614.18! Signed by Yerington as Vice President an

Lot of 8. Nice variety! 1) Two Employee Passes, both 1878. One is for travel between Reno and Virginia City. The other is for between Scales and Carso

Five items from the Gordon Harris estate, all probably acquired from Mr. Sampson, the last Supt. of the RR. 1. Francis G. Newlands Power of Attorney,

Lot of 14 items. Includes: two issued and punch-cancelled Employee Passes (1877 and 1879) from Carson to Virginia City, Yerington stamp signature; two

Lot of two early V&T pieces. 1) Railroad pass issued Nov. 1st, 1879 to W.L. Bryant, Postal Clerk for the railroad. Has Yerington's signature...

Large (18" x 11.5") pay roll sheet for the railroad, October 1877. Lists the following Engines and each engine's employees (w/ wages, ...

Pay to "Wells Fargo & Co. for V&T R Co." for $2,272.31. Signed by DL Bliss for the Carson Lumber Company. Wells Fargo, Carson , Ne...

1) 1874, Number 519 for $1000. Signed by William Sharon (cancelled through the name) and George King. Coupons 49 to 60 still attached. Issued to Thoma

Right of Way & Track Map Main Line Virginia & Truckee Railway/ Operated by Virginia & Truckee Railway/ From Station 720+00 to Station 96...

Booklet about "Government Lands in Nevada" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The booklet (6.5" x 4.5") describes h...

Lot of 9. 1) Two unused ticket order forms (with stubs attached) for the Carson office of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. c.1870s. For first-cla

Four cancelled train tickets: Tonopah & Goldfield R. R. Co., no. 2136; Virginia & Truckee Railway, no. 2740; Nevada Copper Belt R. R. Co., H...

New Nevada published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 1908. The booklet (6.5" x 4.5") is subtitled "The Era of Irrigation and Op...

7 permit cards to Locomotive Engineers to allow person to ride on locomotives; 18 vouchers from Santa Fe Railroad Co. dated 1899-1900. City: S

Twelve large unused steamboat tickets for C.M. Reed, office on Water St., Buffalo. Side says "Reed's Line from Buffalo." Each has two...

Lot of 30 dividend checks issued on April 17, 1899. All have an adhesive revenue with tied stamp cancel. Drawn on the Manhattan Trust Co. The Pacific

Lot of 33. Includes:six freight receipts for Camden & Amboy R.R. & Transportation Co., 1865; two pictorial checks from Ithaca Street Railway...

$1000 Gold Bond from the Lake Erie and Louisville Railway Company issued in 1872. Cert. #940, Twenty year $1000 bond payable in gold. Large train vign

Lot of three checks. 1) Two from the accounting department at Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1911 dateline. Punch cancelled

Shippers' Guide to Oregon including the entire Railroad section. Lists 24 railroads and six electric lines. 1913. 19 x 28". Rand McNally. S...

Cancelled. Number 5 for $100,000. Interest was paid on April 23, 1908. Cancelled July 13, 1908. Gold seal on back. The Fort Worth and Denver Railway,

24 pages. Softcovers with stains and rips. "A statement, showing the condition of the enterprise, progress of the work, resources of the road, ...

$100 first mortgage six per cent gold bond. Number 1259. One coupon attached. Rips and stains on borders. Orange on white. Vignette of railroad going

1) Letter on railroad letterhead. Dateline New Tacoma, Washington Territory, July 13th, 1878. Addressed to Corbett, Failing & Co. in Portland, O...

216 page book by Robert E. Strahorn. To the Rockies and Beyond or a summer on the Union Pacific Railroad & Branches. Several sketches, descript...

Lot of 33 issued. Series C. Vignette of locomotive under arched title.Ornate green border. Located in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Foreign revenue impr

Measures 36" x 21." "The West Coast Route." Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico. Blue ink. Stretches from Arizona and New Mexico...

1) Includes a map 9 x 15". The publishers of this booklet, Jay Cooke and Company, were the financial managers and marketers of the Northern Pac...

Copy 1. December, 1875. 5" x 7". 230 pages. Railroad schedules with maps of all railroads in US and Canada.Cover worn with writing and te...

1) Manual of Rail Road Stocks, Etc. Spencer Trask & Co. From the desk of Charles B Whiting, Worcester, Mass. A great companion to Moody's. 8...

Each lists conductor, engineer, and engine no. for the different rail lines. Also lists the train stations, including Oakland Wharf, Oakland West, San

Pocket Companion, for the United States and Canada Containing Correct Tables for Time of Starting from all Stations, Distances, Fares, Etc. on all the

1) 1888 Timetable with map 2) 1966 Timetable 3) 6 Checks, 1872 - 1957 4)Map of Union Pacific lands in central and western Nebraska and northeaster

Booklet titled "California and Oregon Klamath Country" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 1908. The booklet (6.5" x 4.5&...

Shows the routes of the proposed Southern Central Railroad and the Northern Railroad. Also the Central/Union Pacific Railroad. Includes their connecti

Large format. Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist. 164 Pages. Description of travel from Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from the Mi...

Booklet. 224 pages. 5" x 7". From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.With foldout maps. Cover worn awith one tear. Pages discolored. Foldou...

1) "a Journey across the Continent, Colorado, Utah. & New Mexico via the Denver & Rio Grande Railway". Printed by R. R. Donnelley ...

1) 1850 Rensselaer & Saratoga Rail Road Co's seven per cent mortgage bonds. A load of $150,000 for the completion of their rail road. Number...

The booklet (5.75" x 3.75") contains a description of the principal places; railroad and steamboat routes, tables of distances, etc. also ...

6 railroad documents. Includes: 1857 booklet for New York & Erie Broad Gauge Railroad w/ color illustr. covers; 1908 stop-over check for The Ore...