Western Railroad Passes, Montana, Western Americana and Gold

Lot of 7 different passes. Years included: 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1925, 1929, and 1932. Some toning/soiling. Operated in the Sierra Nevada foothills

Rare, not seen before. No. 42, issued for 1899 to E. McMauimon. Signed by John P. Burke, vice-president and manager. Printed on cardstock with toning

Pass issued for 1902 to Miss Gay. Signed by Geo. L. Barker as manager. Printed on thick cardstock with soiling. This electric streetcar line was event

Lot of 3 different, two with potato vignettes. Included: 1917 to F.W. Meyers; 1929 to C.P. Neigenfind (Denver & Rio Grande) (potato vignette); a...

Pass No. B26, issued for 1915 to F.C. Matthews (Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad). Countersigned by H.B. Clark. Endorsed by Matthews. Printed o...

Pass No. A197 issued for 1909 to John Ryan, general manager of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad. Signed by R.E. Wells as general manager. Not en...

Very early! 1) 1904 pass to M.F. Van Horn (Union Pacific Railroad), countersigned by W.H. Smith. Endorsed by Van Horn. Printed on blue cardstock by Ra

Two very early passes! 1) Limited Pass issued for 1905 to W.F. Perris, countersigned by C.J. Balch. Staining and toning. 2) 1908 pass issued to C.S. V

Lot of 3 different. Included: 1910 to M.F. Van Horn; 1911 to E.L. Doran and 1912 also to Doran. All printed on cardstock. Some toning. (Prag Collectio

Lot of 3 different. Included: 1911 to M.F. Van Horn; 1912 to Van Horn; and 1913 to R.G. Kenly. All printed on cardstock with varying wear. Please insp

Lot of 3 different. Included: 1912 issued to J.H. Waters, president & general manager for Midland Terminal Railway, signed by R.E. Wells as gene...

Pass No. 205, issued for 1890 to Shelton (Texas & Ft. Worth Railway). Signed by Theodore Bruback as president. Printed on cardstock with toning,...

No. 146, issued for 1893 to S. Bingaman (Prescott & Arizona C. Railway). Signed by C.A. Mead as superintendent. Reverse has conditions. Printed ...

Two pictorial passes for this Santa Catalina Island resort company. Advertises an Aquarium, Island Mountain Railway, and a Pavilion. Included: 1) 1907

"Salt River Valley." "Gold, Silver, Copper." No. B40, issued for 1901 to T.E. Hunt (Southern Pacific). Signed by F.M. Murphy as ...

"Salt River Valley." "Gold, Silver, Copper." No. B318, issued for 1903 to C.M. Baker (Postal Telegraph Cable Co.). Printed signa...

No. 550, issued for 1894 to D.T. Mervine, auditor for Wells Fargo & Company. Signed by George W. Vaughn as vice-president and general manager. P...

Railroad pass with an underground mining vignette. No. A728, issued for 1897 to William Geagan, general manager for Merchants' Despatch Transpor...

"Salt River Valley." "Gold, Silver, Copper." No. B618, issued for 1908 to M.F. Van Horn (Pennsylvania Lines). Countersigned by F...

"Salt River Valley." "Gold, Silver, Copper." No. B1571, issued for 1910 to MF Van Horn (Pennsylvania Lines). Countersigned by C....

"Salt River Valley." "Gold, Silver, Copper." No. B483, issued for 1912 to MF Van Horn (Pennsylvania Lines). Countersigned by C.E...

Two different passes. 1) Pass No. 216, issued for 1898 to F.L. Alexander (Toledo & Ohio Central). Signed by Jno. H. Bryant as president. Printed...

Very important railroad in Seattle's history. Pass No. 110, issued for 1891 to C.M. Hoar, auditor for M.R. & H.C. Railroad. Signed by A.S. D...

Nice pictorial pass for the scenic railway that carried passengers 400 feet up to the plateau and site of the Shasta Springs Resort Hotel and Shasta W

Lot of 4. Included: 1906 issued to Mrs. W.C. Potts; 1917 unissued; 1925 issued to J.H. R. Parsons; and an 1937 commemorative trip pass made to look li

Pass No. 51, issued for 1908 to Lester G. Brewer. Front of pass has facsimile signature of Mears as president, but Mears did live sign the back for th

Pass No. 95, issued for 1900 to C.W. Sells, manager of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway. Printed signature of Otto Mears as president. Countersi...

Pass No. 336, issued to Mrs. Ed Meyers & Family. Facsimile signature of Otto Mears as president. Countersigned on reverse by J.B. Frank. Printed...

Important Western (and especially Colorado) autograph. Pass No. A127, issued for 1888 to Herman Silver & Family. Signed by Colorado railroad mag...

Pass No. 336 issued for 1895 to F.S. Rockwell (Burlington & Missouri River Railroad). Printed (not live) signature of Otto Mears as president. C...

Pass issued for 1889 to Herman Silver, treasurer of the California Central & California Southern Railway Co. Signed by P.W.J. Kiles as president...

Lot of two. 1) No. 233, issued for 1913 to L.A. Downs (supt. of Illinois Central Railroad). Signed by the general manager. Endorsed by Downs. Printed

Lot of two for this important narrow gauge steam railroad that operated from Santa Cruz to Alameda. Comstock Bonanza King James G. Fair bought the rai

Lot of 8 passes from various Southern California rail lines. Included: Southern California Railway, Santa Fe Route (1891 & 1899); San Diego Sout...

Three different. Included: 1892 (Santa Fe Route). 1893 (Half-Fare Permit), and 1897 (Santa Fe Route). All printed on cardstock. (Prag Collection) Cit

Two different colorful passes printed on cardstock by Western Bank Note Co. Included are 1893 and 1894, both signed by the general manager. This compa

Lot of three. Included: 1886 employee pass for between San Francisco & Alameda/Berkeley; 1888 employee pass to R.P. Earhart Director of Oregon &...

Lot of 3 different. Included: 1) 1890 Coast Division issued to C.H. Clark (Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway). Signed by A.C. Barrett. Endorse...

Three pictorial passes featuring trains and steamships. Included: 1900 to Mrs. Elenora Loveland over Lines in California only, countersigned by I.E. G

Lot of 6 different. Included: 1901 to HF Whitcomb, president of Wisconsin Central RR; 1901 to JB Robinson, resident engineer; 1907 to JT Bate (M.K. ...

Lot of 6 different. Included: 1891, 1892, 1894 (pictorial), 1895 (pictorial), 1896, and 1898. Please inspect. (Prag Collection) City: State: Date

Two great California history signatures on one pass. An 1891 pass for GW Percy on account of Leland Stanford! Good for travel between San Francisco an

Three different passes all issued to George J. Ainsworth, president of the Redondo Railway Company. Included: 1892 (all stations in California), 1893

Six different issued passes. Includes: 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904 & 1905. All printed on different color cardstock. All endorsed. Some signed ...

Two colorful passes both issued to H.A. Jackson (Great Northern Railway) for the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co., Nelson & Fort Sheppar...

Lot of 9 passes from various Spokane railroads. Included: Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co. (1893); Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad (191...

No. 932, issued for 1877 to W.H. Hurlburt of Canada Southern Railway. Signed by L.D. Trithill (?) as general manager. Fine condition. This could be co

Lot of two. 1) No. 132, issued for 1926 to J.T. Bate (Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway). Countersigned by C.T. Bliss. 2) No. 50, issued for 1927 to P.R.

Nice pictorial pass for this Florida railroad. No. 519, issued for 1892 to Jas. Parker, VP & superintendent of a railroad (illegible). Signed by...

No. 295, issued for 1875 to Samuel E. Holt, general ticket agent for Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad. Signed by George Noble as general superinten...

No. 286, issued for 1878 to James Converse, chief engineer for Galveston, Harrisbury, and San Antonio Railroad. Signed by George Noble as general supe

Lot of 14 passes issued 1880-1927. Included:1880 (heavily soiled), 1888 (very soiled), 1889, 1893, 1895, 1899 (rubbing), 1901, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1914,

Lot of 4 different for the Lone Star Line. Included: 1899 to Edward A. Bern (supt. of the Canada Cattle Car Co.); 1900 to J.S. Jones (Fort Worth &am...

"The Midland Route." Six different, issued 1897-1915. Included: 1897, 1901, 1904, 1909, 1910, and 1915. All printed on cardstock. All but ...

Lot of 15 passes from various Texas railroads. Included: Texas & St. Louis (1881, poor condition); Texas Trunk Rail Road (1890); Texas Mexican R...

Second group of 15 annual passes from various Texas railroads. Included: Denison & Pacific Railway (1880, very poor condition); Southern Kansas ...

"Sabine Valley Road." No. 160, issued for 1893 to C.M. Hoar, auditor for Hancock & Calumet Railroad Company. Signed by Richard J. Evan...

Lot of three. 1) Montana Railroad Company. 1909. No. 504, issued to John R. Cook. Signed by the president. Printed on green/brown cardstock. This line

Lot of two different pictorial. Includes 1910 and 1911, both issued to RW Hobart & family. Printed on cardstock with different color background ...

No. E38 issued in 1914 to Dr. E.A. Wheeler, chief surgeon over entire line. Printed signature of MB Cutter as president and countersigned by W.D. Fore

Early for this company. No. 1037, issued to F.W. Thompson (Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR). Printed signature of H.R. Hanlin (gen. superinten...

No. A94, issued in 1910 to F.A. Winkler (Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway Co.). Printed signature of M.B. Cutter as president and countersigned...

No. A406 issued in 1911 to F.A. Winkler (Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway Co.). Signed by M.B. Cutter. Printed on blue cardstock by American Ba...

No. B48 issued in 1914 to R.C. Krebs, traveling auditor of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company. Printed signature of MB Cutter as president...

No. A190 issued in 1917 to A.W. Johnson (New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad). Printed signature of MB Cutter as president. Countersigned by ...

Three different passes. 1) 1925, No. 370, issued to JHR Parsons (Southern Pacific Co.), signed by MB Cutter as president. 2) 1928, No. A52 issued to F

Two different. 1) 1929 issued to Carl R. Gray (president of Union Pacific System). Signed by MB Cutter as president. Not endorsed on reverse. 2) Uniss

Rare. No. 726, issued in 1912 to Mrs. R.W. Hobart (wife of gen. agent for AT&SF Railway). Printed signature of John Ryan as manager and superint...

Very rare early pass. The railroad was completed only a year before in 1907. Pass No. 252, issued in 1908 to F.W. Thompson (Rock Island-Frisco Lines).

Early for this line. No. 575, issued in 1910 to M.F. Van Horn (dist. pass. agent for Pennsylvania Lines). John Ryan as general manager. Endorsed by Va

Rare. No. 632, issued in 1915 to M.L. Shearin (gen. supt. of Santa Maria Valley RR Co.). John Ryan as general manager, countersigned by W.W. Cahill. P

No. 83, issued in 1917 to M.F. Van Horn (Pennsylvania Lines). Printed signature of John Ryan as general manager, countersigned by W.W. Cahill. Light t

"Death Valley Railroad." No. 50, issued in 1920 to Mrs. Meta J. Erickson (president, Amador Central Railroad Co.). Countersigned by W.W. C...

Lot of two issued. 1) "Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, Death Valley Railroad." No. 96, issued 1928 to F.C. Matthews (Midland Terminal Railway...

Four different issued passes. Included: 1910, 1914, 1924, and 1930. The Valley Road: Ft. Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston. Please see photo for c

A nice variety of passes that were leftover after sorting through nearly 800 passes. This group has 20 passes. Included: Midland Continental Railroad

Three different passes. This company was founded in 1903 by Gilson Asphaltum Company to transport Gilsonite in Colorado and Utah. It operated between

Lot of four different issued in the 1880s. Included: 1880 to Herman Silver (auditor, Denver & Rio Grande), heavily soiled; 1882 (Branch Lines) t...

Lot of 8, issued 1890-1906. Included: 1890 to Herman Silver; 1891 to W.H. Hurlburt, countersigned by Coykendall; 1896 to J.E. Preston, countersigned b

Early pass for this railroad that hired W.F. Cody in 1867 to feed its workers by shooting buffalo, earning him his iconic nickname "Buffalo Bil...

Lot of two. 1) 1894, issued to W.H. Hurlburt (Oregon Railroad & Navigation), countersigned by H. Michelson, endorsed by Hurlburt. 2) 1898, issue...

Very attractive pass issued 1887. Nice vignette of "Black Rock" at Salt Lake City. What makes this pass even more special is that it was i...

No. 109, issued in 1889 to Herman Silver, treasurer of the California Southern & California Central Railways. Signed by W.W. Riter as superinten...

Historic Utah railroad pass for a railroad line that epitomized the early push from the Mormon church to gain more national recognition from Salt Lake

Early Utah pass signed by an important figure in Utah history. Pass issued for 1877 to W.H. Hurlburt (Canada Southern Line). Signed by John Sharp as s

Pass No. 590, issued to T.C. Power, president of Ft. Benton Transportation Co. Signed by Mormon bishop John Sharp. Printed on pink cardstock by Hosfor

Pass No. 437 issued for 1889 to G.A. Gilman (Blue Line). Signed by Mormon leader John Sharp as superintendent. Printed on cardstock with gray backgrou

Attractive pass featuring vignette of the Beehive House in Salt Lake City. Pass No. 160, issued for 1894 to William Geagen. Countersigned by T.J. Mack

Early pass issued to T.C. Owen, general manager for the B & J Railroad. Signed by Mose Thatcher as general superintendent. Printed on cardstock ...

Lot of 8 passes from various Utah railroads. Included: Bingham & Garfield Railway Co. (1926); Utah Railway Co. (1919, 1924); Utah Coal Route/ Ut...

Pass No. 123, issued to T.C. Owen, general manager for B & 5th. W. Railroad. Signed by Feramorz Little as superintendent. This railroad operated...

Another very early pass! Pass No. 255, issued for 1875 to T.C. Owens. Signed by F. Little (Feramorz Little). Printed on cardstock by Hosford & S...

Early pass for this iconic Nevada railroad! No. 312, issued in 1877 to W.H. Hurlburt, general Western passenger agent for Canada Southern Railway Line

Lot of two. 1) 1925 issued to JHR Parsons (Southern Pacific Co.). Signed by the company vice-president. 2) Unissued pass for 1921. Some soiling/toning

Rare pictorial pass issued in 1890 to B.H. Garland, agent for Wabash Railroad Co. Signed by Henry Yerington as general superintendent. Vignette of loc

Lot of six different passes from two different Visalia railroads. 1) Visalia & Tulare Railroad. Pass No. 25, issued for 1898 to Leroy Springs, p...

Low No. 8, issued for 1877 to Philip Ritz. Signed by D.S. Baker as president. Endorsed by Ritz. Printed on cardstock with toning and soiling. Operated

Lot of two. Both issued to W.H. Hurlburt, general pass. agent for Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. 1) No. 105, issued in 1896. Printed on b...

Lot of 12 passes issued 1910-1931. Included: 1910, 1911 (2), 1913, 1914, 1915 (Employee Term Pass), 1916 (Employee Term Pass), 1916, 1917, 1924, 1925,

Low No. 7, issued for 1875 to W.H. Hurlburt. Signed by D.A. Olin as general superintendent. Printed on cardstock with light soiling. Started in 1870,