Fall 2024 Western Railroadiana Sale/Auction
Western Railroad Americana is pleased to announce our Fall 2024 Western Railroadiana Sale/Auction. A curated collection of 70 items of western railroadiana (we threw in some stuff for our eastern collector friends as well!!) that includes a nice selection of railroad antiques in multiple categories including: builders plates, front number plate, lamps, lanterns, locks, keys, and other miscellaneous railroad antiques.
The Sale/Auction? Which is it? It is both. Please take a few minutes to read how this sale will be handled.
It is a sale if only one person wants the item. It is an auction if more than one person wants the item.
If there is a bidding situation, we will accept bids in $25 increments. Everyone gets a call back and the bidding will continue until the other person bows out. Please help us complete this part quickly by being accessible via phone or email. If only one person is interested in an item then the call back will be simple and the transaction completed.
The Sale/Auction starts today! Feel free to look over the catalog, request additional photos, ask questions, etc.. and then submit your bid.
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We are going to let the auction phase run until next Sunday, October 27th at 8pm MST. All bids need to be in by this time. After that the sale phase will start and anything left will be available on a first come, first served basis. And YES, we are always open to offers and trades. The goal is to find these items new homes.
These are cash prices. Feeless payment services, cashier’s checks, personal checks if we know you, or cash are acceptable payment methods. If you want to pay with a credit card, then there is a 3.5% fee added to the total purchase price.
No buyers premium!
Shipping and insurance is billed at actual!
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Once again, thank you for your interest in our Fall 2024 Western Railroadiana Sale. Feel free to Contact Us with any questions, concerns, or even criticisms.
Now onto the photos and the good stuff! Additional photos available upon request.
Sincerely,
Erik Wightman and Jason Sanford
The Catalog
The Auction portion is closed. Accepting Offers on items that did not sell.
Item-01
Atchison Topeka and Sana Fe Railroad (Santa Fe) – sand painting figure glass panel. Inspired by the Hopi Indians, these hung behind passengers in the car. There were four different figures in each Santa Fe Hi-Level diner, and only 5-6 cars in use, which means only a total of 20-24 of these were ever made. They sat like a partition and lit up. Measures a large and heavy 37″ tall and 16 1/2″ wide. When lit
properly they are stunning!
Price: $7,500 (Accepting Offers)
Item-02
Santa Fe “sand painting figure” glass panel. This is the Kachina. Inspired by the Hopi Indians, these hung behind passengers in the car. There were four different figures in each Santa Fe Hi-Level diner, and only 5-6 cars in use, which means only a total of 20-24 of these were ever made. They sat like a partition and lit up. This one is about 37 1/4″ tall and 22 1/2″ wide, so it’s wider than the Yei. When lit properly they are stunning.
Price: $8,500 (SOLD)
Item-03
Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railroad – Dietz model 39 fixed bell bottom lantern with a green etched extended base globe etched “BA&PRy”
Price: $1,250 (SOLD : $1,500)
Item-04
Central Pacific Railroad – a journal box cover from an early freight car cast with a date of 1875. A nice piece of early transcontinental railroad history.
Price: $125 (SOLD: $175)
Item-05
Central Pacific Railroad – early cast brake shoe found in a Nevada antique store. Heavy! Nice early piece of transcontinental railroad history. Measures 13″ by 3 1/2″.
Price: $250 (Accepting Offers)
Item-06
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad – a locomotive model designation plate from an EMD E5. These units were also owned under the CB&Q/C&S/FWD family of railroads.
Price: $500 (SOLD: $1,000)
Item-07
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee) – locomotive builders plate from H12-44 #2307.
Price: $800 (Accepting Offers)
Item-08
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee) – Hiawatha oval plate from the Milwaukee Road Skytop Lounge #188, named Dell Rapids. The car number #188 is stamped on reverse of the plate. Most of these plates do not have the car number stamped on them making this a rare one.
Price: $2,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-09
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee) – EMD GP9 locomotive model designation plate.
Price: $375 (Sold: $425)
Item-10
Chicago and Northwestern Railway – graniteware cup. Shows some use but overall a very clean example. Some enamel loss at top of handle.
Price: $250 (SOLD)
Item-11
Colorado and Southern Railway – Adams and Westlake model 1909 fixed bell bottom lantern with a clear cast transitional style extended base globe cast “C&SRy”. The frame has absolutely beautiful patina and a nice strong strike on the globe.
Price: $1,250 (Accepting Offers)
Item-12
Colorado and Southern Railway – Adams and Westlake model 1895 fixed bell bottom lantern with a red etched CNX style globe etched “C&SRy”. The globe is manufactured by MacBeth Evans and is hallmarked as such. The lantern frame is in original condition including some old red paint on the bottom of the bell.
Price: $1,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-13
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad – fancy back lock switch lock. The lock appears to have been opened and repaired at one time but still a rare and desirable lock. Spring in the dust cover and the lock works with a standard Denver and Rio Grande Railroad switch key.
Price: $1,500 (Accepting Offers)
Item-14
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad – switch lamp manufactured by Dressel. Cast D&RGW inside the mounting bracket.
Price: $250 (SOLD: $250)
Item-15
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railway – locomotive builders plate from 2-8-0 #192. Excellent curvature. Manhole style plate about 16 1/2″ wide. Originally built Duluth & Iron Range #92 before going to the DM&IR.
Price: $1,000 (SOLD: $1,000)
Item-16
Great Northern Railroad – Hillyard Shops Built-1927 plate. Excellent shape. About 12-1/4″ by 4″. It’s off of a 4-6-2 engine but which one is a mystery. Based on the date, it would be a H-5 and would be narrowed down to units #1366-1374.
Price: $1,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-17
Great Northern Railroad – locomotive builders plate fromEMD F7B #363B. This unit eventually became Burlington Northern Railroad #9721.
Price: $250 (Accepting Offers)
LN-18
Great Northern Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD F7A #311C. This unit eventually became Burlington Northern Railroad #634.
Price: $300 (SOLD)
Item-19
Great Northern Railroad – locomotive nose emblem plate from either an EMD F or E unit. Plate is creased in middle to contour to the locomotive nose. Sign measures 24″ across.
Price: $1,700 (Accepting Offers)
Item-20
Great Northern Railroad – porcelain sign. Sign measures 24″ across.
Price: $1,000 (SOLD)
Item-21
Great Northern Railroad – pullman door plate from the sleeper car Chaney Glacier.
Price: $450 (Accepting Offers)
Item-22
Great Northern Railroad – Pullman door plate from the sleeper car Skykomish River.
Price: $450 (Accepting Offers)
Item-23
Middle fork Railroad – locomotive builders plate from Heisler #7. This was the last Heisler locomotive to leave the line and has been restored to operation and runs today. A nice piece of steam locomotive history out of West Virginia. There appears to be a braised or silver soldered repair on the left side of the plate.
Price: $1,000 (SOLD: $2500)
Item-24
Misc. Railroad – EMD F3 locomotive model designation plate.
Price: $500 (SOLD: $525)
Item-25
Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad – Katy Flyer station sign from Dallas Union Station.
Price: $750 (Accepting Offers)
Item-26
Northern Pacific Railroad – square top caboose marker manufactured by Adams and Westlake. Three green and one red lens. Original Adams & Westlake fuel font, but no burner present.
Price: $350 (SOLD: $350)
Item-27
Northern Pacific Railway – square top caboose marker manufactured by Adams & Westlake. Three green and one red lens in very nice condition with an Adams & Westlake style font, burner and fill cap included.
Price: $350 (Accepting Offers)
Item-28
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 0-6-0 #1076. Good curvature!
Price: $450 (SOLD: $725)
Item-29
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 0-6-0 #1093. The plate has two fatigue stress lines that does show on both sides. A nice Dickson Works plate.
Price: $1,500 (SOLD: $3,125)
Item-30
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive front number plate from 0-8-0 #1181. Plate measures 17 1/2″ wide by 6 1/8″ tall by 2 5/16″ thick. Be sure to check out the matching builders plate below.
Price: $500 (Accepting Offers)
Item-31
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 0-8-0 #1181. For some reason has some extra holes drilled into it.
Price: $700 (Accepting Offers)
Item-32
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 2-8-0 #19. A beautiful and early scalloped corners plate from Schenectady Locomotive Works.
Price: $1,250 (SOLD: $1,650)
Item-33
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 4-6-0 #1372. Huge manhole cover style plate that measures an impressive 16 1/2″ wide! Excellent curvature.
Price $1,000 (SOLD: $1,000)
Item-34
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 2-6-2 #2305. This plate has two extra holes drilled for some reason. The plate appears to have been sand blasted at one point.
Price: $1,200 (Accepting Offers)
Item-35
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 4-6-2 #2254. There are a couple of odd chips along the bottom but could be in the mold process. Only seen when the plate is turned sideways. One super small fatigue along the border that barely goes into the front side face of the plate.
Price: $1,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-36
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 4-8-4 #2680. The plate has a a fatigue on the front upper right hand corner.
Price: $2,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-37
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 2-8-8-4 #50039. Spectacular curvature on this plate from a Yellowstone class locomotive!
Price: $3,500 (SOLD: $3,500)
Item-38
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 4-6-6-4 #5107.
Price: $3,000 (SOLD)
Item-39
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD F3A #6000A.
Price: $800 (Accepting Offers)
Item-40
Northern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD F-7A #6008A. A lot of original paint left on this plate.
Price: $500 (Accepting Offers)
Item-41
Northern Pacific Railroad – railroad test gauge manufactured by the American Steam Gauge Co. out of Boston, Bourdon Steam Gauge. Tests up to 300 PSI with NPRR marked on dial/face. Very nice condition with a few dings, nicks here and there from use over the years. 10 1/2″ wide. This gauge was pictured in the book “The Antique American Steam Gauge, A Collector’s Guide”. Pictured on page 124 and featured as one of the rarities as far as railroad test gauges are concerned.
Price: $1,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-42
Northern Pacific Railroad – police badge marked NPPR and 26.
Price: $200 (SOLD: $200)
Item-43
Northwestern Pacific Railroad – switch lamp made by Adams & Westlake. A very hard to find lamp that is in as-removed condition from railroad service. Uncleaned and just perfect originality. Comes with two purple and and two red lenses. Complete with the vent assembly, fuel font, burner, lifting stem and Pyrex glass chimney all present.
Price: $300 (SOLD: $475)
Item-44
Oregon Lumber Company – locomotive builders plate from Oregon Lumber Company engine #100.
Price: $1,500 (SOLD: $3,025)
Item-45
Pacific Express Company – brass top bell bottom lantern manufactured by M.M. Buck. Some overall light pitting and some small pinholes in the bell and lid but still a very nice rare lantern. This is one of three known examples to exist. The Pacific Express Company was formed from the merger of the Kansas Pacific Railway and Union Pacific Railroad express department. A nice piece of early western history.
Price: $1,250 (SOLD)
Item-46
Pennsylvania Railroad – locomotive builders plate from a GG1. This is the harder to find cast iron version of the plate, most of them are made of aluminum. From the last production batch of GG1 locomotives. Condition is as removed from the locomotive.
Price: $2,500 (SOLD)
Item-47
Pennsylvania Railroad – locomotive keystone front number plate from 4-6-2 #3740, a K4SA. The plate has been repainted and done very well.
Price: $4,500 (SOLD: $4,500)
Item-48
Saddle Mountain Logging Company – locomotive builders plate from Heisler #1432. This is a vey thick plate compared to the other Heisler plates we have handled. This locomotive also operated on other lines which are listed on the back of the plate.
Price: $1,750 (SOLD: $2,775)
Item-49
San Francisco Oakland Terminal Railway – Adlake model 1913 lantern with flat verticals. Double marked “SAN.FRAN.OAK.TERM.Ry.” on one side and “KEY.SYSTEM” on the other. Painted black but would most likely be very tinny underneath. Looks really smooth under the paint. Complete and original
with a very nice Adlake fuel font, brass burner and comes with a red
Kopp hallmarked globe. Does have some Kero residue inside the font so it was likely being burned. Globe is a tad tight going in but does fit.
Price: $300 (SOLD: $375)
Item-50
Soo Line Railroad – wooden timetable holder. Measures 26-1/2″ x 10″.
Price: $500 (Accepting Offers)
Item-51
Southern Pacific Railroad – official Baldwin Locomotive Works builders photo of Southern Pacific Mogul 2-6-0 #1720. Note the “CP” marks on the tender! This is a much larger builder’s photo than the traditional Baldwin versions. It is housed in the original, wooden frame. Measures about 41 1/4″ wide, 25 1/2″ tall, and 3/4″ thick.
Price: $500 (SOLD: $500)
Item-52
Southern Pacific Railroad – round top switch lamp manufactured by Adams and Westlake. Not marked for the railroad on the lamp body itself but it is clearly the style used by the Southern Pacific. The original fuel font is marked for the railroad embossed “SP Co”. Two green and two amber lenses. The bail is missing but replacements are available.
Price: $200 (Accepting Offers)
Item-53
Southern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 4-8-2 #4306, an MT-1 mountain class steam locomotive. This locomotive was also partially streamlined during her lifetime.
Price: $1,250 (Accepting Offers)
Item-54
Southern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from 4-8-8-2 #4239 which was a class AC-10 cab forward locomotive.
Price: $2,250 (Accepting Offers)
Item-55
Southern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate set from 4-8-8-2 #4248 which was a class AC-11 cab forward locomotive. Two matched builders plates and the back head plate.
Price: $5,500 (Accepting Offers)
Item-56
Southern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from S-2 #1426. This unit was eventually renumbered to #1769.
Price: $350 (Accepting Offers)
Item-57
Southern Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD F-3A #6131A. Built in 1949. This unit was delivered in Southern Pacific’s legendary black widow paint scheme!
Price: $400 (Accepting Offers)
Item-58
Southern Pacific Railroad – Acme Fast Freight Porcelain Sign Original porcelain railroad sign for Acme Fast Freight, “Dependable
Daily Service”. This is a BIG one. 56″ wide and 38 1/2″ tall. Overall very nice condition. Very light chipping around the bolt holes which is typical. This sign came out of the Sacramento area from a SP depot in that region. Acme Freight was in business around circa 1910-1950’s.
Price: $800 (SOLD: $800)
Item-59
Southern Pacific Company – wax sealer from Buena Park, California. The dsiplay includes the wax sealer, some wax, and a photo of the depot all nicely framed in a shadow box style frame. This display was put together by the late Rick Wright many years ago. The display is about 14-1/8 by 11-1/8.
Price: $800 (SOLD: $800)
Item-60
Southern Pacific Railroad (SPRR) – square top switch lamp manufactured by Adams and Westlake. As original as they come! All four lenses still have the original stickers on the lenses. Original pot and chimney. This is the much harder to find SPRR marking.
Price: $300 (SOLD: $375)
Item-61
Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway – locomotive builders plate from 4-8-4 #701. An extremely rare plate as the railroad only owned a total of three units! Not a lot of curvature but the rarity makes up for that.
Price: $3,500 (SOLD: $3,525)
Item-62
Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway – locomotive builders plate from 4-6-6-4 #902. This is the first run of the Challenger class units on the SP&S 4-6-6-4. Acquired new by the SP&S and only eight units were built! A rare plate.
Price: $3,250 (SOLD: $4,100)
Item-63
Union Pacific Railroad – model 1913 Adlake Reliable lantern with a clear cast CNX style globe cast with the Overland Shield logo.
Price: $250 (Accepting Offers)
Item-64
Union Pacific Railroad – station agent hat badge and original hat. A nice turn of the century hat and hat badge in original condition.
Price: $250 (Accepting Offers)
Item-65
Union Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD GP9U #320.
Price: $175 (Accepting Offers)
Item-66
Union Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD GP9B #319B.
Price: $175 (Accepting Offers)
Item-67
Union Pacific Railroad – locomotive builders plate from EMD GP20 #722. The unit was later renumbered to #492.
Price: $225 (SOLD)
Item-68
Union Pacific Denver and Gulf Railway – switch key
Price: $2,000 (Accepting Offers)
Item-69
Virginia and Truckee Railroad – locomotive builders plate from steam locomotive 4-6-0 #25. This is the 2nd #25 the railroad acquired.. The locomotive was eventually sold to Paramount Pictures and has starred in numerous movies. Plate is in as-removed condition from the locomotive. Nevada railroad history at its finest!
Price: $4,800 (Accepting Offers)
