SEATTLE LAKE SHORE & EASTERN RAILROAD

Item # 13194

This Rhode Island Locomotive Works plate from 1889 carries construction number 2210 belonging originally to Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern locomotive #13, an 0-4-4. Rhode Island was not known for building many locomotives for west coast railroads, but the SLS&E was insistent enough to purchase from them. That's because the whole SLS&E operation was shady from the start. Directors insisted on buying motive power on credit and no other locomotive builder would agree to the terms posed by the SLS&E! This locomotive is thought to have worked on both west and eastern portions of the SLS&E, and survived the reorganization eventually becoming part of the Northern Pacific, if only for a brief time and perhaps only on paper. She was assigned class H-1 and numbered 1041 but found her way onto the docks and ended her days in the employ of the Seattle Transfer Co. This plate, and its mate are all that survive from a once picturesque promising yet crooked operation traversing through what is today the University of Washington campus and along the shores of Lake Sammamish as the Burke-Gilman Trail.

PRICE: $4,500.00

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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Item # 13188

Small Telegraph key factory marked GNRY CO. in excellent original working order. Makers stamp also present. Nice key.

PRICE: $60.00

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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

Item # 13184

The town of Veteran, WY is in the extreme east central part of the state, about 90 miles north of Cheyenne. Nicely working Cosmo machine with ribbon that is on the dry side but still imprints a bit. Die is marked UP SYSTEM VETERAN, WYO. Nicely original.

PRICE: Sale Pending

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ATCHISON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY

Item # 13183

This Hills Model 7 dater machine comes originally equipped with its brass dater die marked AT&SFRy Co COAST LINES Los Angeles, CALIF. The machine is in excellent operating condition, probably needs a new ribbon as most all of these do, but wonderfully original and a hard to find die from a relatively small town in southern California...

PRICE: $235.00

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Item # 13171

Ask any NP plate collector and you'll find out quickly that an NP A class plate without cracks or repairs is just about impossible to find. This Alco cast iron plate from NP A #2604 is no exception to that finding. Over the years this plate saw multiple cracks but fortunately no missing parts or pieces, just repairs, so the plate is all original, just with many repairs. Even with the damage it remains a testament to the historic advancement of locomotive technology as one of the first 4-8-4's built in America.

PRICE: $950.00

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BUTTE ANACONDA & PACIFIC RAILWAY

Item # 13169

From the first order of GE box cabs. This Alco GE plate came from BA&P box cab #64. What a wonderfully original as-removed plate. This locomotive served the BA&P from 1913 to 1968 when all electric operation on the line ceased. These plates are few and far between so don't miss this opportunity.

PRICE: $2,800.00

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Item # 13160

Baldwin Locomotive Works CN 29859 came from Northern Pacific L9 class 0-6-0 #1051. Full locomotive history on card on reverse. This 12" diameter plate is in excellent original condition with no cracks or damage, and retains its original curvature. Hard to find this nice.

PRICE: $1,400.00

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Item # 13158

Baldwin Locomotive works 5 sided cast iron plate from Northern Pacific #171. Full history spelled out on the back. Just a completely original, as-removed specimen with no damage or repairs. An early 1st generation diesel from the NP.

PRICE: $850.00

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Item # 13143

This cast iron locomotive trust plate came from the Northern Pacific equipment trust of 1957 second series. Very nicely cast and restored, has a serial range on the back. This is a neat piece of early diesel history for the NP.

PRICE: $75.00

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