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Rail & Road Auctions
Rail & Road Auctions is the Midwest's only dedicated home for nostalgic railroad and automotive memorabilia. We sell choice pieces relating to railroad and automotive history, including original art, and memorabilia.
Rail & Road Auctions was started by decade long industry professionals seeking to provide a more authentic auction experience for more niche collectors. We wanted to put our expertise towards something that was more passion than profit.
We cherish every piece that comes through our door because that piece is history itself. Whether it's Railroadania or Automobile collectibles, they represent a unique place in time and bond countless memories to an era that is entirely gone. We hope we have stood out as an auction house that understands and cherishes the pieces it handles for their integrity and not just their dollar value.
Upcoming Auctions from Rail & Road Auctions
Railroad Ephemera & Railroadiana - Day 1
The Thursday session is highlighted by historical paper, photographs, and hardware from various railroads. Notable lots include a number of unframed large format American Locomotive Works / ALCO steam locomotive builders photographs, collections of both Southern Pacific and LIMA Locomotive Works builder specification cards, Adams & Westlake porcelain passenger car fold down wash basin, Baldwin Locomotive Works Pennsylvania Railroad E2 4-4-2 frame builders photograph, framed Santa Fe advertising prints, Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroad EMD locomotive builders plates, mid to late 1800s books and paperwork from the Pennsylvania Railroad, an 1873 bound volume of the Railroad Gazette, a Wabco cast B6 locomotive horn, 1940 Lackawanna Railroad travel advertising poster, Pennsylvania Railroad New York Tunnel Extension Photography Book & Informational Book (Outstanding photos of Penn Station in the early 1900s), a Pyle National modern diesel locomotive headlight, and much more!
Railroadiana & Railroad Collectibles - Day 2
Day two of this outstanding sale is highlighted by a number of signs, china and silver, builders plates, etc. The star of the auction is an Santa Fe Alco PA Stainless Steel Indian locomotive sign from an Alco PA or PB locomotive. The catalog description goes into depth on this sign, but we believe it is the best example offered at auction in a number of years. This sign transcends beyond the railroad hobby to sign collectors, art deco collectors, and so many other arenas of collecting and decor. This sale will also include a number of items from the East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad including a wooden narrow track gauge, Adams & Westlake table lamps marked for the EBT, and brass car chandeliers from the EBT. Other notable pieces in this sale include an original Howard Fogg steam locomotive water color painting, Lamberton B&O ball pitcher, Santa Fe Turquoise Room service plate, Northern Central Railway / Pennsylvania Railroad depot clock, Lackawanna wooden depot sign from Grove Street in New Jersey, Pennsy Masonite tower sign from Karney, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Railroad brass steam locomotive bell marked for the Altoona shops, a second brass bell that we believe originated from a Southern Pacific MT5 steam locomotive, Fairbanks Morse H12-44 builders plate, multiple examples of the Illinois Central French Quarter plates, A set of badges for the Baldwin Locomotive Works Fire Department Chief in original brown Rumpp leather case, a Southern Pacific AC-12 Baldwin builders plate with locomotive photograph and letter, a five chime locomotive whistle and a number of smaller whistles which are part of our ?Sound it & Sell it!? promotion in conjunction with the Kentucky Steam Heritage whistle blow, and numerous other lots of quality railroadiana. We include a number of photographs with every lot, but if there is a detail that you would like to see that we have not included, you are always welcome to email us at info@RARauctions.com or call us at 765-412-7926.Bidder Reviews for Rail & Road Auctions (117)
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EricNew York, NY
Sep 26, 2023
Have Bought Before, Will Buy Again
I liked these particular items a good deal; one of them is going as a gift to a trolley-car buff friend.
ArthurVerona, VA
Sep 26, 2023
This business is a well-oiled machine.
All aspects of several purchases I've made through Rail & Road have gone very smoothly. Their auctions usually contain very interesting and sometimes hard-to-find RR items. Catalogues are well put together. Always fun to go through.
TimFuquay Varina, NC
Sep 26, 2023
DonaldFletcher, NC
Sep 23, 2023
What I was buying
All photos of the item were clear and accurate with complete understanding of what I was purchasing.
EricNew York, NY
Sep 11, 2023
Another solid effort
I've bought from this firm before, and I will buy from them again. The items were as advertised (in fact, the silver items cleaned up very nicely), though why one previous owner chose to make a mirror out of a dining car silver collar is a mystery to me. Also was able to get some keys for switch locks I wanted. Overall, very happy.
DavidTarzana, CA
Aug 15, 2023
Great Job!!! Will buy again from this company, Thanks
Great Job!!! Will buy again from this company, Thanks
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