SLSW Handlan Buck Tapered Switch Key

A Handlan Buck made brass switch key made for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Nice C&NW marking on the front. Reverse has a clear Handlan Buck hallmark. Some bend at the base of the barrel.

The Port Jervis Monticello & New York was a successor to the Port Jervis & Monticello Railroad. It existed from 1886 - 1902 when it became part of the New York Ontario & Western. This key shire looks

Chicago St Paul & Minneapolis tapered barrel switch key with RY. This line just existed with this name from 1878-1880 when it became the Omaha line. Nothing on the reverse.

A Chicago St Paul and Kansas City Railroad brass switch key. It has the initials on one side and a serial number of 49 on the reverse in small lettering. This line existed from 1886-1893 when it becam

A brass tapered barrel switch key stamped P&O RR for the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad. Thsi became the Crawford Notch "Mountain Division" of the Maine Central Railroad and provided western access th

St. Joseph Belt Railway Handlan-Buck Brass Key Key is stamped ST.JB RY on the front of the hilt. The reverse is marked Handlan-Buck Mfg. Key shows light pocket wear.

An outstanding Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad switch key with clear Romer hallmark on reverse. This key is a match to the lock in lot #7.

Brass key stamped with CHI & ATL RR S in serif font on the front of the hilt. Unmarked on the reverse. Some mild pocket wear which does just touch on the top of a few of the letters. Barrel shows a ve

A very nice, large Chicago & North Western Railroad brass switch key. It also has "GD" for Galena Division. The reverse is blank. A nice key showing little to no use.

A New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad brass, tapered barrel switch key made by Romer in Newark, New Jersey. Bold marking of NYNH&H RR with an "S"witch at 6:00. The reverse has the Romer hallmark. T

This could be Norfolk & Western or Norwich & Worcester. It's from a New England collection that had other early keys so I am leaning on Norwich & Worcester. If you live in Virginia?.. Go with Norfolk

A nice dark Romer brass, tapered barrel, switch key. Clearly stamped DL&W RR S (Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad "S"witch. Romer & Company hallmark on the reverse.Nice.

Alexandria & Washington? This is clearly a very old key but the large lettering looks more like a shop stamp than a manufacturer marking. It has A&W RR in huge deep lettering and the reverse has "100"

My Ohio based consignor believes this is Ohio Southern which operated from 1881-1898. It went into the Detroit Toledo & Ironton. Original trackage was Ironton to Lima. Fine tapered barrel. The dies ar

We had this same bit with a VCRR marking a few years ago. I am 99% sure it's Central Vermont Railroad and not Cumberland Valley. There si a faint hallmark on the reverse that I think is a J. L. Howard

Wichita & Western Railroad tapered barrel switch key. This is a Santa Fe predecessor. This key is from our C&NW consignor. I doubt it's Wilmington & Weldon. I think the Wichita & Western existed from

A faintly marked, heavily worn T. Slaight tapered barrel switch key made for the Connecticut River Railroad. We've had this same bit a few times. Nice heavy use.

This Sherburne brass lock has had its initials rubbed off. It came with a St Johnsbury & Lake Champlain tapered barrel switch key that we have listed separately in this auction. It uses a dog-leg bit.

A fine key that is early with a tapered barrel. No mistaking what line this is. It has CENT IOWA RR and an "S" on the front. The reverse has a serial number of just "21". A nice early key.

A tapered barrel brass switch key made for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. It has an "S" for switch. The reverse is blank.

A Nickel Plate Road (New York Chicago & St Louis Railway) switch key with nice tapered barrel and outstanding letting. It is marked NYC&STL RY "S". No maker on reverse.

Very nice Sherburne tapered barrel brass switch key made for the Portland Saco & Portsmouth Railroad. This was an efficient tangent line from South Berwick to Portland in Maine. The Boston & Maine bui

This Sherburne tapered barrel brass switch key was made for the St Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad in Vermont. The key has lots of wear, particularly to the tip but it is still easy to make out th

Tapered barrel brass switch key made by Romer in Newark, New Jersey for the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad. It also has a "J" where you might find an "S". A earlier key from a fine maker.