DL&W Tapered Barrel Switch Key by Romer

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.

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

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.

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.

A fine key made by Romer in Newark with a tapered barrel It has fancy DL&W RR stamped on the front and the Romer hallmark on the reverse. You don;t see a Romer Lackawanna key every day.

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

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.

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

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

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 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

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

An old tapered barrel switch bit key. The front is stamped L.V.R.R. in a nice arc. The reverse has "C1824" stamped in a straight line across the top. A nice looking key with age and not any real use.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad brass switch key. Tapered barrel and double ringed, however the rings have worn away from pocket wear in spots. The hilt is stamped L S & M S RR in serif font o

3 older keys: (1) Lehigh Valley coach key #1886 made by S&M Mfg. in Philadelphia (2) steel LVRR Switch key with tapered barrel #C2706 (looks like a Nock) (3) Pennsylvania Railroad "31" brass coach

Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western switch key with a tapered barrel and it is stubby. Quite a bit of wear to the tip. The MLS&W existed from 1973-1893 when it became part of the Chicago & North Western Ra