Portsmouth Great Falls & Conway Railroad Switch Key

A very old key made by Williams Page & Company in Boston. This is an Eastern Railroad predecessor. This was the original line up to the White Mountains on the western side. This is an Eastern Railroad

Boston & Maine Railroad Dater Die from Conway, New Hampshire. This is on the Portsmouth Great Falls & Conway line that ended with a junction in in Intervale, New Hampshire. This was not a major locati

An early fixed globe lantern that has a free blown body with many swirls and shaping lines from rolling it. The globe has an applied ring to the base and it is thick and heavy. The globe overall is ve

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

Chicago and Alton and Chicago and Great Western Brass A&W Railroad Switch Keys Pair of brass keys, the first is stamped C. & A RR with the A&W hexagon 2888 S on the reverse. The top of the hilt has so

Brass switch key with serif letters marked P&RFRR. Marked on back W. Bohannon Brooklyn NY, with number 226 and S.

An early New England key from the successor of the Old Colony & Fall River Railroad. The OC&N existed from 1864-1872 when it was taken over by the Old Colony Railroad. Nice markings with a tapered bar

A pair of New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad switch keys. One heavily worn with a split bit. The other is a great Bohannan example with a nice "S" on the reverse.

This is the bit described as Central Vermont in the Key Lock & Lantern diagrams. There is no Cumberland Valley in the diagrams so this may be a key with more to it than meets the eye. It's a great sin

This set of four brass switch keys, all different, are from the Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago Great Western Railroads. The first key is stamped C&NW on the front, and S on the back. The second

3 switch keys related to the Erie Railroad: (1) NYLE&W RR/ Bohannan "S" (single ring) (2) A&GWR? - tapered barrel note bend Erie predecessor - Atlantic & Great Western (3) ERIE / Fraim keystone hallma

Group of three railroad locks including Adlake Northern Pacific with NP SWITCH stamped on the body includes and NP marked Adlake key which does operate the lock. Some cleaning to the stamping on the l

3 brass railroad keys: (1) small B&ORR with nice tapered barrel and looks like a modified switch bit - displays great (2) L&N RR is Louisville & Nashville with nothing on reverse (3) Florida East Coas

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.

The Danbury & Norwalk is an obscure Connecticut line that ended up in the New Haven. It was a short line and ran just between the named cities. The key is a Bohannan with an "S" for switch on the reve

The New London Northern was a Central Vermont predecessor that operated through Connecticut to Palmer, Massachusetts. This seems to be a nice early key with a dark patina. It was made by S. C. Thompso

A short line that ran from Hoboken to the Southern NY border on Greenwood Lake. The New York & Greenwood Lake was an Erie controlled line. A faint Newark hallmark on the reverse. Either a Slaight or R

A rare key from Connecticut, the New Haven & Derby Railroad. This is just the 2nd key from this road that I have ever seen. It existed from 1871-1889 when it was taken over by the Housatonic which end

An unusual New England switch lamp with a P&RF RR applied tag. The Armspear patent information is partially readable. This lamp is from the Alan Thomas collection. I have never seen a marked Portland

A steel, fat barrel switch key with faint maker's stamp. Measures 2.25 inches long. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.

The New London Northern was part of the Central Vermont Railway. Early Railroad charters were issued on a per state basis and the New London Northern was the CV's line from Palmer Massachusetts to New

An unusual key from the Phil Simms collection. The Middletown & Unionville was a short line that operated out of Middletown, New York 1913 - 1947. They even had milk service. This key has M&U RR on th

This switch key is stamped W&OD RY with 234 stamped on the reverse. The barrel has 2 rings and the key is in nice shape. This is a desirable Virginia short line.

A very obscure line in Massachusetts was the Plymouth & Middleborough. They existed for just a year or two until the Old Colony absorbed them and the subsequent year, the New Haven bought out the Old