Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Switch Key

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.

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"

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 key with OWRR&N Co stamped on the front with an Adams & Westlake oval logo and R&B 1775 on the reverse.

This large Bohannan key has a single ring and it is clearly stamped O.C.R.R in an arc across the top. It has "544" in a straight line at 6:00 on the front. The back has the standard W. Bohannan Brookl

An Old Colony Railroad brass switch key made by Bohannan. This key was stamped with Bohannan's block lettering die. It has the Bohannan hallmark on the reverse and a ringed barrel. The OC did have mul

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

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

This key has WC RY stamped on the front and a straight line ADLAKE stamping on the reverse. The Key Lock & Lantern diagrams confirm that this is Wisconsin Central and not Washington County. The Adlake

4 brass switch style hollow barrel keys: (1) Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation / SPECIAL - Adams & Westlake oval logo (2) Union Pacific Adlake - TOOL RACK - Adlake (3) Union Pacific - Pennsy/PC

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.

3 brass switch keys related to the Pennsylvania Railroad: (1) PRR RD? / 327 - old (2) PRR / Adlake "S" GR? 296 (3) Panhandle / 2855 - nice lettering

An old tapered barrel key clearly marked C&E and then RR in almost a straight line. I believe this is from the Cleveland & Erie Railroad, a very old line that became the Lake Shore later in time. Seem

The eight brass switch keys with stamped markings: D.S.C. for Dominion Steel Corp; CPR for the Canadian Pacific Railway; P.M. for the Pere Marquette Railway; Q.N.S.&L for the Quebec North Shore and La

This is a pair of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad brass keys. They represent the old and new switch key bits. The old key is marked CRI&P RR on the front and has the number 9169S on the back

A nice Post & Company lock made for the New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad. It has the "to get key out" dust cover. It has an "S" for switch. The dust cover spring is broken.. It has a nice old cha

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

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

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