Shows: Austintown '04

Here are some photos of the Austintown, Ohio show held in July of 2004. Images were generously provided by Rob Hoffer. Click on the thumbnails for larger images. Download time may be **slow** for a modem connection.

Above left to right. A colorful broadside from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad; a bell from a Norfolk & Western steam locomotive; a display of books; a cloth patch from a Baltimore & Ohio motor coach uniform.
Above left to right. An Adams & Westlake bellbottom lantern with a red-flashed globe from the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad; a close-up of the globe; a bellbottom lantern with a green-cast globe from the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; an Atlantic & Great Western Railroad brasstop, bellbottom lantern with a red cast globe from the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad -- a mismatched set but still beautiful.
Above left to right. A lineup of China: four pieces in the "Allegheny" pattern of the Pennsylvania Railroad; a dinner plate in the "Karasz" pattern of the Pennsylvania Railroad; an oyster plate in the "Philadelphia" pattern of the Pennsylvania Railroad; three pieces in the "Flying Crow" pattern of the Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Above left to right. A doorknob from the Erie Railroad; a large display of buttons; a display of keys; a pile o' locks.
Above left to right. An brasstop, bellbottom lantern with a clear cast globe from the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad; an Adams & Westlake wire-bottom with a clear cast globe from the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad; a Star Headlight & Lantern wire-bottom lantern with a amber-etched globe from the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad; a Adams & Westlake "Reliable" lantern with an amber-etched globe -- the railroad is unknown.
Above left to right. An brass, baggage tag marked "Philadelphia to Mt. Dallas"; a promotional set of golf medallions from the Pittsburgh & Erie Railroad; a close-up of same; a display of rules books and employee timetables.
Above left to right. A blueprint for a 6-chime whistle from the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad; a close-up of the legend from this blueprint; two Pennsylvania Lines (Pennsylvania Railroad) police badges.
Above. Russ & Helen Colgrove celebrated their 50th anniversary at the show, complete with a cake. Congratulations to them!