Shows: Gaithersburg '05

Here are more photos of the Railroad, Steamship,and Transportation Artifacts Show held in Gaithersburg, Maryland in November of 2005. This page shows railroad lanterns.


Above left to right. A fixed-globe lantern from the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad; a brass top lantern made by Kelly with an etched "presentation style" globe; a brass top lantern also made by Kelly with a green-over-clear, etched "presentation style" globe; an all-brass lantern with a green-over-clear, etched "presentation style" globe.

Above left to right. A brass top, fixed globe lantern with a clear cast globe marked "NCRW" for the Northern Central Railway; a brass top lantern made possibly by Westlake marked "P&E" (possibly Philadelphia & Erie); an all brass presentation lantern with an etched globe; a brass top lantern marked "MC RR", likely Maine Central, with a green-over-clear globe.

Above left to right. A conductors lantern with a blue-over-clear globe; a tall globe lantern marked "B&O RR" with a green-over-clear globe marked "B&O RR" for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; a brass top lantern marked "LE&StL RR" on the base; a brass top lantern marked "PRR" for the Pennsylvania Railroad with a red cast globe marked same.

Above left to right. A CT Ham brass top lantern marked "LE&StLC RR" for Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad with a clear unmarked globe; a brass top lantern marked "DGH&M RR" for Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railroad with a red cast globe marked "GTR" for the Grand Trunk Railroad; an all-brass lantern made by Porter; a brass top lantern triple marked "C&O Ry" for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.

Above left to right. A "Reliable" lantern marked "B&O RR" for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad with a B&O "capitol dome" globe; a "Casey" lantern marked "A&S RR Co" for the Alliquipa & Southern Railroad with an unmarked blue globe - note exceptional condition; a "Casey" lantern marked "C&O Ry" for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; a "Reliable" lantern with a clear cast globe marked "CC&O Ry" for the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway.

Above left to right. A "Casey" lantern marked "CC&O Ry" for the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway with a blue-etched globe marked same; a "Reliable" lantern marked "FEC Ry" for the Florida East Coast Railway with a red cast globe marked same; a CT Ham lantern marked "Erie RR" for the Erie Railroad with a green cast Erie "logo" globe; an A&W #250 marked for the Erie Railroad with a red cast "Erie" globe.
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