Shows: Columbus '06 - December

Here are photos from the 2006 (December) Columbus Railroadiana Show. Photos were generously provided by Rob Hoffer. Click on the thumbnails below for larger images -- which are *big* files so download times may be **slow** for a modem connection.

Above left to right. Displays of various hat badges, including a very unusual "Boot Black" badge from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad at far right..
Above left to right. Display of ashtrays; a steam locomotive bell; several fake builders' plates complete with shiny patina; a brush marked for the Wabash Railroad.
Above left to right. Door sets marked for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad; a fire extinguisher from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; several sets of railroad marked glassware; a steam whistle known as a "Banshee" with a distinctive counterweight on the pull arm -- not marked but reportedly from the Southern Railway. .
Above left to right. A silver Ice bucket marked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, a ceramic jug marked for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; a pass from the Cleveland & Marietta Railway; a brass lock also from the Cleveland & Marietta Railway.
Above left to right. A signal lock marked for the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad; a brass switch lock from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway; a brass switch lock from the Erie Railroad; a fancy cast-back lock and key from the Norfolk & Western Railroad (before it became a "Railway").
More from the show..... You are here => Mostly Hardware China China etc. Railroad Lighting etc. Thanks to Rob Hoffer for all photos! Also thanks to everyone who let their items be photographed.