Spring 2001
Volume 108 - No. 1

Collector's Corner

HAVE: BURLINGTON SPECIAL WITH 19 jewels, Chicago, Ill., 14K gold filled. Also have Hamilton Railway Special 21 Jewels, Lancaster, Pa. Contact: Gerald G. Young, 57 EMS D18A1 Lane, Syracuse, IN 46567-8096.

HAVE: LAST CALENDAR PRINTED BY Northern Pacific Railroad in 1970. Also have No. 4 lead Northern Pacific pencils from 1950. Contact BLE Division 76 member L.J. Boehm, 3850 29th Ave., Mandan, N.D. 58554.

HAVE: ALADDIN #23 CABOOSE LANTERN with extra chimney and one shade. Also have one P.R.R. switch key and nine P.R.R. engineer and fireman time slips, in perfect condition. Also have P.R.R. shovel and a thermometer from a Pullman car. Contact: Carl P. Walker, 4103 W. 109th St. Oak Lawn, IL 60453, or (708) 499-3559.

HAVE: AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE investigation papers of Casey Jones' fatal accident, April 30, 1900. Contact: Ray Shelnut, BLE Division 23, 1268 Old Hwy. 4, Coldwater, MS 38618, or call (662)562-4316.

HAVE: NINETY PERCENT COMPLETE collection of B&O Railroad Magazines from 1920 to 1960, in mint condition. Also have 11 magazines that date between 1914 to 1919. Email for a list or further info at: <mk_25504@yahoo.com>.

HAVE: APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN ADLAKE switch key locks. Contact: Retired BLE Division 5 member J.N. Harris, 700 Callista St., Arcadia, CA 91007, or (626) 445-3562.

HAVE: ROBIC SPEED CHRONOMETERS. An invaluable tool for monitoring train speed. Gives readout in miles per hour. Contact: Arizona Diversified Distributing, P.O. Box 90839, Tucson, AZ 85752-0839; phone (800) 487-3254; e-mail <azdiverse@aol.com>.

HAVE: ORIGINAL BLE GOLD RINGS. The original BLE ring in men's and women's styles. Designed and offered by BLEr Ray Clark and backed by Josten's lifetime guarantee. These rings were a big hit at the BLE regional conventions. Contact Brother Clark at: 9907 Stirrup Drive, Cantonment, FL 32533; phone (850) 478-7726; or e-mail: <blediv275@aol.com>.

WANT: RAILROAD DATED TIE NAILS. Contact: Retired BLE Division 391 member James Holvey, 2050 Hwy 61, Fort Madison, IA 52627, or call: (319) 372-5850.

WANT: DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE OPERATORS maintenance manuals (Alco, Baldwin, EMD-GM, Fairbanks-Morse, General Electric, Lima-Hamilton), air brake manuals, air brake and train handling rulebooks, operating rules and time tables (employee and public). Contact BLE Division 21 member J.H. Yarbrough, 4758 Saratoga Ave., Millington, TN 38053-2319.

WANT: RAILROAD POLICE BADGES, patches and pins. Contact: John Malyna c/o Ken Ovendag, 641 Airlies St., Winnepeg, MB R2X 2B4 Canada.

WANT: C&O RAILWAY DINING CAR CHINA, especially tea pot, hot water pot and tray in "George Washington" Pattern. Contact: N.V. "Smitty" Smith, 1249 Dewey Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45205-1415, or phone: (513) 251-4779.

WANT: INFORMATION ON THE TEXAS & Pacific Railroad. Looking for any engineer who worked for the T&P from 1940-1972. Information will be used to preserve historical facts on railroad operations, nature of equipment and operations. I would also like information on the lines of equipment registry for these dates. Contact: Dr. Marvin G. Weber, 754 Winn Rd., Mooresboro, NC 28114-8228, or call (704) 434-2698.

Send your submissions to Collector's Corner: Locomotive Engineers Journal, 1370 Ontartio Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1702; or e-mail to <policy@ble.org>.

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