Collector's Corner

Spring 2003
Volume 110 - No. 1

Collector's Corner

HAVE: A RAILROAD POLICE BADGE FROM THE Lackawanna Railroad. Contact: Willie Battiest, 210 Laxton Ave., Broken Bow, OK 74728

HAVE: BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS ITEMS. Photos (steam & diesel, black & white, color, various sizes); books; pamphlets; operating manuals; complete set (25 bound volumes) of BLW magazine. Contact: H.L. Broadbelt, 146 Princess Margaret Dr., Newport News,VA 23602; 757-874-2620; broadbeltherbert@hotmail.com

HAVE: ATLAS/KATO N SCALE ENGINES IN mint condition. GP-35 Reading, Burlington; U25-B Seaboard System; RS1 Soo Line; U30-C Seaboard System; C30-7 Conrail; GP-30, SD-45 and F7-A Undecorated. Contact retired BLE Division 309 member Bill Copeland, 2608 Algonquin Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32210-5904; phone (904) 384-7457.

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. For more details, including photographs, visit BLE Gold Ring website at: <http://www.BLErings.com>. Contact Brother Clark at: 9907 Stirrup Drive, Cantonment, FL 32533; phone (850) 478-7726; or email: <blediv275r@aol.com>.

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: A CUSTOM CN TRAIN SET. THE SET IS "O" gauge and consists of 1-CN-Gp-38-2 Diesel Locomotive, 1-CN Bulkhead Flat with load, 1-CN 2-bay 70 ton Coal car, 1-CN Boxcar, 1-Four Bay Covered Hopper, 1- CN Caboose. This set is a collectable numbered set and is made by Quality Craft Weaver. The detailing and paint scheme was confirmed by CN. Contact: Maggie Abar at: <casey122@msn.com> or (734) 782-4151.

HAVE: 1876 TIMETABLE FOR AT&SF RAILROAD excellent condition. Contact: P.D. Gearhart, P.O. Box 357, Swink, CO 81077.

HAVE: TWO NORTHERN PACIFIC SWITCHES; G.P. and N.P. collectibles, books, paper items, steam manuals, diagrams and drawings of steam power. Complete set of International Library, Text Book Company International Correspondence School booklets of locomotive frames, injectors, boilers, lubricators, stokers, rods, wheels, pinwork and much more. Also, have from 1927-28 the project method of teaching steam locomotives; EMD operating manuals and Westinghouse Manuals on Air and Equipment. Contact: BLE Division 202 member LeRoy Sly at (218) 287-2526.

WANT: Employee timetables from Penn Central , Conrail, CSX, New Haven, Guilford CP, D&H and railroad public timetables from 1940s, 1950s, 1960s. Contact: H. Frick, 10268 Maria Dr., Ft. Worth, TX 76108-4072.

WANT: TWO SWITCH LANTERNS, PREFERENCE Northern Pacific. Contact: BLE Division 202 member LeRoy Sly at (218) 287-2526.

Send your Collector's Corner submissions to: Locomotive Engineers Journal, 1370 Ontario St., Mezzanine, Cleveland, OH 44113-1702.Or e-mail to: <policy@ble.org>

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