Collector's Corner

Fall/Winter 2004
Volume 111 - No. 3& 4

Collector's Corner

HAVE: TWO BLOCK SIGNAL LIGHTS FROM mainline BNSF (former ATSF) - Albuquerque Division near Winslow, Ariz. Lights have three lenses - red, yellow and green - and stand about four feet tall. All glass is in place. Contact: BLET Division 134 member L.L. Davidson at (928) 699-3067.

HAVE: ORIGINAL BLE AND GIA 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. Newly designed GIA rings are also available. New BLET rings coming soon. For more details, including photographs, visit 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: LITHOGRAPH PEN AND INK PRINTS OF locomotives, cabooses or the Pueblo Union train depot. Can also draw your favorite railroad in pen and ink original artwork. The depot print is 20x24 and the locomotive print 18x24. Caboose print is 12x16. These prints come ready for matting and framing. Contact: B.E. Boucher, 2371 South Sherman Street., Denver, CO 80210 or e-mail: <bouche63@aol.com>.

HAVE: FRAMED LITHOGRAPH OF UP SHAY Engine. Overall dimension is 35 3/4" X 30." Contact: <djcicc@aol.com>.

HAVE: PERSONNEL APPLICATIONS, MEDICAL records and other documents from the DLW railroad from 1914. Email Ken Byrd at: Bluuies@mchsi.com.

WANT: POCKET WATHCES MADE BY ILLINOIS, Elgin, Hamilton, Waltham and others for my personal collection. Collections or single watch in any condition, running or not. Contact: Dave Rodgers P.O. Box 414 Leland, Ill. 60531. Phone (815) 495-9223 or E-mail: <k9ux@mchsi.com>.

WANT: TIMETABLES FROM CN WISCONSIN Division and Gulf Division; various areas on CSX, particularly the old RF&P area; BNSF, Omaha to Denver area particularly; New Jersey Transit; Metro North; New York-area NS Virginia Division; Springfield Terminal Railway including the MBTA; Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway; Iowa Interstate; Ann Arbor Railroad; Central Michigan Railway; and others welcome. Also seeking CN/IC operating manual. Contact: Mike Bolen, 3 - 281 Elm Ave., Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 5X1 Canada; 514-426-4953; or e-mail: mike_bolen@cpr.ca

WANT: DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE AIR HORN. Contact John Evers at (513) 932-3914 or johnevers@ocsnet.net.

WANT: TIMETABLES, MAPS, DEPOT, TRAIN AND engine photos, tickets, postcards, etc. from the NC&STL and L&N middle Tennessee area known as the Sparks Branch. Contact: BLET Division 18 member J.T. Eldridge at: 524 Ridge Rd., Birmingham, AL 35206, or (205) 836-2893. ·

Send your Collector's Corner submissions to: Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Journal, 1370 Ontario St., Mezzanine, Cleveland, OH 44113-1702.Or e-mail to: <policy@ble-t.org>

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