Collector's Corner

Summer 2002
Volume 109 - No. 2

Collector's Corner

HAVE: RAILROAD MEMORABILIA, MANY collectible paper items, including tickets and passes from different railroads, railroad manuals, timetables, switch keys, railroad locks, 1954 Casey Jones Railroad magazine, BLE newsletters and magazines, rare ATSF china and 3751 magazine & jacket. Also, have a 1945 copy of the "Steam Locomotive" by Ralph P. Johnson, M.E. Chief Engineer, the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including its theory, operations and economics, with diagrams, drawings and comparisons for diesel and electric locomotives. Also, have date nails. Willing to sell all or part of the collection. Contact: B.D. Horton, P.O. Box 695, Belen, N.M. 87002.

HAVE: A COMPLETE DEAD MAN CONTROL (Pedal foot) unit with air whistle and air connections as equipped on G.M. GA-7s and GP-9s. Also, have two kerosene switchman's lanterns. Contact: retired BLE Division 764 member E.F. "Ted" Sherbrook, 150 Vista de al Montana, Palm Springs, CA 92264; or call: (760) 324-5856.

HAVE: SOUTHERN PACIFIC RULES & Regulations effective February 1943. Also have playing cards from the Golden State passenger train with SP Daylight locomotive. Contact: J.B. Anderson, 215 E. Charles Ave., Tucumcari, NM 88401.

HAVE: NEW YORK CENTRAL 999 RED AND white lanterns. Contact: retired BLE Division 752 member Joseph V. Carey, 227 Schuurman Rd. Castleton, NY 12033.

HAVE: "TALES OF THE RAILS: RAILROAD Claims Stories," a 250 page book by a retired railroad claims specialist relating the many injury claims cases handled by the author during his 33 years of service. Contact: Norman Udewitz, P.O. Box 2124, Gardena, CA 90247-0124.

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.xtraindriver.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>.

WANT: NORTHERN PACIFIC AND/OR SOO Line Step Box. Contact: Peter Johnson, 2635 Girard Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411-2017

WANT: SUPPORTERS FOR PROJECT. BLE Div. #497 retired engineer Jack Grasso is sponsoring a fund at the Portola Railroad Museum to obtain a Budd RDC to be transformed into a Western Pacific Zephyrette. Contact: The Western Pacific RDC Zephyrette Acquisition & Restoration Fund, Feather River Rail Society, P.O. Box 608, Portola CA 96122-0608, phone 908-810-9335 or e-mail at JACKGP20@aol.com.

WANT: QUALITY ORIGINAL SLIDES OF THE Detroit & Toledo Shoreline, Toledo Terminal and the Ann Arbor. Action or roster is fine. Contact BLE Division 521 member Joseph A. Geronimo, 33 Cook St., Johnson City, NY 13790, phone (607) 798-6310, or <annarborrailroad@hotmail.com>.

WANT: OLD TOY TRAINS. SEEKING collections, lay-outs or the set you had around your Christmas tree. All makes and sizes. Any condition. Will travel anywhere. (305) 743-2895. Call collect if you like. Doug and Diane Nash. Give us an excuse to hit the road.

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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