topic:"Trains" found 3 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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Description: One black metal Armspear “1925” railway signal lantern with a beveled red glass globe. Imprinted on the top of the chimney is “ARMSPEAR M’F’G. CO. NEW YORK ‘1925’” and on the wide rim below that is “A.C.L” - meaning that this lantern belonged to the Atlantic Coast Line railroad of Southeastern Unit…

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Description: One black metal Armspear “1925” railway signal lantern with a beveled red glass globe. Imprinted on the top of the chimney is “ARMSPEAR M’F’G. CO. NEW YORK ‘1925’” and on the wide rim below that is “A.C.L” - meaning that this lantern belonged to the Atlantic Coast Line railroad of Southeastern United States. The body of the lantern is surrounded by a thick wire cage onto which the carry handle is also attached. The lantern’s chimney lifts away from the globe on a hinge, revealing a used wick inside - the wick can be lowered or raised by turning a small round key in the lower part of the lantern. The red glass would have been used by rail lines to signal a stop or danger on the track before the introduction of wireless radio communication.

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Description: Metal Canadian Pacific logo [possibly once displayed on a train engine] consisting of a brown-painted beaver sitting on top of a red shield with “Canadian Pacific” written in silver cursive letters. There is a small hole between the beaver and the stick its holding where a screw could be inserted a…

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Description: Metal Canadian Pacific logo [possibly once displayed on a train engine] consisting of a brown-painted beaver sitting on top of a red shield with “Canadian Pacific” written in silver cursive letters. There is a small hole between the beaver and the stick its holding where a screw could be inserted and on the back are three bolts, two of which have a thick wire attached to them so that the sign can be hung. The sign is convex and hollow.