Day 1 – Thursday June 12, 2025
Rail and Road Auctions is proud to present a great first day transportation auction for June. This auction is highlighted by not only an incredible selection of Interurban transportation memorabilia from Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York, but also railroadiana, airline memorabilia and ephemera (including first flight covers, luggage tags, timetables, etc) nautical (lanterns, steam ship china and paper, etc.) and automotive including a few road signs and other automobilia items.
The interurban items in this auction are incredible and are highlighted by a full size CTA car mockup, original gate signs from the South Shore Millennium station in Chicago, and incredible array of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia area interurban signs, papers, photos and more, and original New York Subway builders photographs from the Pullman Engineering Archive.
While our Thursday sessions have historically been reserved for more entry level collectibles, this Thursday session is filled with highlight items for all levels of collectors.
Day 1 Highlights include:
Lot 4237: Incredible “Full Size” Chicago Transit Authority / CTA Car Front End Mock-Up
Lot 4234: Porcelain Wayne-St. Davids Station Sign – Philadelphia & Western Railroad
Lot 4232: Wooden Lansdale Depot Sign – Reading Railroad
Lot 4228: Chicago Transit Authority Johnson Fare Box – Interurban Railroad
Lot 4230: Red Arrow Lines Car Stop Double-Sided Painted Sign – Interurban Railroad
Lot 4201: Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad Bellwood Porcelain Station Sign
Lot 4050: Chelsea Ship’s Bell Brass Maritime Clock 7 1/4″
Lot 4191: Chicago Transit Authority Subway Destination Roll Sign – Douglas Milwaukee, Ravenswood, and More
Lot 4179: Chicago Double Sided Porcelain Street Sign – W Roosevelt Rd
Lot 4379: Nearly 500 Airline Luggage Tag Label Sticker Decals – Colonial, PanAm, Pennsylvania Central, Air France, Braniff, and More
Day 2 – Friday June 13, 2025
Our second day is filled with high quality railroadiana including a notable original Howard Fogg painting, locomotive builder and number plates from around the world, a large selection of builders’ photographs and original drawings from both the Pullman and Budd Company archives, railroad lanterns, locks, keys, passes, and much more.
Day 2 Highlights
Lot 4598: ORIGINAL Howard Fogg “Blast Furnaces at Aliquippa Works” Watercolor Painting Created for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Lot 4501: Canadian National T2A 2-10-2 #4104 2-10-2 Locomotive Builders Plate
Lot 4505: Montreal Locomotive Works No. 8 Brass Locomotive Number / Builders Plate
Lot 4531: Matched Canadian National #7355 012e 0-6-0 #7355 NUMBER AND BUILDERS PLATE!
Lot 4559: Baldwin Locomotive Works Columbian Cast Bronze Number Plate
Lot 4589: Santa Fe Railroad El Capitan Fred Harvey Dining Car Zuni Figure Interior Trim
Lot 4519: Canadian Pacific Railway #526 D-6-b Ten Wheeler Locomotive Builders Plate
Lot 4574: 418 Photographs of the “City of Los Angeles / City of San Francisco” From the Pullman ArchivesLot 4527: Canadian National Locomotive Builders Plate J4A Class 4-6-2 #5081
Lot 4509: Canadian Locomotive Co. India Streamlined WP 4-6-2 #2743 Locomotive Builders Plate
If you have any questions, we welcome you to contact via email at info@RARauctions.com or call 765-412-7926
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