Rail & Road Auctions is kicking off 2025 with a great two day sale filled with all types of railroadiana. This sale will be highlighted by signals, cast iron signs, signal parts, china, lanterns, silver, another great selection of railroad playing cards, and a Western collection with plenty of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroadiana. This is a very diverse two day sale with plenty to see in both catalogs.
Thursday January 9th
The Thursday sale is highlighted by an incredible selection of railroadiana from the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Burlington Northern, and BNSF. This includes a large amount of employee paper, rule books, track charts, timetables, travel brochures, stocks, and other employee ephemera.
The Thursday sale also includes numerous railroad signal parts lots including hoods, lenses, gaskets, partial signals and more.
Other highlighted railroadiana in the Thursday sale includes china, silver, service award pins, railroad signage, menus, Chicago CTA signage, telegraph equipment, original locomotive books and manuals including Locomotive Cyclopedias, General Electric, EMD, Alco, Fairbanks Morse, etc. groups of short globe lanterns, large groups of original railroad photographs, passenger car hardware, Aladdin standing lamps, conductors caps, locks, annual passes and more.
Friday January 10th
Our second day is highlighted by a number of outstanding pieces of railroadiana. Highlighted items include:
Lot 1560A: Original Section of New York Central 20th Century Limited Red Carpet.
Lot 1660A: Santa Fe Railroad Aluminum Passenger Car Kachina Wall Medallion.
Lot 1550: Original Howard Fogg Water Color Painting – Western Scene w/ Steam Locomotive.
Lot 1611: Mid-1800s Pennsylvania Central Railroad Four Color Framed Broadsheet.
Lot 1621: Pullman Marked Railroad Smoking / Cocktail Drink Stand.
Lot 1607: 12″ Brass Railroad Locomotive Bell w/ Steel Cradle.
Lot 1560: Pullman Railroad Car Smoking / Cocktail Drink Stand.
Lot 1639: Lehigh Valley Railroad Piggyback Super Service Single-Sided Porcelain Sign, 48″.
Lot 1530: New York Central Railroad – White Plains Local Express – Destination Roll.
Lot 1619: Porcelain Railroad Crossbuck Sign w/ Glass Cat Eye Reflectors.
Other railroadiana in this session includes early annual passes, lanterns, railroad signals, cast iron signage, china, silver, marker lamps for locomotives and cabooses, signal lamps, timetables, semaphore blades, wig wag banner, conductors caps, waiters jackets, scare railroad playing cards, original railroad paintings from Edward Paulson, Art Olds, and Howard Fogg, Grand Central Terminal GRS 2A dwarf, early GRS railroad flashers, diesel locomotive builders plates, and so much more.
This is just a partial list of the diverse offerings we have in the second day of this auction. There are larger items in this auction that will ship directly from our warehouse, but will require freight transit and crating. If you have any questions, we welcome you to contact via email at info@RARauctions.com or call 765-412-7926
