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Other Items of Interest
Prototype items of interest to collectors and railfans
There are only one each of these items, unless otherwise noted. They are all real, not reproductions, and difficult to get at the best of times.
Books
We occasionally obtain a few books that are hard to get. The following is what we have in stock at the moment:
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White, John H., The American Railway Passenger Car, two volumes, soft cover ISBN 0-8018-2743-4. These are in excellent condition: No marks internally or on the covers or the spine binding; No creases or opening marks on the spine.
There are some dark marks or smudges on the bottom and side edge of both volumes, and a few minuscule dark spots on the top edges.
Price: $150.00.
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Remembering, subtitled Special Edition of The Coupler Marking the 75th Anniversary of BC Rail and Its Predecessor, The PGE Railway . Vol 29, No. 1, January-February 1987. B&W magazine format, 25 pages, not including covers.
Commemorative edition of BC Rail's Employee magazine, with lots of historical photos of equipment. Articles include: "In the Beginning", "Remembering Days of Steam", "Freaks of nature, Perils of the Road", "The Fifties - The Boom Years", "Getting It Together", etc.
Impression of writing on cover; "BC Rail publication, but had mislaid it on your talk, which was most interesting. Jack Pidoux" (?)
Price: $7.50
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Rails Across Canada, Via Rail Canada, 1986. Soft Cover. Good conditon. Minor blemishes on edge of spine and covers.
Colour and B&W photos, some historical, most of Via equipment.
Price: $7.50
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Prototype Right of Way Signs
These signs are reflective paint and graphics on 1/8" - 3/16" thick aluminum, clean, with no major and few minor blemishes.
Interchange Traffic Direction - $25.00 each
These are used at junctions and interchanges to help ensure trains go where they are supposed to. I saw a couple of these at Bayview Junction.
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Whistle and No Whistling permitted- $25.00 each
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Snow Plow Blades Down - $25.00
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Rhodesia Railways Beyer-Garratt Smokebox plate - $575.00
I am very proud of these, particularly as Rhodesia Railways ceased to exist over 20 years ago. These plates are heavy convex solid cast brass and were mounted on the smokebox of the 2-8-2+2-8-2 Beyer-Garrats that RR ran. In the picture is a cleaned up piece.
I have two similar plates for sale, rescued along with this one by a courageous friend back in 1979 just as the scrapper was cutting up the locomotive on which they were mounted.
One was overpainted black, but will clean up at least as nicely as the one above. It is in fact in slightly better condition than the one pictured above as there are only negligible disfigurations at the mounting rivet holes and few scratches on the flat surfaces. It has number 106026 punched into it on the back with number punches. The price on this one is $575.00. [Photo 1] [Photo 2] [Photo 3] [Photo 4] [Photo 5]
The other was also overpainted black but has been cleaned up somewhat, probably either by scraping or with an abrasive brush. It, unfortunately has a chip off the upper edge on one side. It has an "L" punched on to the back, probably with a centre punch. The price on this one is $435.00. [Photo 1] [Photo 2] [Photo 3] [Photo 4] [Photo 5]
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Rhodesia Railways Coach Builder's Plate
This is a cast brass plate that came off a Rhodesia Railways coach just as it was being scrapped. It is in good condition with most of the paint scraped or broken off the surface.
It reads "Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ld. Builders Gloucester, England"
A fine collection piece. $350.00
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