Nashville-Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 3-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: Operated 1851-1957. Slaymaker forged.
Superb block lettering and patina.
History
The Nashville-Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway was a railway company operating in the southern United States in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It began as the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, chartered in Nashville in December 11, 1845, built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge and was the first railway to operate in the state of Tennessee. From this link between two Tennessee cities, it gradually grew until it formed one of the important railway systems of the South by the turn of the twentieth century.
During the Civil War the rail line was strategic to both the Union and Confederate armies. The Tennessee campaigns of 1862 and 1863 saw Union troops force the Confederates from Nashville to Chattanooga along the line of the railroad. The tracks and bridges were repeatedly damaged and repaired, and at different times carried supplies for both armies. In 1885, the railroad successfully defended itself before the Supreme Court in Nashville, C&St.L R. Co. v. United States from repaying postage payments for mail in 1861 that was not delivered due to the war.
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Nashville & Florence Railroad
Item: 5-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: Operated from 1851-1957
Superb serif lettering and rustic copper patina.
Absorbed into the L&N.
History
The Nashville & Florence Railroad was formed in 1879 to construct a 79 mile line from Columbia, Tennessee to Florence Alabama. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, quietly watching the development and knowing the geography of the area could be rich in iron ore and timber, quickly purchased a majority of of stock. The L&N then advanced the project of moving the planned line forward which had laid dormant for three years. The Nashville & Florence Railroad was eventually absorbed into the rapidly growing Louisville & Nashville Railroad network.
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NdeM Railroad
aka "National Railroad of Mexico"
SOLD Price: $100.00
Remarks: mid 1900's. Adlake forged?
Superb block lettering and gold patina. Key listed in
the "American Railway's Switch Key Directory."
History
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, (better known as N de M) was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of Porfirio Diaz) a major railroad controlled by the government that linked Mexico City to the major cities of Nuevo Laredo and Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border. The first trains to Nuevo Laredo from Mexico City began operating in 1903.
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New York Central & Harlem Railroad
Item: 8-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Slaymaker forged.
Superb serif lettering and patina.
Merged into the NYC in 1914.
History
The company was incorporated on April 25, 1831 as the New York and Harlem Railroad, to link New York City with suburban Harlem. Eventually the rail line was leased to the New York Central, and the street railway line to the Metropolitan Street Railway Company (and later the New York Railways Company). When Grand Central Terminal was completed, the divorce of the two was quite obvious, but before that, where exactly did the street railway operate? For the most part, on Fourth Avenue, and extending as south as Ann Street, about a mile from the southern tip of Manhattan island.
The line became part of the New York Central Railroad system with trackage rights granted to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad into Manhattan. It is now part of the Metro-North Railroad system, and the only Manhattan trackage of that system.
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New Jersey Railroad
Item: 11-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Adlake forged?
Superb block lettering and dark patina.
History
On March 7, 1832 the New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company (NJRR) was chartered as a parallel line to the Camden and Amboy. Regular NJRR service began September 15, 1834 between Newark and Jersey City, using a temporary track over Bergen Hill. An extension to Elizabeth opened December 21, 1835, using the turnpike from the south end of Broad Street.
On February 1, 1867, the C&A and NJRR were informally joined as the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Companies (UNJ). The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) approved a lease of the UNJ on May 15, 1871, and the UNJ approved May 19. On May 18, 1872 the C&A, D&R Canal and NJRR were consolidated, forming the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company. The new company was split into two divisions: the New York Division consisted of the NJRR and the C&A Trenton Branch towards Philadelphia, while the Amboy Division was the original C&A main line.
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New York & Jamaica Railroad
Item: 12-N Price: $95.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb block lettering and great carmel patina.
Gobbled up by the Long Island R.R. in 1860.
History
New York & Jamaica Railroad Company was organized about 1857, and constructed a railroad from the terminus of the Long Island Railroad in Jamaica to the water's edge at Hunter's Point, and when ready for opening the trains of the Long Island Railroad, instead of running over the Brooklyn & Jamaica Railroad into the city of Brooklyn, turned off at Jamaica and were brought to Hunter's Point. This diverted the main line of travel on Long Island from the city of Brooklyn to the new terminus. This new line was opened in 1860. About the same time its property, corporate rights and franchises were acquired by the Long Island Railroad Company. From that time the Brooklyn & Jamaica Railroad was run as a branch road between Jamaica and East New York.
Jamaica is a major hub station of the Long Island Rail Road, and is located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. It is the largest transit hub on Long Island and is one of the busiest railroad stations in the country with weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers.
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New York-Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad
Item: 14-N Price: $115.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb serif lettering and two-tone patina.
History
The Nypano Railroad, earlier the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, was organized from the bankrupt Atlantic and Great Western Railroad in March 1880.
The road was owned by five of the English investors in the A&GW and ran from Salamanca, New York to Dayton, Ohio. J. H. Devereaux, former president of the A&GW, was elected first president of the new company. Devereaux was succeeded by Jarvis M. Adams who, on March 6, 1883, leased the NYP&O to the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad. On February 27, 1896 the property was sold under foreclosure to representatives of the Erie, and subsequently reorganized as the Nypano. The company was merged into the Erie in 1941.
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New Orleans-Texas & Mexico Railroad
Item: 16-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Slaymaker forged.
Nice block lettering and patina.
History
The New Orleans Texas & Mexico Railway was the overiding corporate entity of the Gulf Coast Lines. These lines were owned by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (Frisco) up until the mid-1920s when the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) took them over.
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New Orleans-Texas & Mexico Railroad
Item: 17-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and patina.
History - continued from above
As the "corporate workhorse" of the Gulf Coast Lines, the NOT&M was used to purchase many smaller Texas lines, including the New Ibernia & Northern (1916), Houston & Brazos Valley (1924), and International-Great Northern (1924). When the MoPac gained control of the NOT&M, it still operated as a buying machine, and later gained control of the San Antonio-Uvalde & Gulf (1925) and the Asphalt Belt (1925), the Sugarland (1926), the Asherton & Gulf (1926), the Rio Grande City (1926), the New Orleans & Lower Coast (1926), the San Antonio Southern (1926), affectionately known as the "Sausage." All of the flags of the Gulf Coast Lines and its acquired roads were absorbed into the MoPac in 1956.
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New Orleans & Lower Coast Railway
Item: 18-N Price: $195.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Nice block lettering and patina. Low serial #
History
The New Orleans & Lower Coast Railway was a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Company. In 1911, this company was combined with the New Orleans Southern Railway to form the New Orleans, Southern & Grand Isle Railway, which by 1916 was sold to form the New Orleans & Lower Coast Railroad. By 1926 this last independent operation was under the control of the Missouri Pacific and later absorbed.
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New York Central Railroad
Item: 20-N Price: $55.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Forged by the A&W Co.
Great block lettering and superb gold patina.
Key used on lines east of Buffalo.
History
The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Detroit. New York Central was headquartered in New York City's New York Central Building, adjacent to its largest station, Grand Central Terminal.
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New York Central Railroad
Item: 21-N Price: $55.00
Remarks: ca. 1800's-early 1900's. A&W forged.
A&W hex stamp under the "R."
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
Key used on lines east of Buffalo.
History - continued from above
The railroad was established in 1853, consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968 the NYC merged with its former rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, to form Penn Central. Penn Central went bankrupt in 1970 and merged into Conrail in 1976. Conrail was broken up in 1998, and portions of its system were transferred to CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway, with CSX acquiring most of the old New York Central trackage.
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New York Central Railroad
Item: 22-N Price: $65.00
Remarks: ca. 1800's-early 1900's. Forged by the A&W Co.
Nice pocket worn block lettering. Superb gold patina.
Key used on lines east of Buffalo.
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New York Central Railroad
Item: 23-N Price: $50.00
Remarks: ca. 1800's-early 1900's. Forged by the A&W Co.
Attractive pocket worn block lettering and
gold patina. Key used on lines east of Buffalo.
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New York Central Railroad
Item: 24-N Price: $95.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Bohannan forged.
Superb serif lettering and two-tone patina.
Slim accent ring barrel. Key barrel is 1/8 smaller
than standard NYC key. A nice 1!
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New York Central System Railroad
Item: 26-N Price: $45.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and two-tone patina.
Key used on lines east of Buffalo.
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New York Central System Railroad
Item: 27-N Price: $75.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
Key used on lines west of Buffalo.
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New York Central System Railroad
Item: 28-N New track dept. Listing Price: $145.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged?
Superb serif lettering and dark patina.
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New York Central System Railroad
Item: 29-N Price: $45.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Steel shorty.
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New York Central Railroad
Item: 30-N tool house key Price: $45.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Bohannan forged?
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
Early TH key, no "S" for system.
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New York Central System Railroad
Item: 31-N tool house key Price: $50.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Bohannan forged?
Nice serif lettering and gold patina.
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New York Metro
Item: 33-N Price: $85.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Passenger rail line.
Superb block lettering and carmel patina.
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New York-Ontario & Western Railway
SOLD Price: $135.00
Remarks: ca. early-mid 1900's. Adlake forged?
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
History
The railroad began life as the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, organized by Dewitt C. Littlejohn in 1868. Its mainline extended from Weehawken, New Jersey in the greater New York City area to Oswego, New York, a port city on Lake Ontario. It had branch lines to Scranton, Pennsylvania; Kingston, New York; Port Jervis, New York; Monticello, New York; Delhi, New York; Utica, New York and Rome, New York. The part south of Cornwall, New York was operated over the New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad via trackage rights.
The New York-Ontario & Western Railway, more commonly known as the O&W or NYO&W, was a regional railroad with origins in 1868, lasting until March 29, 1957 when it was ordered liquidated by a US bankruptcy judge. The O&W holds the distinction of being the first notable U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety
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New York State Railway
Item: 37-N Price: $95.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb serif lettering and patina.
Great looking trolley key!
History
New York State Railways was a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad that controlled several large city streetcar and electric interurban systems in upstate New York. New York State Railways was formed in 1909 when the properties controlled by the Mohawk Valley Company were merged.
New York State Railways emerged from receivership in 1934, and gradually the remaining core city lines were sold as separate operations.
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New York-Susquehanna & Western Railroad
Item: 38-N New Listing Price: $55.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Adlake forged?
Nice deep stamp marks and dark patina.
History
The New York-Susquehanna & Western Railway (reporting mark NYSW) (a.k.a. the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna) is a Class II American freight railway operating over 500 miles (800 km) of track in the northeastern states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was formed in 1881 from the merger of several smaller railroads. Passenger service in Northern New Jersey was offered until 1966. The railroad was purchased by the Delaware Otsego Corporation in 1980, and became a regional player during the 1980s in the intermodal freight transport business.
The NYS&W declared bankruptcy in 1976 after failing to pay New Jersey state taxes, though managed to stay out of Conrail, which had surrounded it. The bankruptcy court ordered that the railroad be abandoned and its assets sold. By then, the NYS&W was down to a 43-mile line from Croxton and Edgewater through Paterson to Butler. The State of New Jersey, aware of Delaware Otsego Corporation's reputation at rehabilitating short lines, asked them to take over the railroad.
The NYS&W operates over 500 miles of track in three states. The network consists of three main routes, one running from Northern New Jersey to Binghamton and the other two branching north from Binghamton to serve Utica and Syracuse.
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New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
Item: 39-N Price: $45.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Elongated barrel.
Nice block lettering and copper/gold patina.
History
The NH&I got its start as the Northeast Pennsylvania Railroad. Its trains began running between New Hope and Philadelphia in 1891. Later incorpated into the Reading System, the NH&I became a classic milk route, providing freight and passenger servive to residents of a rural area.
The NHRR was originally known as the New Hope Branch of the Reading Company (RDG), which leased the North Pennsylvania Railroad, of which it was a part. The railroad ran as far as Hartsville Station (near Bristol Road) until March 29, 1891, when the line was extended to the long-desired terminal of New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
Item: 40-N Price: $45.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Different style cut than NH&I key above.
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Newburyport Railroad
Item: 42-N Price: $115.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb serif lettering and patina.
Key bit style is very similar to a B&M key
History
The Newburyport Railroad (later known as the Newburyport Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad) was a railroad that came about from the merger of three small rail companies into one rail line to compete with the Eastern Railroad for service between Newburyport and Boston, Massachusetts. The Newburyport Railroad ran from Newburyport to Wakefield, Massachusetts, where it connected with the Boston and Maine (B&M) for service into Boston.
After World War I, the Newburyport Branch experienced a decline in ridership, and in 1924, the B&M tried to end service, but passenger and industry protest kept it open. In 1940, the B&M successfully applied to close the line between Newburyport and Topsfield, and service ended there in December 1941. The following year it abandoned the line between Georgetown and the paper mill in Bradford, servicing the paper mill from the B&M main line instead. In 1950, passenger travel ceased between Topsfield and Danvers, and in 1959, all passenger travel on the line came to an end.
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Northampton & Bath Railroad
Item: 44-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb serif lettering and copper patina.
History
Chartered in 1902, this shortline railroad connected from the LV, CNJ, and RDG at Northampton to the L&NE and DL&W at Bath.
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Nevada Northern Railway
Item: 45-N Price: $225.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. A&W forged.
Nice block lettering and gold patina.
A popular western short line.
History
The Nevada Northern Railway (reporting mark NN) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Nevada, built primarily to reach a major copper producing area in White Pine County, Nevada. The railway, constructed in 1905-06, extended northward about 140 miles from Ely to a connections with the Western Pacific Railroad at Shafter and Southern Pacific Railroad at Cobre.
The Nevada Northern owes its beginnings to the discovery and development of large porphyry copper deposits near Ely early in the 20th century. Two of the region's largest mines (including the Robinson Mine) were purchased in 1902 by Mark Requa, president of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad in central Nevada..
A series of corporate financial transactions in the 1920s and 1930s brought Nevada Consolidated under the control of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, and Nevada Consolidated was merged into Kennecott in 1942. The Nevada Northern thus became a Kennecott subsidiary. Faced with declining ore reserves and low copper prices, Kennecott closed its Ruth-area mines in May 1978, thus ending the ore trains between Ruth and the McGill smelter. The smelter closed on June 20, 1983, and the Nevada Northern suspended all operations immediately thereafter.
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Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
Item: 47-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb box lettering and patina. A beauty!
History
The Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPBL) is a class III railroad operating in southern Virginia. The NPBL serves Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake and has been operating since 1898. The NPBL is owned fifty-seven percent by Norfolk Southern Railway and forty-three percent by CSX Transportation. The NPBL interchanges with; Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad, CSX Transportation, Bay Coast Railroad (formerly the Eastern Shore Railroad), and Norfolk Southern. The NPBL is a terminal switching company that owns 36 miles of track, (plus 27 miles of trackage rights) and links commerce around the deepwater port from Sewells Point to Portsmouth Marine Terminal, including the Southern Branch Elizabeth River.
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Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
Item: 48-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb box lettering and patina.
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Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway
Item: 49-N Price: $95.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Nice Pennsy oldie!
Nice block lettering and superb carmel patina.
NW stamped on both sides.
History
The Pennsylvania Trolley Lines received a face lift and by May 2, 1909, the new electrified railway had twenty-seven trains going through Cambridge Springs, serving as the connection to Meadville. A traveler who used the line from Cambridge Springs to Erie would expect a commute of about 85 minutes. However, On November 6, 1912, it was agreed that the two services would merge and become one operation, the Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway, providing direct service between Erie and Meadville.
In 1925, with the introduction of bus service to Erie and Meadville, the decline of the trolleys expanded even further. Service was cut from downtown Meadville in September 1927, service was ended to Linesville the same year. The Meadville and Conneaut Park line was canceled in August 1928. Finally, the last service of trolley lines through Cambridge Springs, which went from Meadville to Erie, was ended on September 28, 1928.
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Northwestern Pacific Railroad
SOLD New Listing Price: $135.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
History
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad (reporting mark NWP) is a railroad covering the 62 mi (100 km) stretch between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit commuter trains. Formerly, it was a regional railroad that served the entire North Coast of California, its main line was 271 miles (436 km) long, running between Schellville and Eureka, with an additional portion of the line running from the Ignacio Wye to the edge of San Rafael. The portion of the NWP main line between the Ignacio Wye in Marin County and the depot in Healdsburg is owned by Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), a commuter railroad.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Item: 52-N Price: $75.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim/Slaymaker forged.
Superb serif lettering and carmel patina. This key
stamped "RR" + keys below stamped "RY" = nice set.
History
The Northern Pacific Railway (NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in western Montana on Sept. 8, 1883.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Item: 53-N Price: $65.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by the A&W Co.
Nice block lettering and two-tone patina.
Nice oldie!
History - continued from above
In 1886 the Northern Pacific also opened colonization offices in Germany and Scandinavia, attracting farmers with cheap package transportation and purchase deals. The success of the NP was based on the abundant crops of wheat and other grains and the attraction to settlers of the Red River Valley along the Minnesota-North Dakota border between 1881 and 1890. The Northern Pacific reached Dakota Territory at Fargo in 1886, and began its career as one of the central factors in the economic growth of North Dakota. The climate, although very cold, was suitable for wheat, which was in high demand in the cities of the United States and Europe. Most of the settlers were German and Scandinavian immigrants who bought the land cheaply, and raised large families. They shipped huge quantities of wheat to Minneapolis, while buying all sorts of equipment and home supplies to be shipped in by rail.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Item: 54-N Price: $65.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Hex stamp = A&W 1st series.
Nice block lettering and carmel patina.
Another nice oldie!
History - continued from above
In later years, consolidation in American railroading brought the Northern Pacific together with the Chicago-Burlington & Quincy Railroad, the Great Northern Railway and the Spokane-Portland & Seattle Railway on March 2, 1970, to form the Burlington Northern Railroad. Ironically, the merger was allowed despite a challenge in the Supreme Court, essentially reversing the outcome of the 1904 Northern Securities ruling.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Item: 55-N Price: $50.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and gold patina. This key
stamped "RY" + keys above stamped "RR" = nice set.
History - continued from above
After the turn of the century the Northern Pacific had a record of steady improvement. Together with the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific also gained control of the Chicago-Burlington & Quincy Railroad, gaining important access to Chicago, the central Middle West and Texas, as well as the Spokane-Portland & Seattle Railway, an important route through eastern and southern Washington. Its physical plant was upgraded continuously, with double-tracking in key areas, and automatic block signaling along its entire main line. This in turn gave way to centralized traffic control, microwave and radio communications as time progressed.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Item: 56-N Price: $45.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and carmel patina.
History - continued from above
The NP's premier passenger train, the "North Coast Limited" was among the safest and finest in the nation, suffering only one passenger fatality in nearly 70 years of operation.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Item: 57-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Hex stamp = A&W 1st series.
Superb block lettering and carmel patina.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Item: 58-N New Listing Price: $35.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Nice block lettering and copper like patina.
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Norfolk Southern Railroad
Item: 60-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. early-mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Nice block lettering and dark patina.
Not to be confused with today's
Class-1 Norfolk Southern.
History
The Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) was the final name of a railroad that ran from Norfolk, Virginia, southwest and west to Charlotte, North Carolina. It was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1974, which merged with the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1982 to form the current Norfolk Southern Railway.
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Norfolk Southern Railroad
Item: 61-N Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. early-mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Nice block lettering and gold patina.
Not to be confused with today's
Class-1 Norfolk Southern.
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Northwestern Elevated Railroad
SOLD Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by A&W Co.
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
Merged into Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1924.
History
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was the last of the privately constructed rapid transit lines to be built in Chicago. The line ran from the Loop in downtown Chicago north to Wilson Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood with a branch to Ravenswood and Albany Park that left the main line at Clark Street. The line survives as the Brown and Purple lines and as the northern portions of the Red Line of the Chicago 'L' system.
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Newburgh & South Shore Railway
Item: 65-N Price: $95.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by Adlake Co.
History
The Newburg & South Shore Railroad (reporting mark NSR) is a railroad that operates in Cleveland, Ohio. The line operates on 13 miles of railroad track. It was originally built to service U.S. Steel mills in Cleveland. The line is owned by Omnitrax
Also known as the South Shore Belt Line, the N&SS served industrial sites in the Cleveland area. Only seven main-line miles long, it was completed in 1904 as a wholly owned railroad of the US Steel Corporation. Its railbed bore heavy 90 lb/yard (45 kg/metre) rail and presented N&SS trains with 2 miles of 1% grades and 2 miles of 1.15% grade.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Item: 66-N Price: $115.00
Remarks: ca. early-mid 1900's. Slaymaker forged?
Nice serif lettering and gold patina.
Given the moniker, "King Coal."
History
The Norfolk & Western Railway (NW), was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, for most of its 150-year existence. Its motto was "Precision Transportation." It had a variety of nicknames, including "King Coal" and "British Railway of America" even though the N&W had mostly articulated steam on its roster. During the Civil War, the N&W was the biggest railroad in the south and moved most of the products with their steam locomotives to help the South the best way they could.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Item: 67-N New Listing Price: $100.00
Remarks: ca. early-mid 1900's. This style
of key will work the N&W cast brass locks
as well as the key above.
History - continued from above
In 1982, NW merged with the Southern Railway, another profitable carrier, to form the Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), but it continued paper operations until it was merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1997.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Item: 68-N Price: $75.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Nice block lettering and carmel patina.
Not rare but a hard key to find.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Item: 69-N car key Price: $65.00
Remarks: ca. 1960's. Adlake forged.
Nice block lettering.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Item: 70-N post N&W-NKP merger key Price: $55.00
Remarks: ca. 1960's. Adlake forged.
Key has the same style bit as a NKP key.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Item: 71-N post N&W-NKP merger key Price: $55.00
Remarks: ca. 1960's. Adlake forged.
Nice block lettering. Key has the
same style bit as a NKP key
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Item: 72-N post 1964 N&W-Wabash merger key Price: $50.00
Remarks: ca. 1960's. Adlake forged.
Nice block lettering and gold patina.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Item: 73-N Price: $60.00
Remarks: ca. 1960's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Post 1964 N&W-Wabash merger key.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Item: 74-N signal lock key Price: $18.00
Remarks: Key will work with this style N&W signal lock
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Nickel Plate Road
"the "New York-Chicago & St. Louis R.R."
Item: 76-N Price: $75.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and carmel patina.
History
The Nickel Plate Railroad was constructed in 1881 along the South Shore of the Great Lakes connecting Buffalo and Chicago to compete with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. The railroad operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the Nickel Plate Road, the railroad served a large area, including trackage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. Its primary connections included Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Toledo. In 1964 the Nickel Plate Road and several other mid-western carriers were merged into the larger Norfolk and Western Railway
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 78-N Price: $145.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Forged by the A&W Co.
Superb block lettering and yellow-gold patina.
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Item: 79-N Price: $175.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. A&W forged?
Superb serif lettering and carmel patina.
Rare "RY" stamp. A beauty!
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 80-N Price: $175.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's-early 1900's. A&W forged.
Superb block lettering and carmel patina.
A well preserved beauty!
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 81-N Price: $175.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's-early 1900's. A&W forged.
Superb block lettering and two-tone patina.
Another well preserved beauty!
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 82-N Price: $90.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Forged by the Adlake Co.
Superb block lettering and carmel patina.
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 82-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Forged by the A&W Co.
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
Double digit serial #
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New York-Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Item: 83-N rip track key Price: $155.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Fraim forged.
Superb block lettering and gold patina.
A rare 1!
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Nickel Plate Road Railroad
Item: 84-N signal lock key Price: $17.00
Remarks: Key will work this type of NKP Yale signal lock
If the key does not work your lock, you can return it.
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New York & Long Branch Railroad
Item: 86-N Price: $135.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Stylish ring barrel.
Superb serif lettering and patina.
History
The New York & Long Branch Railroad (NYLB) was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where it connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Railroad. The railroad was jointly owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey and became property of Conrail in 1976. It is now part of New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line.
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New York & Long Branch Railroad
Item: 88-N Price: $25.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Slaymaker forged?
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New York-Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Item: 90-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Forged by the T. Slaight Co.
Superb serif lettering and gold patina.
Nice Slaight centenarian +
History - 1878-1895
The New York and Erie Rail Road was chartered April 24, 1832 by Governor of New York, Enos T. Throop to connect the Hudson River at Piermont, north of New York City, west to Lake Erie at Dunkirk. On February 16, 1841 the railroad was authorized to cross into the northeast corner of Pennsylvania on the west side of the Delaware River. Construction began in 1836.
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New York-Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Item: 91-N Price: $125.00
Remarks: ca. late 1800's. Forged by the T. Slaight Co.
Superb serif lettering and patina.
Another nice Slaight centenarian +
History - continued from above
In the beginning, like most start-up roads, the NY&E went through troubled times. After being reorganized as the Erie Railway in 1861, the Erie still did not see profits and via bankruptcy was sold in 1878 to become the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad. By 1893, the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad went into bankruptcy reorganization again and emerged in 1895 as the Erie Railroad.
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New York-Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Item: 92-N Price: $55.00
Remarks: ca. early 1900's. Bohannan forged.
Pocket worn serif lettering and great patina.
History - continued from above
In 1960 the Erie merged with the Delaware-Lackawanna & Western Railroad to form the Erie-Lackawanna. In 1976 this organization and five other lines that had gone bankrupt were merged to form the Conrail system, which in 1999 became part of the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads.
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New York-New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Item: 93-N signal dept. key Price: $75.00
Remarks: ca. mid 1900's. Rustic style
key with superb block lettering. Key listed
in the "American Railway's Switch Key Directory."
History
The New York-New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH), commonly known as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in New England from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.
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Dates quoted for keys are approximate dates. Railroad switch keys initials (reporting mark) are assumed to be correct and accurate.
Comments on any railroad initials origin, including (typos), are welcome. Last update 01/08/2021
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