Railway Lanterns

Lantern, Railroad
100.001.001
Dietz Vesta Lantern. Cold blast lantern, clear globed lantern used by railway brakemen to give common rail signals made by swinging the lantern. This Dietz Vesta is the short globed model #6 which was in production in the US from 1923 - 1956. Mark... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
100.002.001
Railroad Marker Lamp made by Hiram L. Piper Co. Ltd. of Montreal, Canada. The lamp is painted black and has one red and three green lenses. All lenses are the bullseye type. Missing some paint in places. One panel slides up to give access to the burn... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
100.003.001
Adlake Marker Lamp. Metal lamp, painted black, with three green and one red lens of the bullseye type. Has a sliding panel that provides access to the burner. At some point in the objects history it was modified to house an electric light bulb. This... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
100.019.001
Adlake train order lamp no. 10. Has label inside with a list of several US and Great Britain patent dates. The last date appears to be 1912 but the dates are somewhat obscured by paint. This lamp is identical to the no. 10 round body Adlake train... View Full Record
Headlamp, Locomotive
1992.006.001
locomotive headlight, kerosene, iron, black with painted silver embellishments, lantern shaped... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
2010.033.056
Lantern, with 5 cm wide & 24 cm length stand socket Metal with handle, painted black, oil Bullseye lens, 13 cm diameter, green Circular lens on opposite site, 5 cm diameter, clear Sliding panel provides access to burner Rain shield embossed 'THE... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
2010.037.001
Switchstand lantern with square shaft bottom mounting bolted onto lantern Bullseye lenses, 13 cm diameter, alternating red, green, red, green Lenses have 25 cm targets attached, alternating red, green, red, green Metal with handle, painted black,... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
2010.028.052
Adlake non sweating kerosene signal lamp. It has four bullseye lenses, 2 green and 2 red and has two tubes for mounting on the switch on a pronged base. Height from base to chimney 36.4 cm Width from lense to lense 24.3 cm Length from lense to le... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
2010.028.053
Adlake non sweating signal lamp. Has three bullseye lenses but is missing one. Has original font and has a glass chimney. Has patent information printed on the chimney the most current patent is 1907. Was made in New York or Philadelphia so it mu... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
2010.028.054
Partial Adlake switch lamp. It is comparitivly short has two large clear lenses on adjecent sides. It has one very small clear lense on a third side and on the fourth side there is a bracket for mounting. Inside the lamp there are two slots for co... View Full Record
Lantern
2011.007.001
Dietz Little Wizard kerosene red lantern Hood pulls up to allow glass globe to be removed Raised letters on globe "Dietz Little Wizard NY USA' On back 'LOC NOB Patd 12-4-26 Red base raised letters " Little Wizard Dietz NY USA" Handle on lanter... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.042
Dressel "Heavy Duty" short globe lantern. Top is marked Dressel/ Arlington NJ and the brim is marked NP (Northern Pacific). The contemporary glass globe is marked CNX (corning no-nex) and made in the USA. It also has a contempory Dressel kerosene... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.043
Adlake Kero short globe lantern. Cap is printed with words Adlake Kero and brim is printed CMStP&P (Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific). It has a contempory globe marked CNX (corning no-nex) and Made in the USA. It has a Dressel kerosene font t... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.044
Deitz XLCR (Excelsior) No. #9 dead flame, tall globe, bell bottomed switch man's lamp. The cap is marked with the Deitz logo in the center and around the rim it says No. 39 X.C.L.R. New York USA. The kerosene well insert says Deitz New York, with a... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.048
Conger Lantern Co. electric lantern. Metal electric lantern that holds a 6 volt battery. Lantern is etched 13/43 on the side of the lantern. The lantern has a black rubber bail and bottom of the lantern is marked Conger Lantern Co./ Portland, Ore.... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.045
Adams and Westlake short globe lantern. Has Pensylvania Railroad logo (1846-1968) stamped on the cap and Adams and Westlake Co. stamped on the brim. Short globe has a sybol of a circle with the letter K in the middle of it, the logo of Kopp glass c... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.046
Armspear Manufacturing Co. short globe "1925" model lantern. The cap is printed with the company name "1925 and New York. The brim is printered N&W RY for Norfolk and Western Railway. The "1925" model was made between 1925-1931 by Armspear and lat... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.047
Handlan tall globe lantern. Cap stamped Handlan St. Louis USA. The brim says MOPAC for Missouri Pacific Railroad. Not connected to the NW. The bottom of the lamp is stamped Handlan Patented 3-14-13/ 5-18-15/ 3-22/ 2-8-23/ 5-5-25/ 4-24-28/ 7-10-28... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.049
Metal Conger electric lantern with screw off top. Holds a 6v battery. Bottom of lamp has two light bulbs and is stamped Conger Lantern Co. Honoeye Falls NY 14472 USA. PAT NO. 2653218. It appears to be a later lantern than 2010.028.048. Excellent... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.050
Justrite electric lantern. Side is stamped Justrite Made in USA. Metal with red/brown painted lid, yellow rubber handle, bottom has two small light bulbs. Has a blue glass globe made by Kopp glass.... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.028.051
Plastic Starlite lantern. Top is stamped Starlight 222/ Star Headlight & Lantern Co./ Honeoye Falls, NY USA/ Since 1889. Excellent like new condition. Orange body and black rubber handle.... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.031.004
Adlake "Reliable" tall globed dead flame lantern. Cap says "The Adams & Westlake Co./ 'Adlake"/ Reliable/ New York Chicago Phila." The lower brim of the cap says GNRY for Great Northern Railway and the edge says "patented Sept.21.1897 May5.1908 -2- P... View Full Record
Lantern, Railroad
2010.031.005
Armspear tall globe dead flam railroad lantern. Top of cap says "Armspear Man'fg Co./ New York." Brim is printed G.N.RY. for Great Northern Railroad. Has a tall clear cast glass globe with G.N.Ry. and "Safety Always" cast on it. Near the base there i... View Full Record
Lamp, Railroad
2010.033.054
Switchstand lantern with 2 cm square socket Elevated bulleye lenses, 13 cm diameter, red, orange, green, blue Metal, painted black, oil 'Adlake' embossed on top Numbered '633' on bottom Has a small white sticker with the number 7 on it ... View Full Record