[PRCo] Re: Museum shop sales

[Bob Rathke]

John,

Yes, the CTA ticket punches are circles, and the punch tools are much larger
and heavier than railroad ticket punches.

I bought hat badge 3861.  A friend bought 9837, 35084 and 35115.  Can I
assume that the 4-digit badges are a lot older than the 5-digit badges?  The
numbers on the 4-digit badges are about 10% smaller than the 5-digit
numbers, and the fasteners on the back are different.

IRM still has a few dozen badges in the boxes, so 13254 could be there.  The
hat badges are unique and only $5, so they've been selling faster than the
coin changers and ticket punches which are all identical.

Bob 5/7/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Museum shop sales


>
> Thanks, Bob, for the 'heads-up'.
>
> How about CTA hat badges from around 1968???  Particularly number: 13254
>
> I've still got the summer cap, but haven't had that hat badge since I
turned
> it in some 36 years ago.  I also seem to recall that the CTA transfer
punch
> was a circle.  Or are there different designs?
>
> John
>
>
> >From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: "Pittsburgh Trolley List" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >Subject: [PRCo] Museum shop sales
> >Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 12:56:56 -0500
> >
> >In the mid-1960's, when PAT started to abandon trolley lines and scrap
many
> >PCC's, PTM acquired a supply of excess trolley items that they sold in
the
> >museum gift shop.  I bought a Car Stop sign, a control console switch
plate
> >from a PCC and other items for a few dollars.  Items that I didn't buy
were
> >the electric fare registers, from 1200's, I believe.
> >A similar sale is happening at the Illinois Railway Museum these days.
IRM
> >must have been given a truckload of excess CTA stuff that is now in the
> >used bookstore (a Milwaukee Road baggage car): coin changers (with CTA
> >stamping) for $10, ticket punches (no stamping) for $10, controller
handles
> >from CTA L cars for $25, and brass brake handles from steeplecab electric
> >locomotives for $35.  Plus CTA signs and third rail and pole insulators.
> >There are hundreds of these items in cartons stacked high in the baggage
> >car.  There's even a keg full of spare springs for the ticket punches.
> >
> >Most of these items became excess inventory after the start of
> >exact-fare-only, electronic tickets/passes and electronic car control
> >systems.
> >
> >Bob 5/7/05
> >
>
>
>