[PRCo] Re: Museum shop sales

[John Swindler]

Thank you, Bob

Now to check the IRM website to see if item can be ordered on line.

John



>From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Museum shop sales
>Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 14:52:19 -0500
>
>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
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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