[PRCo] Re: Museum shop sales

[Bob Rathke]

John,

The CTA items are in the used bookstore which is in a streamlined Milwaukee
Road baggage car.  The new bookstore and gift shops are in two C&NW baggage
cars located in a different part of the museum grounds.

I don't know if they routinely accept mail orders from the used bookstore,
so I will call the store manager and ask.  I'll let you know if you can
place a mail order, or if I can help get it for you.

Bob 5/8/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 12:03 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Museum shop sales


>
>
> Thank you, Bob
>
> Now to check the IRM website to see if item can be ordered on line.
>
> John
> >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
> >
> >-----------------------------
> >----- 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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