Might be a good one

[utmike]

Dug this Sunday at a ghost town that I've never done well at. The place seems to have an iron plate under it and good signals are few and far between. I was on my way to the truck ready to call it quits when this old RR tag popped up. Double sided!

 

[cz70pro]

That is a killer tag Mike. I would bet that it has some good value as well. Thanks for sharing that with us.

HH,
Greg

 

[bootyhoundpa]

That is very interesting. . I assume all that info stamped on there is where connecting trains were boarded... i believe the LV,leh stands for Lehihg Valley railroad in Pennsylvania . .. awesome find... would really be cool if someone could figure out what all those abbreviations mean...

 

[utmike]

You are correct. The Lehigh Valley Railroad and Denver and Rio Grande didn't have a direct line. The railroads that are stamped on the tag are: the New York Lake Erie and Western railroad, the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Each side of the tag is stamped in reverse order to show the progression of different railroads along the line.

When I dug it it still had the hook from the baggage attached to it. It rang up as a "large sounding" 12-38. I was thinking mason jar lid all the way...

 

[bootyhoundpa]

You are correct. The Lehigh Valley Railroad and Denver and Rio Grande didn't have a direct line. The railroads that are stamped on the tag are: the New York Lake Erie and Western railroad, the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Each side of the tag is stamped in reverse order to show the progression of different railroads along the line.

When I dug it it still had the hook from the baggage attached to it. It rang up as a "large sounding" 12-38. I was thinking mason jar lid all the way...

thanks for clarification on that....that little tag a few miles on it...that is so cool man...