Chicago & Northwestern Tapered Barrel Switch Key

A very nice, large Chicago & North Western Railroad brass switch key. It also has "GD" for Galena Division. The reverse is blank. A nice key showing little to no use.

Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western switch key with a tapered barrel and it is stubby. Quite a bit of wear to the tip. The MLS&W existed from 1973-1893 when it became part of the Chicago & North Western Ra

A brass key made for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. This key has "W D" stamped at 6:00. I am assuming this is Western Division". It has a slightly tapered barrel and it has an unusual bit.

A large Chicago & Northwestern Railroad switch key with "GD" for Galena Division. The reverse is blank.

Brass key stamped with CHI & ATL RR S in serif font on the front of the hilt. Unmarked on the reverse. Some mild pocket wear which does just touch on the top of a few of the letters. Barrel shows a ve

Chicago St Paul & Minneapolis tapered barrel switch key with RY. This line just existed with this name from 1878-1880 when it became the Omaha line. Nothing on the reverse.

A Chicago St Paul and Kansas City Railroad brass switch key. It has the initials on one side and a serial number of 49 on the reverse in small lettering. This line existed from 1886-1893 when it becam

Tapered barrel brass switch key made by Romer in Newark, New Jersey for the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad. It also has a "J" where you might find an "S". A earlier key from a fine maker.

A Nickel Plate Road (New York Chicago & St Louis Railway) switch key with nice tapered barrel and outstanding letting. It is marked NYC&STL RY "S". No maker on reverse.

A tapered barrel brass switch key made for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. It has an "S" for switch. The reverse is blank.

3 keys from the Chicago & North Western Railroad: (1) old tapered barrel, faint marking C&NW RW (2) solid barrel - small (3) C&NW RY with "S" on reverse.

A Handlan Buck made brass switch key made for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Nice C&NW marking on the front. Reverse has a clear Handlan Buck hallmark. Some bend at the base of the barrel.

This is a trio of three different keys from the Chicago and Alton Railroad from the era of 1890 to 1940. The first is a tapered barrel key stamped C&ARR and S on the front, with no backside markings.

A nice husky Bohannan key with block lettering initials on the front and an "S" on the reverse. A nice ringed barrel key

A Chicago and Northwestern "C"ar key made by Bohannan. It has a fine tapered barrel with "G D" for Galena Division on the front and the Bohannan hallmark and "C" on the reverse. I call this the big sh

A brass tapered barrel switch key stamped P&O RR for the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad. Thsi became the Crawford Notch "Mountain Division" of the Maine Central Railroad and provided western access th

An outstanding Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad switch key with clear Romer hallmark on reverse. This key is a match to the lock in lot #7.

A New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad brass, tapered barrel switch key made by Romer in Newark, New Jersey. Bold marking of NYNH&H RR with an "S"witch at 6:00. The reverse has the Romer hallmark. T

This could be Norfolk & Western or Norwich & Worcester. It's from a New England collection that had other early keys so I am leaning on Norwich & Worcester. If you live in Virginia?.. Go with Norfolk

A nice dark Romer brass, tapered barrel, switch key. Clearly stamped DL&W RR S (Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad "S"witch. Romer & Company hallmark on the reverse.Nice.

Alexandria & Washington? This is clearly a very old key but the large lettering looks more like a shop stamp than a manufacturer marking. It has A&W RR in huge deep lettering and the reverse has "100"

My Ohio based consignor believes this is Ohio Southern which operated from 1881-1898. It went into the Detroit Toledo & Ironton. Original trackage was Ironton to Lima. Fine tapered barrel. The dies ar

Wichita & Western Railroad tapered barrel switch key. This is a Santa Fe predecessor. This key is from our C&NW consignor. I doubt it's Wilmington & Weldon. I think the Wichita & Western existed from

A faintly marked, heavily worn T. Slaight tapered barrel switch key made for the Connecticut River Railroad. We've had this same bit a few times. Nice heavy use.