Susquehanna River & Western Switch Key

An unusual key with a deep strikle of "SR&W" on the front and nothing on the reverse. It has a tapered barrel and a single ring on the barrel. It has some nice dark age to it.

An earlier New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad key with their initials on the front and the Bohannan hallmark on the reverse. It has an "S" for switch. This earlier SusieQ stuff is harder to find.

2 nice switch keys from New Jersey: (1) New York Susquehanna & Western with Adlake hallmark and 956 on the reverse (2) Central Railroad of New Jersey with unusual G BULLDOG O marking on the reverse.

ID Marks: L&S (Lehigh & Susquehanna); LVTCO (Leigh Valley Transit Co); L&NE (Lehigh & New England); LVRR (Lehigh Valley RR); L&HR (Lehigh & Hudson River)Date: Country (if not USA): State: Pennsylvania

An older Adams & Westlake key with their hexagon hallmark on the reverse. This line with this name only existed from 1897 – 1900. This is a Pere Marquette predecessor in Michigan. The key is ve

A fine key made by Romer in Newark with a tapered barrel It has fancy DL&W RR stamped on the front and the Romer hallmark on the reverse. You don;t see a Romer Lackawanna key every day.

A New York Ontario & Western Railroad brass switch key. Made by Climax but not marked by them. It has a double ring barrel. One side has NYO&W RR stamped with 6257 stamped on the reverse. The tip has

An early name form from the Erie Railroad The key is a Bohannan with the small block lettering. It has a single ring. It has NYLE&W RR stamped on the front and the Bohannan hallmark with an "S" on the

An unused Bohannan switch key with a single ring. It has NYLE&WRR on the front and an "S" and Bohannan hallmark on the reverse. This is the standard Erie switch bit. It is brand new, never used.

3 Chicago Great Western Railway brass switch keys: (1) Older A&W with oval hallmark and 3175 - S, (2) Odd Ball with UP marking (Union Pacific), (3) Adlake later issue

3 western states switch keys: (1) SP LINES CS-5 = Southern Pacific Lines CS-5 model with Adlake on reverse (2) SP CO CS45 = Southern Pacific Company CS45 model with Adlake on reverse (3) AT-SF RYS = A

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 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.

The Montpelier & Wells River Railroad was a Vermont short line. This is a nice earlier single ring Bohannan and it is very nicely stamped M&WRRR on the front and "S" on the reverse stands for switch.

This key has a double ring and it also has lots of wear. It has NYO&W in an arc followed by smaller block lettering "RR". This key matches up with the brass lock we are offering in thei auction. I thi

A Montpelier & Wells River Railroad brass hollow barrel key. It has the M&WRRR initials on one side with a "B" and another "B" on the reverse. This "B" is a Climax blank identifier and not a railroad

A Texas key from the EP &SW Railway. It shows little to no use but nice uncleaned color. An experienced collector told me he didn't like the look of this key. I have to admit that the lettering and po

A nice earlier key with "NYLE&W RR" stamped on one side and the Bohannan, Brooklyn hallmark with an "S" on the reverse. This is the single ring larger style Bohannan design. The Erie used this name fo

A nice key with a ringed barrel. Made for eh Bridgton & Saco River Railroad in Maine. This was a 2 foot gauge line with a Maine Central connection at Bridgton Junction. It's a switch key with the "S"

This key has B&S RR stamped on one side and "1779" on the reverse.

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.

An earlier New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad switch key. Made by Thomas Slaight in Newark, New Jersey. Nice tapered barrel with the standard Erie switch bit. Dark color.

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

An early name form from the Erie Railroad The key is a Bohannan with the larger fancy lettering. It has a single ring. It has NYLE&W RR stamped on the front and the Bohannan hallmark with an "S" on th