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How do identify vintage railroad insignia?

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This is in regard to a railroad egg cup.

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  1. Railroad put their initials for the most part...

    New Haven Railroad (New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Company) marked their belongings with vartiations of their reporting marks and initials.

    NY NH H RR

    NY NH H RR Co

    NH RR

    NH

    etc..

    So its a safe bet that if you find a list of railroads, the initials on the piece will be of the railroad matching the initials.

    Certain railroads did use certain patterns by companies.. For instance the Indian Tree Pattern used by the NH was done by Buffalo China in NY. Determining the pattern also can be very helpful, as some china was not marked with the railroad's initials!


  2. Most railroads that drovided dining cars usually used silverware with either the road's name, insignia and/or serial numbers on the bottom.

    If one knows which carrier the silverware belonged to, he may be able to access that company's archives and validate information.

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  4. Search for:   railroad dining car china

    There are lots of collectors.
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