N&W lanterns

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Now you've sparked a few more questions and I hope you don't mind my bothering you again.  When was the "Kero era"?  One is stamped 4-41 and the other is stamped 3-56, and from what I gather, this means 4th and 3rd quarter of 1941 and 1956, respectively.  Did N&W have marked globes during this time?  If not, when did N&W stop purchasing marked globes?
   
  Thank you for your help,
   
  Ed

Frank Scheer <f_scheer at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:21:20 -0800 (PST) 
From: "Edward Cake" 
Subject: Re: N&W lanterns 
To: "NW Mailing List" 
CC: f_scheer at yahoo.com 

Hi Frank:

Thank you for your comments -- as you mentioned, all
lettering is raised as viewed from the outside. One
globe is a plain clear glass globe with a vertical
seam on each side and the other is a plain red fresnel
globe made by Corning, but I want to replace these
with cast N&W globes of any color. Is there any way
to tell if a cast globe is authentic? Here's one of
the websites I looked at:

http://www.railroadiana.org/fakes/pgFakes_Globes.php

Also, is it worth it to try and remove the dings from
the lids and clean off any rust, or is it better to
leave them as they are?

Thank you,

Ed Cake


February 25, 2007

Hello, Ed:

Few people go to the expense to create reproduction
cast short-globes for major railroads. If they did,
it would be for unusual colors such as yellow, or
green-clear. In many cases, railroads didn't have
marked globes during the Adlake Kero era anyway.

The lanterns are yours and so its your decision
whether to attempt a restoration. My personal
preference is to leave artifacts as they are. I do
recommend that you rub the lantern body with a thin
glaze of petroleum jelly so that the surface doesn't
oxidize.

Good luck and thanks for the website referral. 
Intersting!

Best wishes,



Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator 
Railway Mail Service Library, Inc. 
f_scheer at yahoo.com 
(202) 268-2121 - weekday office 
(540) 837-9090 - Saturday afternoon 
in the former N&W station on VA rte 723 
117 East Main Street 
Boyce VA 22620-9639 

Visit at http://www.railwaymailservicelibrary.org 

Also, if you have an interest in RPOs, please visit the RailwayPO group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RailwayPO


 
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