Railroad Lanterns

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Guys:  Split color globes are the most desired by lantern collectors as they
are the most rare type.  Usually they are fairly old, 1880's to 1920's and
fit mostly the smaller 'presentation' style of lantern (kinda mostly used by
passenger conductors).   Red-over-clear and green-over-clear are the more
common combinations. Older globes can have the colored glass cast over the
clear; later versions have the two colors fused together in the middle of
the globe.  

These dual color globes have been reproduced in the 1960's and 1970's as
replicas because old, original globes will sell for around $600-1400
depending on condition and possible markings/engraving.  The replica
versions are worth much less.

See the KEY, LOCK and LANTERN magazines for the necessary education to play
in this antique collecting field.  

Gary Rolih
Secretary N&WHS 

 
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Ken,

    I've seen them at the Gaithersburg, MD Railroadiana show. I think it was

industry wide. An old car knocker I worked with told me about them. If my 
recollections are correct I think they were split horizontally, with the 
green on the bottom.

Walt


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> Fascinating, Walt!  I'd never heard of this before.  Do you know if it was



> industry-wide, or specific to SCL?  Also, was the lens split vertically, 

> horizontally, or diagonally, or were there perhaps two separate lenses?

>

> Kenneth Rickman

>

> NW Mailing List wrote:

>> The passenger conductor had a lantern with a split green and clear glass 

>> to differentiate his signals from anyone else, so that his signal was the



>> only one the engineer would take.

>>

>> Walt

>> ex-SCL car knocker

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