This is in regard to a railroad egg cup.
2006-08-24 10:12:56 · 4 answers · asked by Dan 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
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.
2006-08-24 10:26:25 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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!
2006-08-24 12:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by DT89ACE 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Search for: railroad dining car china
There are lots of collectors.
2006-08-24 10:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by Tom-SJ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hvj
2006-08-24 13:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by bob george 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋