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Stewart Rhine

January 21, 2013 06:07AM

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Another possibility -

Some of the larger railroads had their own tin shops. To save money, the shop crew took a Dressel or similar lamp and copied it. The company shop lamps generally were not marked except for the railroad's mark i.e. PRR. The brass fount assembly was purchased. Wall mounted caboose/combine lamps with folded corners were easy to copy so there are a number of company shop made examples around.

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help needed ID'ing a kerosene lantern	dougvv	January 20, 2013 06:48PM
Re: help needed ID'ing a kerosene lantern	Stewart Rhine	January 20, 2013 07:29PM
Re: help needed ID'ing a kerosene lantern	Stewart Rhine	January 21, 2013 06:07AM
Re: help needed ID'ing a kerosene lantern	dougvv	January 21, 2013 08:12AM
Re: help needed ID'ing a kerosene lantern	Bruce R. Pier	January 21, 2013 09:58AM
Re: help needed ID'ing a kerosene lantern	cdressel	January 21, 2013 05:23PM

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