didn't see pictures(don't know what happened to them).
but discription sound like a conductor "Cash Fare"
ticket. still used today at unstaffed stations of
partially staffed(during some but not all trains). as
example Minot, ND is open mo-fr for westbound Empire
Builder only. eastbound and weekends, holidays, sick
days and vacations, the station is opened by a
caretaker (unlock,lock, and minimum cleaning). no
ticket sales, baggage, or express handeling. this
discribes many stations since last March first.
--- Brian Johnson <bajohns@c...> wrote:
> CAN ANYONE HELP ME TELL MY FRIEND AT WORK WHAT THIS
> ITEM IS? IS IT SOMETHING THE AGENT HAD AT THE DEPOT
> OR WAS IT SOMETHING THE CONDUCTOR HAD?
>
> I KNOW IT IS FRISCO, BUT I AM ONE OF THE FEW
> BURLINGTON COLLECTABLE/MODELERS IN THIS AREA AND
> IT'S IN OLD FRISCO TERRITORY.
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
>
>
> Subject: Pictures of Train - Whatchamacallit
>
>
> Hey Brian -
> Well, I got the item from my Mom's while eating
> turkey dinner. Here are some pics of it!! Tell me
> what it is, and what it's worth if you can. There
> are 4 sheets of paper in it...you can see one in the
> front view here....In the top right corner of the
> sheets, it says "Auditor's Stub of Cash Fare
> Receipt" in a box it says "If half fare o Punch
> here". The title on the top says "St. Louis - San
> Francisco Railway Co. Not good for Passage".
>
> On the back of the metal piece (you can kind of see
> it in pic 4), it says "Joslin's Patents. // Feb. 2,
> 1892 Jan. 28, 1896 // To be used only with
> tickets supplied by patentee's agents."
>
> What do you think? What exactly is it? I am
> assuming it has to do with taking tickets on a
> passenger train, but that is all I can think of. Do
> you know?
>
> Also, Pic 5 is of a framed photo of probably one of
> the trains that my great Grandpa worked on. As you
> can see, the date is 9-3-43. Pretty old pic. It
> was on the wall of my Grandmother's washroom. Worth
> anything?
>
> We are also going to sell my dad's old train set.
> It has some pretty good stuff, and my mom had it
> appraised by one of her friends. If you want pics,
> I can send some when I get them done. We are going
> to try and get about $500 based on what we were told
> the stuff was worth. There are some cool pieces to
> it.
>
> Anyway, thanks buddy, see you at work!!
> Shannon
>
>
>
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>
>
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