Detroit Grand Rapids & Western Switch Key

An older Adams & Westlake key with their hexagon hallmark on the reverse. This line with this name only existed from 1897 – 1900. This is a Pere Marquette predecessor in Michigan. The key is ve

This Adams & Westlake manufactured lock has their "hex" hallmark on the dust cover. The Detroit Grand Rapids & Western Railroad existed from 1897 - 1900, when it was taken over by the Pere Marquette.

A nice Michigan key with GR&I RR stamped on the front and a Fraim keystone logo on the reverse. It has a split barrel but still displays well.

A unusual switch key from Michigan. It's the Grand Rapids, Holland & Lake Michigan Rapid Railway. A traction line and not a railroad. This update is being made on 9/12/2021. It does have a nice oval A

Fraim Detroit Edison Co. Brass Lock w/ Manistee & Grand Rapids Double Ringed Barrel Key Fraim brass heart shaped lock with DE Co. stamped into the shackle. The Fraim makers mark is stamped on the reve

This is a pair of steel Grand Trunk Western Railroad locks, made by Adlake. Both come with a chain; the key cover snaps back properly on both.

This is a pair of Adlake switch locks. One is from the Grand Trunk Western Railroad and is stamped GTW. It comes with a key marked GTW on the front and ADLAKE on the back. Lock opens easily and the ke

Canadian. 1900s-1930s. Brass. Fourteen keys total. Includes: Intercolonial Railway, Great Western, London and Port Stanley, Algoma Central and Algoma Bay Railway, Ontario Northern Railway, and Grand T

A fine key made by Romer in Newark with a tapered barrel It has fancy DL&W RR stamped on the front and the Romer hallmark on the reverse. You don;t see a Romer Lackawanna key every day.

An unusual key with a deep strikle of "SR&W" on the front and nothing on the reverse. It has a tapered barrel and a single ring on the barrel. It has some nice dark age to it.

A New York Ontario & Western Railroad brass switch key. Made by Climax but not marked by them. It has a double ring barrel. One side has NYO&W RR stamped with 6257 stamped on the reverse. The tip has

An early name form from the Erie Railroad The key is a Bohannan with the small block lettering. It has a single ring. It has NYLE&W RR stamped on the front and the Bohannan hallmark with an "S" on the

An unused Bohannan switch key with a single ring. It has NYLE&WRR on the front and an "S" and Bohannan hallmark on the reverse. This is the standard Erie switch bit. It is brand new, never used.

3 Chicago Great Western Railway brass switch keys: (1) Older A&W with oval hallmark and 3175 - S, (2) Odd Ball with UP marking (Union Pacific), (3) Adlake later issue

3 western states switch keys: (1) SP LINES CS-5 = Southern Pacific Lines CS-5 model with Adlake on reverse (2) SP CO CS45 = Southern Pacific Company CS45 model with Adlake on reverse (3) AT-SF RYS = A

Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western switch key with a tapered barrel and it is stubby. Quite a bit of wear to the tip. The MLS&W existed from 1973-1893 when it became part of the Chicago & North Western Ra

Detroit-Grand Rapids-Milwaukee-Kohler Aviator Advertising Poster - Offered Without ReserveFeatures late 1920s style amphibious airplane, signed Edward A. Vollmer, framed, water damage in corners, repr

A Handlan Buck made brass switch key made for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Nice C&NW marking on the front. Reverse has a clear Handlan Buck hallmark. Some bend at the base of the barrel.

A Grand Trunk Western Railway Switch lamp made by Adlake with a square top. It has GTW on an applied plate near the vent holes. It has 2 blue and 2 amber lenses. It needs some restoration to remove su

An unusual steel key with the oval Adams & Westlake hallmark. It has StJ&GI RR stamped on the front and 1165 "S" on the reverse.

This key has a double ring and it also has lots of wear. It has NYO&W in an arc followed by smaller block lettering "RR". This key matches up with the brass lock we are offering in thei auction. I thi

A Texas key from the EP &SW Railway. It shows little to no use but nice uncleaned color. An experienced collector told me he didn't like the look of this key. I have to admit that the lettering and po

A nice earlier key with "NYLE&W RR" stamped on one side and the Bohannan, Brooklyn hallmark with an "S" on the reverse. This is the single ring larger style Bohannan design. The Erie used this name fo

An earlier New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad switch key. Made by Thomas Slaight in Newark, New Jersey. Nice tapered barrel with the standard Erie switch bit. Dark color.