Marble Railroad Sign

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Marble railroad sign.

Senior service tobacco sign this unique sign is believed to have been made in the 1930s and measures 12 x 4. Lot of 12 old glass railroad sign reflectors cats eye marble red texasvinylhound. Lot of 45 vintage green railroad stop sign glass cat eye marble reflectors 7 8 pre owned. And so they did.

As the story goes a railroad official wanted a marble that would carry five hundred pounds of weight. The wheeling glassworks was able to produce a glass agate that would support five hundred pounds of weight. He asked the wheeling glassworks to make him such an item and the railroad would buy tons of them. Mint conditionstandard railroad and highway sign reflector replacements lot of 88 glass marble reflectors used for signs manufactured in the 1920 s through 1950 s before post war reflective plastics were developed clear or pale aqua blue cat eye color hue base embossed libbey glass company libbey 1 a universal two piece screw inglass ball reflector 7 8 diameter set in a threaded.

This auction is for an old railroad crossing sign that features reflective marbles or cat eyes. At grade crossings one could find the classic x shaped railroad crossing signs with embedded cat eye marbles to reflect car headlights at night. Ferrara s railroad marbles or fiberglass marbles glass marbles are also found along railroad tracks. The sign is about 6 feet long and is missing a few of the marbles and a few others are damaged but most are good.

But by far the most colorful and collectible antique railroad signs are the promotional signs often porcelain which were featured in depots and stations. Or best offer 8 25 shipping. Railroad crossing sign with all marble cat eyes. The most common of these are 3 4 clear or greenish spheres often with characteristic wrinkles or indentations on the surface.

Rare antique railroad crossing crossbucks sign cat eye marbles reflectors rare. Vintage railroad stop sign clear glass marble reflectors 7 8 diam lot of 55 pre owned. The sign does have a rust through in one area as seen in the pictures and has a couple bends in it mainly along the edges. Antique railroad stop sign this antique railroad stop sign has cat eye marbles spelling out the word stop making it a unique collectors item.

These marbles are used in a process developed in the 1930s to manufacture fiberglass. Rare antique original cast iron railroad crossing sign two2 piece doublesided. Add to favorites more colors railway office primitive sign railway office vintage sign railway office old wood sign railway office distressed signs. 5 out of 5 stars 219 219 reviews 99 99.

Authentic vintage railroad crossing heavy gauge steel sign original 36 300 00.