Marble Railroad Sign

Antique railroad stop sign this antique railroad stop sign has cat eye marbles spelling out the word stop making it a unique collectors item.

Marble railroad sign.

Or best offer 8 25 shipping. Railroad crossing sign with all marble cat eyes. Vintage railroad stop sign clear glass marble reflectors 7 8 diam lot of 55 pre owned. Railroad crossing sign with all marble cat eyes.

Tell us what you think opens in new window or tab. 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. He asked the wheeling glassworks to make him such an item and the railroad would buy tons of them. These marbles are used in a process developed in the 1930s to manufacture fiberglass.

And so they did. Add to favorites more colors railway office primitive sign railway office vintage sign railway office old wood sign railway office distressed signs. Rare antique original cast iron railroad crossing sign one 1 piece very heavy. Lot of 45 vintage green railroad stop sign glass cat eye marble reflectors 7 8 pre owned.

Senior service tobacco sign this unique sign is believed to have been made in the 1930s and measures 12 x 4. 5 out of 5 stars 219 219 reviews 99 99. 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.

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. 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. The most common of these are 3 4 clear or greenish spheres often with characteristic wrinkles or indentations on the surface.

Authentic vintage railroad crossing heavy gauge steel sign original 36 300 00. Lot of 12 old glass railroad sign reflectors cats eye marble red texasvinylhound. Ferrara s railroad marbles or fiberglass marbles glass marbles are also found along railroad tracks. But by far the most colorful and collectible antique railroad signs are the promotional signs often porcelain which were featured in depots and stations.

Authentic rare 36 wood.