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  • April 10, 2020 at 12:26 pm #6330
    David Boeschen
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      To add to the list of things I can’t believe somebody actually wants money for:

      https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MISSOURI-PACIFIC-CONDUCTOR-BADGE-RAILROAD/223969877353?hash=item3425a51d69:g:xVAAAOSwW2tei~B5

      RG7

      April 10, 2020 at 1:11 pm #9664
      anonymous

        What exactly is it? Did it go on a hat? It looks really beat up and old (like me 😮 😆 ). Or is it something new that was “weathered.” What would a real one look like?

        April 10, 2020 at 2:45 pm #9665
        Charles Duckworth
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          Pat
          It’s a freight conductor’s badge. They’d fasten to a regular cap. There was also one for a brakeman. Same style was made for the Iron Mountain (Stamped St.L.I.M.&S.).
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          April 10, 2020 at 7:57 pm #9666
          anonymous

            Is the eBay item bogus? Or just old and beat up? Charlie I take it you mean a cloth cap in the classic striped engineer style, though you used to could get them in plain dark blue. Haven’t seen a solid color one in decades.

            April 10, 2020 at 8:43 pm #9667
            David Boeschen
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              While I have no idea how this thing could sustain so much corrosion, except maybe being buried for a few dozen years and found by somebody at trackside, or in a box that rainwater leaked into for a few decades, it certainly appears that it matches the clean one.

              RG7

              April 11, 2020 at 2:49 pm #9668
              Jerry Michels
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                It is hard to tell how thick this is, but I think it could be cleaned up and be presentable if it isn’t too thin. Jerry

                April 11, 2020 at 4:18 pm #9669
                Charles Duckworth
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                  Page 11 of the ‘Down the Iron Mountain Route‘ shows the badges being attached to derbys and other common period caps. I’ve seen them on Kromers as well. The eBay one has the plating coming off so wouldn’t be easy to restore. These are actually somewhat common and both the Iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific show up on eBay every few months. I’ve only seen conductor and brakeman versions. This one was pretty beat up and I was able to polish out the pits and add black paint back into the lettering. [attachment=0:1he5kgil]7A51D8D6-0EDE-4FF7-8F6F-4EAFF0BC512D.jpeg[/attachment:1he5kgil]

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