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    Charles Duckworth
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    Missouri Pacific steel switch key issued during WW2 when brass was in short supply. Looking at the stamping on the key you can see how the Missouri Pacific got the nick name ‘the mop’.

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    International & Great Northern tapered barrel switch key.

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    Well used I & GN switch key

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    New Orleans & Lower Coast switch key

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    St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico switch key

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    Little Rock & Fort Fmith Railroad 1880s switch key

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    Midland Valley Railroad switch key

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    International & Great Northern stock pen key

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