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I recently acquired these two lamps.
Can anyone tell me anything about them?
I found it interested that they are marked Right/Left
There is not much on the inside. Just a metal screen and there is no oil/fuel reservoir. What lit these?
Any idea if the top comes off?
Any idea of date?

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Hi Steven. Possibly railroad marker lanterns that were on the back of cabooses? It’s cool that you have a set of them.

Here is a link of lantern info:

http://www.railroadiana.org/lamps/pgLamps.php

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Yes, caboose lanterns, not switch lanterns. In a lot of lanterns, the fuel was replaceable canisters. May have been the case here, and they are just gone.

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Originally Posted by Speedracer
Yes, caboose lanterns, not switch lanterns. In a lot of lanterns, the fuel was replaceable canisters. May have been the case here, and they are just gone.

That's what I was thinking. A small can/wick sort of thing that just sat in that metal basket in there.
And I figured probably caboose.
I have another caboose lantern, but it has a bracket on it for sliding into some kind of mount on side of car.


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Originally Posted by KYGULF
Hi Steven. Possibly railroad marker lanterns that were on the back of cabooses? It’s cool that you have a set of them.

Here is a link of lantern info:

http://www.railroadiana.org/lamps/pgLamps.php

Brian

Thanks for the link Brian!!!


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I have some caboose lanterns somewhere, with the canister still in them.


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