Texas Central RR tag

teqdiver · **Joined:** Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:18 pm **Posts:** 81

Hello all,

I don't normally post much of anything here, but I'm here lurking on a daily basis. A good friend of mine came up with this piece and asked for my help in identifying it as she knows that I'm into railroading. I'm stumped though... Cattle tag? Mail? Union? Somebody here has to know what this tag is.

Thank you,

Ryan Parkevich
Columbus, ohio

tomgears · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:45 pm

It looks like a tool check tag. I have a few of these from different railroads. They were used to track who checked out which tools from the tool crib.

Here is one presently on ebay as an example.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/METAL-PRR-CAR-S ... 337fb88d8c

F.N.Kuenzel · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:32 am

Looks like a brass baggage claim tag to me. I've seen some from other RR's similar to it with "Local" on it or with the names of cities or towns along the RR line.

DuesyJ29 · **Joined:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:52 pm **Posts:** 95

The Texas State Historical Association keeps a neat site known as the Handbook of Texas Online. If you know of some piece of history involving Texas, really anything, and I mean anything, then you can search for it on their site.

A search of the Texas Central Railroad turned up the following information:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onli ... cles/eqt11

Enjoy

Mike S.