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Antique 1905 E H Wilson Railway Equipment Letter Philadelphia Locomotive Sale
Condition: Used | Antique 1905 railway company letter on letterhead. Age toning, scattered small stains, light edge/corner wear, old fold lines and reverse ink transfer. Paper intact.
Antique 1905 typed business letter on E. H. Wilson & Company Railway Equipment letterhead issued in Philadelphia, United States.
Letterhead reads E. H. Wilson & Company, S. E. Cor. 15th and Market Sts. (Arcade Building), with bold words Railway, Locomotives, Coaches, Rails, and Equipment, followed by the place line Philadelphia and date March 17th, 1905.
Addressed to The Cranberry Furnace Co., Johnson City, Tenn., the letter opens with Gentlemen and lists standard gauge shifting engines currently offered for sale.
The SADDLE TANK SHIFTER section describes a 4 driver saddle tank shifting engine with 8 wheel sloping tender, weighing 35 tons with 15 x 24 inch cylinders, rebuilt by the Baldwin Locomotive Works with new 3 inch tires, new flues, and new cylinders, offered for $3,500 delivered at Jersey City, N.J., subject to prior sale and for immediate delivery.
The 6 DRIVER SHIFTER section offers a 37½ ton shifter with sloping tender, six 50 inch drivers on 44 inch centres, 17 x 24 inch cylinders and fire box described as in excellent condition, noting the engine was built in 1886 with a new fire box in 1895 and priced at $2,800 on tracks at Wilmington, Delaware, subject to prior sale.
The FORNEY TYPE ENGINES section mentions a fine 23 ton Forney type engine as per enclosed cut marked 1 and closes with the line Hoping to hear from you if in the market, we are, Yours truly, followed by a handwritten E. H. Wilson & Co. signature at the bottom.
