On October 25, 1998 @ 15:59, Steve Peterson wrote:
If the bracket has coil springs for up and down motion and leaf springs for side to side motion, then what you have is a caboose lamp. The model 23 was produced in the '70s and '80s. Chances are that your lamp was never actually used in a caboose, but original model B caboose lamps were used by over 130 different railroads. If you want more information, please feel free to check out the web site www.aladdinknights.org. There you will find a group of individuals who are avid collectors of the Aladdin lamps and would be more than happy to get you forever hooked into collecting Aladdin lamps. Steve.
On October 25, 1998 @ 18:51, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary wrote:
Darn, I wish people would use a NAME rather than a code-word whan asking a question! When your mother calls you, does she yell "Wizx!"??? I have to disagee a bit with Steve, although I totally endorse his recommendation! True, the Model B23000 (with the aluminum font and model 23 burner) came as the days of non-electric lighting in cabooses was ending (the caboose hardly exists at all today!), I have seen several of these lamps (and own one) that indicate they were indeed used, at least in a railroad setting by railroad employees. They are found with RR initials scratched on the font, and written on the paper shades. Granted, most 23 caboose lamps are found in pristine condition, perhaps indicating purchase, but never any actual use. But don't rule it out...if it's marked with some sort of RR identification, it could well have seen actual caboose use (or it might just be a nostalgia trip for a former brakeman or freight conductor!) "New" (at least comparitively) is quite possible; reproduction, I think NOT! :: Fil ::

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