soo line railroad token

[caffee]

can anyone tell me any information on a token i found.
on the outer edge of the token is P. DIDLER MINNEAPOLIS MINN.
in the middle is a six point star and on that star it says SOO LINE.

any information would be appreciated

 

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[bbqbull]

The Soo Line is a train that I believe is based on the west side of Soo St. Marie Michigan.
Their track runs along hwy. 2 and runs parallel with that hwy to the west.
I used to hunt in the U.P. and walk the tracks every morning and watch the Soo Line trains go by a few times a day.
Google may help you on this one.
Good Luck,
Mike

 

[idahotokens]

A good, close-up, focused picture of both sides would be of help in supplying information on this piece.
John in ID

 

[tokensmith]

Can't be sure without a picture, but it sounds like you have a personal ID tag made on a machine called a metal typer. You put money in the machine, then dial the individual letters and pull a lever to produce the tag. These machines were quite common in railroad and bus stations at one time and sometimes used to produce ID tags for luggage.

 

[caffee]

Idaho,
here is some pictures of the token, what do you think. the letters are raised not stamped in.

 

[caffee]

now that i looked at the close up pictures it could be from a metal staper.

 

[idahotokens]

Yup - that's what it is! Tokensmith nailed it! Some of those machines offered blanks that had "Good Luck" or other things in the center part.
John in ID

 

[ivan salis]

so on day long ago while traveling on the soo line in michigan -- P. Didler of Minneapolis . Minn made his self a luggage tag or a keepsake token on a stamping machine that used this item . case solved --me thinks .