A token from the past

[Varady NW FL]

I found this railway token along the Blackwater River in Santa Rosa County today
it was down in the black muck along the shore about 6 inches. I have a hunch that
there are more like it around .

 

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[aa battery]

Yes sir i found 1 just like it here but where does it come from ?

 

[lockman209]

very nice token to find

 

[Gypsy Heart]

The International Railway Company (IRC) was a transportation company formed in a 1902 merger between several Buffalo-area Interurban and street railways. The railroads that merged included the Buffalo & Niagara Electric Street Railway, and its subsidiary the Buffalo, Lockport & Olcott Beach; the Buffalo, Depew & Lancaster; the Hamburg Railway; the Buffalo, Gardenville & Ebenezer; the Buffalo, Hamburg & Aurora; and the Niagara Falls Park & River Railway. Later the IRC accquired the Niagara Gorge Railroad (NGRR) as a subsidiary, sold in 1924 to the Niagara Falls Power Company



Token is a long way from home....

 

[TN-Joe]

I wonder how far 7 & 1/2 cents would take you? Super nice token.
Tennessee Joe

 

[aa battery]

Gypsy i found it here at a WW2 Army air base here in Cali now i know thanks...aa

 

[PBK]

According to The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens, this token was first issued in 1931. The International Railway of Niagara Falls abandoned its streetcars on August 22, 1937, and was taken over by Niagara Transit on May 31, 1950. The original tokens were brass; later ones were zinc-coated steel.

 

[LadyDigger]

Here's an article about the International Railway Company from 1887...enjoy!

Nice Find!!!

 

[sndman60]

Very nice token. Looks like alot of history can be found aboout it. Great research gypsyheart and Ann.

 

[Pentico]

We love the history behind the token, cool find for sure.
Chris & LeeAnn
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