OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

grogmug · Mar 5, 2008

OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

I found this at a very old homestead today. I had no idea what it was until I got home and cleaned it off. I'm having a VERY tough time trying to figure out how old it is!!!?!? I've went to several different sites and NONE of them have anything listed on this. Maybe one of you can help me!! The tag is brass and says L & N R.R. LOCAL has the number L11617 at the bottom. It also has what I believe to be a star at the top....first time I've found one of these and I'm pretty excited....

Nana40 · Mar 7, 2008

Re: OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

That's a VERY NICE find! Congrats! Nana

grogmug · Mar 7, 2008

Re: OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

Thanks NANA and Digger..I plan on going back to the house as soon as possible

Brendan M. · Mar 8, 2008

Re: OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

Can you make out a maker's mark anywhere? By either of the loops?

Check this page. Very helpful:

http://www.tagtown.net/makers.html

As far as I know, the kind you have with the two loops is more rare than the one-loop design.

Here are two tags I recently found. Both are late-1800s, early 1900s.

Good luck researching!

Cheers,
Brendan

grogmug · Mar 8, 2008

Re: OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

I can't tell what it says at the top because it is torn a little, how old do you think my tag is?

daytondigger · Mar 8, 2008

Re: OLD railroad luggage tag..L & N R.R. LOCAL....

Congrats on a find I would love to make. I'm a collector of L&N RR stuff. The L&N ran through my parent's neck of the woods and I remember those L&N train loads of coal coming out of the hills and hollers of southeast KY.