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Railroad Top Marked Butte Anaconda & Pacific Ry Privet Car Silverplate Long Ice Tea SpoonThis rare top marked Railroad Marked Butte Anaconda & Pacific Ry Privet Car. One Silver Plate Long Ice Tea Spoon. Top marked logo BA&P it was made for use in the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway business car Anaconda. The car was built for the famous Montana mining railroad around 1915. The Anaconda name is in a circle around the BA&P monogram. The Silver Plate Long Ice Tea Spoon is made by Reed and Barton in the Sierra pattern, this Silver Plate Long Ice Tea Spoon would have been used with other pieces of silver plate within the dining car. The silverplate is in great condition, no bends or dents with some signs of use, please see pictures. One of the pictures I show in this auction shows all the four pieces I have for sale right now on E-Bay in other auctions.
SOME HISTORY
The BA&P was built in 1893 between the smelters of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. at Anaconda, MT, and Butte. This was to fight back the rate wars with the Montana Union Ry. After some years as a steam road, the BA&P decided to electrify. This was done in 1912 and 1913. The road used the highest voltage then known, 2400V DC. 75 of the 114 miles of road were electrified. General Electric supplied seventeen locomotives, including two for passenger service. Four more freight units were added in 1914. Three “tractor trucks” or slugs were added at this time. In 1916, another locomotive was added. Later in 1916, three more were built, and three final units in 1917. Steam continued to operate on the non-electrified trackage until 1952, when two diesels replaced most of them. More diesels came and gradually replaced the electrics. Two more electrics came in 1957, but the last electric ran in 1967. The wire came down in 1969. In recent years, the remaining parts of the road became the Rarus Ry.Please view the photos as part of the description.
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Category: Collectibles:Transportation:Railroadiana and Trains:Dinnerware and Utensils
Location: Dundee, Illinois