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Rochers-de-Naye steam train (Switzerland)
Possibly a souvenir ticket pressed into service as a postcard also, this ~4-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ item has a serial number on the back and a tiny oval hole punched through–like a ticket. Issued in Switzerland, the card was however mailed in the USA with three stamps and Houston postmark. Grade (we think): 3
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Diesel-Streckenlokomotive 232 001-8
This card has extensive information about this train, in German, but it was mailed from Finland in 2012 with stamp, faint postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 3
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Fenqihu Scenic Area, Chiayi (Taiwan)
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 2012 with one stamp that partly wraps around to the front, and a postmark (Grade: 2, $3). The other card was mailed in 2013 with stamp, partial postmark, and trilingual airmail label (Grade: 2, $2).
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Olavsky Podzamok (Slovakia)
Confusing. The card was mailed from the Czech Republic in 2012, with stamps and postmark and Prioritaire label. The sender says this castle is in Slovakia but the train was built in Czech Republic, or maybe Czechoslovakia if the caption (which is either in Czech or Slovak) is actually saying that the train was built in 1958. We know nothing. The card is nice, though: Grade: 1
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Steam train (Taiwan)
There is a Chinese caption on the reverse. Mailed in 2012, with two stamps, overlapping postmarks, and blue trilingual airmail sticker. Postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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CN Rail snow plow near Milford, N.S. (Canada)
Something of a specialty scene, fully and technically explained in the caption of this unused card. Grade: 1
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Along the White Pass (Alaska)
Unused card of this service that began in 1900 from Skagway to Whitehorse in the Yukon. Grade: 1
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Lahaina, Kaanapali & Pacific Rail Road (Hawaii)
Unused Dexter Press card 68984-C, serrated edges. This is the locomotive “Anaka.” Grade: 1
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Zentralbahn bei Engelberg mit Hahnen 2606 m (Switzerland)
Mailed from Indonesia (definitely not Switzerland!) in 2012, with two stamps and very faint postmark. Grade: 3
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Caledonian Railway (Scotland)
Specifically, Caledonian Railway 0-4-4 No. 419 with a Bo’ness to Kinneil train on 6 April 1986. The card was mailed from somewhere in the U.K. in 2012 with stamp and airmail sticker and lots of orange postal barcoding. Grade: 3
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Cumbres & Toltec (Colorado, USA)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Chiayi, Alishan (Taiwan)
Mailed in 2012, stamp and postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Cherry Blossoms and Old Trains of Mount Ali (Taiwan)
Mailed in 2012, stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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MTR map (Hong Kong)
“Legitimate” MTR map cards do not exist in Hong Kong. An online company in China either does or did offer these for sale, and we were very lucky (and grateful) to get this one, mailed to us from inside Hong Kong in 2012 with stamp and postmark–along with major postmark transfer on the front. We suspect these would be good sellers if they were commercially available here, though they would need frequent updating. Grade: 3
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Metrolink, Manchester (England)
Not postally used, but with inked notations on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Plan of the Moscow Metro
Captioned in eight languages, this Metro postcard was mailed in 2012 with one stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Taiwan
There are substantial captions in Chinese on this card, mailed from Taiwan in 2012 with two stamps and light blue trilingual airmail label. Legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Bakersfield, Bena Station and Locomotive (California)
The caption is long and full of information, but this scene is part of Kern County Museum’s Pioneer Village in Bakersfield. Unused card H-5248. Grade: 2
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Indian Guides on the Santa Fe (USA)
We are impressed that someone thought to make a card like this, naming four Zuni Pueblo guides and the Santa Fe trains they rode both east and westbound. Unused. Grade: 3
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State Line Tunnel, Berkshire Hills (Massachusetts)
Unused Union News Co. card L1326. Grade: 2
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Kanchanaburi, River Kwai Bridge (Thailand)
Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Scenic Wonderland of the Great Mountain Railway
Bear with us while we explain. This card is captioned as what the title says, in English, and all the rest is in Chinese. Mailed from Taiwan in 2012, it has two stamps, Taipei postmark, and blue trilingual airmail label. The writer says the train itself is in Austria, so that is probably what the Chinese part of the caption says. Grade: 1
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Brienzer-Rothornbahn (Switzerland)
Long (4-1/4″ x 8-1/4″) card posted in 2012 with two stamps and a beautiful large postmark. Extensive message and captioning give full information. Alas, orange postal barcoding across the front. Grade: 2
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Schienenbus VT 98 (May, 1990) (Germany)
The German caption explains where and when, but the card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps, trilingual Priority label, and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Zabrze, multiple views (Poland)
The caption on reverse, while entirely in Polish, apparently identifies each of the views. Card mailed in 2012, two stamps and full postmark, along with Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Puffing Billy (Australia)
Australia Post issued this card with pre-printed stamp (on reverse) of the same design, and the writer added one more stamp when the card was mailed in 2012. Orange postal barcoding on both sides but only really visible on the back. Grade: 3
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Passa Quatro/MG, Train of the Mantiqueira (Brazil)
Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and full postmark. Blue bilingual Prioritario label. Grade: 1
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Taiwan
Nothing at all of this card is in English, but we will describe it anyway: mailed from Taiwan in 2012 with a coloured postage meter label, trilingual blue airmail label, and postmark, and two separate “chop” marks that the writer explains–but in Chinese. The date November 2003 appears on lower left front corner. Anyway, altogether, Grade: 2
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Vancouver, Stanley Park – Northern Pacific Railway (Canada)
Unused Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card NPR-13, heavily aged. The notable thing about this card, not apparent from the front, is that it was issued by Northern Pacific Railway and its North Coast Limited service in connection with land tours they offered. Grade: 3
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The King of Speckled Beauties (Canadian National Transcontinental Line)
Unused but with notation and very heavily handled over the years. Grade: 5
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Leipzig, Hauptbahnhof railroad station (Germany)
Long and detailed caption in German on the back of this card mailed in 2012 with three different stamps, postmark, and two different airmail stickers. Grade: 1
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KCR Railway and Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works (Hong Kong)
Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Swiss Federal Railways, Diesel-electric locomotive Bm 4/4 II 18451
The German caption is a little more detailed than the French or English ones. The card, though, was mailed from Spain (not Switzerland!) in 2012 with two different stamps but illegible postmark. Grade: 3
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Seaboard Railroad, Silver Meteor, Sun Lounge
This railroad company went through an impressive series of mergers and acquisitions. Focusing only on the Silver Meteor streamliner that ran between New York and Florida, the service began in 1939 and kept doing what it was doing until Amtrak absorbed it in 1971. Apparently, it’s still running under Amtrak. Three unused Dexter Press cards 94912 are available. One has a small smudge on the reverse (Grade: 2, $5) and the other two don’t have that smudge (Grades: 1, $7).
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Alishan train in fog (Taiwan)
Mailed in 2012, with two stamps and much of the postmark. Key captions are in Chinese only. Light blue trilingual airmail sticker. Grade: 1
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Bucuresti – Metro Network Map (Romania)
This looks like an unattributed internet card: the caption is only in English. But it was mailed in 2012 with a very large stamp, two postmarks, and blue Prioritar label affixed. Grade: 1
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Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Colorado, USA)
Mailed in 2012 with three stamps. Small abrasion on reverse right edge, not affecting anything critical. Grade: 3
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Lambton Tank No. 5
Actually much more about this in the caption: “…climbs toward Goathland with the North Yorkshire Pullman Evening Dining Train.” Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, and bilingual airmail label affixed. Orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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Innsbruck, Karwendelbahn, Finstertal-Viadukt (Austria)
We chose to research this card, and learned that Karwendelbahn is the popular name for The Mittenwald Railway, a line in the Alps in Austria and Germany, finally opened in October 1912. This heavily aged B&W card is not postally used but has a message of explanation on the reverse, in German. Grade: 4
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Tai Po Hui, Railway Museum (Hong Kong)
Unused card. They make this look so rural! Grade: 1