Merlin Lemmon Estate * Lifetime Train Collection

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Lifetime Train Collection of Merlin Lemmon

featuring

Model Trains * Lanterns * Postcards * Original Signs * Badges * Depot Furniture * Padlocks * Lamps * Menus * Tokens * Original Equipment * Tons of Paper * Depot Stove  * Advertising * Dinnerware * Clocks * Candy Containers *

Literally everything Train related 

Saturday April 5th @ 10:00 am - 2014

Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds

5055 Saline - Ann Arbor Rd., Ann Arbor, MI

(Take I - 94 to Saline - Ann Arbor Rd Exit and go Southwest to auction. Approx. 4 miles)

Merlin Lemmon working in the Wabash Interlochen Tower in 1964 - Romulus, MI       (Merlin worked on the Wabash from 1952-1979)

There are a couple hundred uncataloged lots

Railroad Lantern’s

Michigan Central, B & O with signed globe, IHB, Nickel Plate with signed globe, B & O no globe, Penn with signed globe, C & O with signed globe, DTSL, Pere Marquette, Ann Arbor, Grand Trunk, Ann Arbor with signed globe, Wabash with signed globe, Penn Central, Erie with no globe, Belt Chicago with signed globe, B & O, Erie, Ann Arbor with no globe, CMSP with signed globe, Frisco with signed globe - no bail, Pere Marquette with red globe, Wabash, Pere Marquette with signed globe, Handlan & St. Louis, E.J. & E.R.R. Co with no globe, Penn Central with red globe, Chesapeake, CB & Q RR, NY Chicago & Phil, NYC Lines with signed globe, NY Chicago & Phil with red globe, SO RY with signed globe, NYCS with signed globe, Ill Central with red globe, NYC with signed globe, Large Railroad engine light 1800's,

Depot Furniture & Related

Oak roll top desk out of Deckerville Michigan Depot, Oak Demurrage Cabinet from Cadillac Michigan Depot, Oak tariff Cabinet Wabash Railroad from Romulus Michigan Depot, Wabash Floor lamp Aladdin from Adrian Michigan Depot, Time Table Rack Central Railroad from Gallien Michigan, Postal Wall Clock, Telephone and telegraph equipment from Romulus Michigan, Train order staff,  Dinning Car Dinner Chimes,

Papers, Postcards, Prints &  Etc.

Great Northern Railway Empire Builder menu 1940-1941, Michigan Central Terminal Restaurant Menu established 1864, The Union News Company menu, Michigan Central Restaurant Chef Cover menu, New York Central Systems menu, Michigan Central Terminal menu from Detroit Michigan, New York Central System Dining Services menu 1930, Chicago and North Western Railway menu 1965, Approx. a dozen lots of time tables - 20 in each lot, Fireman Preparation Instruction books 1900, Lionel and Gilbert catalogs, Norfolk & Western pencils, Union cards rare,  OR & W railroad time checks metal, Old Kennedy newspapers - other newspapers, Misc. box lots of railroad pamphlets and papers, train orders - telegram forms etc. Lots of old photo, train wrecks photo, box lot standard railroad booklets, Pere Marquette and misc. booklets, box lot misc. ledger booklets, Misc. membership cards, Train Catalog 1952, 1959, How to Operate Lionel Trains magazines 1855-56, How to Operate Lionel Trains magazines 1933,1953,1955,1957, Lionel Toy Fair Edition magazine 1989, Lionel Pre-Toy fair Edition 1989, Lionel trains Instruction 1948, Lionel trains catalog 1946, 1947

Signs & Related

American Express Agency porcelain sign, United Transportation Union on strike signs, Wabash Railroad Explosive signs, Wabash Dangerous signs,

Train Related & Interesting

Buttons, tokens, Railroad Uniform buttons, Brass Passenger car light, Telegraph equipment including candle stick phone scissor phone, head set, and telegraph keys, Wabash and C& O, Pennsylvania stick pin, Amtrak porter uniform 2 Wax sealers with wax, Union station St Louis horseshoe, L.S.&M.S Station Agent badge police whistle, Canadian Pacific Hotel opener, brass whistle, misc. train spoons, Kelvinator letter opener, C&O tokens, ink blotters, Lionel Doll W/ Santa Fe Engine (H), 1934 Chicago Century of Progress, 1933 Century of progress red bull dog

Trains – Lionel, American Flyer, Etc.

Lionel Lines O gauge Observation car 312 - Railway Mall Car 310 - Pullman Car 309, Lionel Lines O gauge set Engine with tender 262E

Pullman car 607 - Pullman car 607 - Observation car 608,

Lionel O gauge set Engine 224 with tender - Sunoco tank car 2555 - Pennsylvania coal car 347000 Armor cattle car 3656 - Pennsylvania caboose 477618,

Lionel O gauge set - Union Pacific dual engines 2033, passenger cars 2421 – 2422 - 2423,

Wabash engine and tender 672 - Cafe Lounge 7227 - Railway Express Agency 7228 - City of Wabash 7229 - Wabash 7232 - Peru 7230 - Danville 7231,

 Lionel O gauge Engine 2099 Illinois Continental 4-6-2 Casey Jones Line, Lionel JC Penney Santa Fe GP 38 engine,

Lionel Wabash engine 484 - Limited edition Alaska Engine 1804 and Caboose 1084, Lionel Reading Company 8215 passenger,

Rail King Pittsburg and West Virginia engine, Marx tin wind up Union Pacific M10000,

Lionel O gauge set Engine 253 - Pullman 610 and 610 - Observation car 612,

Wabash Dual O gauge set Engine 2367 - box car 3424 – 3424 - coal car 9820,

Lionel Santa Fe Engine 2243 - Marx Santa Fe Dual Engines 21 - Louis Marx Engine pressed steel set,

Lionel O gauge Missouri Pacific dual engine 205 (1) engine as is), 2 flatbeds with tractors, Bucyrus Erie Railroad company,

Lionel Happy birthday Mickey train 1988 - Lionel Locomotive 262E,

Large tin 717 display train engine, Toy blue iron train 3 pieces, green metal toy train,

Union Pacific Set - Union Pacific AA Units - ALCO 2033 - Chatham Pullman #2422 silver roof - Hillside Observation #2423 - Maplewood Pullman # 2423 silver roof,

Wabash Lionel #2367 F3 AB units,

Lionel Train set - Engine #685 - Tender # 6026 - Tank Car # 6465 Sunoco - Gondola # 6462 NYC black - Boxcar # 6464 M& St. L - Hopper # 6456 LV red - Caboose #6357 - O Gauge Remote Control Track Set UCS,

Lionel Train - Electric 040 Red - Engine # 8 - Pullman # 337 - Observation # 338,

Lionel Train Standard Gauge - Engine & Tender # 390 E - Railway Mail Car # 312,

Lionel Train - O Gauge Electric Set - Engine # 253 – (2) Pullman # 610 - Observation # 612,

Lionel Train O gauge set - Engine & Tender # 262 E – (2) Pullman car # 607 - Observation Car # 608,

Lionel Alaska 9 P 7 Engine 6-28857, Alaska Caboose 6-36544, Wabash Gondola #9820 O Gauge, Hand Car # 23974 (in tin box), Hand Car # 87207 Mickey & Donald, Santé Fe Engine # 2308 GP 38, Box Car Wabash # 3424, Box Car Wabash # 3424, Wabash Bunk Car 19657, Illinois Central 4-6-2 Engine & Tender # 2099, AT & SF GP 9 Engine #2370, Santa Fe Engine # 2243 A&B Units, GM&O Engine # 721, DM& IR Engine # 8813, SD 18, Wabash & 484 with case, Susquehanna RS-3 Diesel, DM &IR Caboose C-217Route 66 Flat Car with Ford Wagon & Trailer, Lionel Lions Flatcar with 2 AM Boni, Lionel Depressed Flat car W/4wd trailer, Wabash Flat Car W/trailer 6-36065, Lionel Route 66 Flatcar W/wagons # 6300, Missouri Pacific Engine # 205 A&B Units, Bucyrus Erie Crane Car # 6560, Marx Santa Fe Engines # 21 A & B Units, Sunoco Tank Car, Great Northern box Car # 6464, Wabash Cannon Ball Boxed Engine # 8040, Lionel Schlitz Ref. Car # 9851, Lionel & 45 N Automatic Gateman, Lionel Amtrak ALCO B Unit # 8667, Lionel Caboose # 6257, Lionel # 6414 Auto-Loader, Evans Rail King M.Y.H.P & WV Engine, Lionel Spirit of 76 - Engine # 1776 U 36 B - Caboose # 7600 Frisco - Delaware #7601 - Pennsylvania # 7602 - New Jersey # 7603 - Georgia # 7604 - Connecticut # 7605 - Massachusetts # 7606 - Maryland # 7607 - South Carolina # 7608 - New Hampshire # 7609 - Virginia # 7610 - New York # 7611 - North Carolina # 7612 - Rhode Island # 7613 - CNW Railway # 42597 Log Car, American Flyer Engine # 307 - Tender Reading Lines - Log Car # 905 - Caboose # 938, American Flyer Model # 4663 Wide Gauge - Engine # 4880 Black - Tender - Caboose Red - Tank Car Green - Mail Car Green – Gondola Brown - Auto Car # 4018 Green-Tan - Flat Car

Train Accessories

Lot of train accessories including 2 lights, Lionel Lot of accessories #45 auto gate man, Lionel

#3656 stock yard set, Lionel Donald and Mickey hand car, tin Wabash trestle, Marx Wabash tin trestle, Lionel 314 Cast alum bridge, metal decorative fence, Lionel water tower (as is), New York Central Lines first aid kit – Misc., 15 Barclay railroad metal figures, Cardboard bill boards (9), Lionel Water tower (as is), Lionel Operating Barrel Loader #362, Bridge & 314, Type R 100 Watt transformer, Block Control Signal # 153 (as is), Signs on Posts, Lionel Engine # 262 E O Gauge, Lionel # 927 W/ Maintenance Kit, Lionel #6019 Remote Control Track Switch, Lionel # 3461 Log Car, Lionel # 154 highway Crossing Black, Lionel # 164 Log Loader, Lionel Bridge Red Girder 

Auctioneers note: Merlin Lemmon was a life long train enthusiast who worked on the Wabash railroad. He collected his whole adult life. Check out the gallery for a preview. 

Preview 8:30 am

Terms: Cash, C.C., and Check with I.D.

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