Lighting Up The Railroad Lanterns!! D&H, PRR, NY.NH.H & NKP!
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2022
- In todays video I thought it would be fun to bring out some of my railroad lanterns from my train collection and bring them back to life by lighting them up outdoors! I brought out 4 of my railroad lanterns all of which have different designs and belong to different railroads. I hope you all enjoy todays video, thanks for watching!!
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Hey Corey, my name is Corey also. I’m currently restoring a nice Dietz Buckeye dash and a PRR with a spinning base to advance/retract the wick. Like finding other cool dudes who are into cool shtuff
Very cool! I just bought my first railway lantern last month. Haven’t lit it yet, but my wife is suggesting I put some LEDs in it (without changing anything of course) so we can use it inside all the time.
That's great to hear! As long as it still has a wick, it'll light up! If you ever do light it up, I'd recommended using camping styled lantern "Clear Lamp Oil" as it burns nice and clear! I believe there might be some companies that make LED lights for railroad lanterns so if you can find one it would be a nice addition. Thanks for the comment!
Cool Video 👍thanks for sharing 🇺🇸
I always use olive oil to light them so I can display them. I ought to light them on my channel. I try to look for lamps in a good enough condition to light. Feels sad just letting them stay there. They still are able to and from my experience still do want to serve their purpose.
The still come in pretty handy when there's power failures, trust me on that!
Fortunately, I never did lose power this week however most of Livingston County here did. I don't understand how our grid was ok when everyone else's went bad.
@wayne antoniazzi oh and also this is dated. Lol. I totally botched the NYC lantern with olive oil. Only use lamp oil in my CNR one.
Thanks for lighting up my evening 👍👊
Fantastic collection of railroad lanterns & just scored an Adlake 400 lantern & yes a 1950’s Dietz number 40 traffic guard lantern with an Embury 40 red globe with it! 👍👍👍 Update! Scored another Adlake lantern & yes a piper 4 way switch lantern in perfect condition & ready to light! 🙂🙂🙂
Hey Corey, a very thoughtful and well-presented video. I have the same Dietz lantern only with a red glass lens. It's great that you actually light them up and use them (I agree, it's sad to see them sitting dormant in some corner). Thanks again!
Thank-you for sharing this.
Hi Corey! Those are some great finds!
I've been collecting RR lanterns for 30 years, so let me give you a few pointers.
First, as far as lighting the lantern the best way to do it is after opening the top remove the glass, it should lift right off the frame. Light the wick, then replace the glass and close the cover.
Second, if it's smoking the flame is turned up too high. Turn the wick down until you get a steady flame without heavy flickering and little to no smoke.
Third, if the wick has heavy charring trim the wick until you've got a clean edge, it'll burn the fuel much better. Trim the wick straight across.
You're D&H and NY, NH&H lanterns are definately steam era, the caboose lamp probably as well, although kerosene caboose lamps were used into the diesel era. You NKP lantern with the Fresnel glass chimney is most likely diesel era but may be VERY late steam era, I'm not sure on that one.
Lamp oil will give off water vapor, believe it or not. The fogging is from the vapor condensing on the cooler surface of the glass chimneys. You can mitigate the fogging by turning the flame down as I suggested earlier.
Believe it or not parts are still available for your Adams and Westlake (Adlake) lanterns, Search the same for their on-line catalog. You may be able to find replacement wicks at a well-stocked hardware store, measure what you've got and check what's in stock. Your New Haven Dietz lantern I'm not sure of parts availability, Dietz is still in business but they don't make railroad lanterns anymore.
For some great information on railroad lanterns check the Ralroadiana Online website.
Fun video! Thanks for posting! If you have any questions feel free to ask!
Oh and just so you know, lamps with patent info on the bottom can often be dated themselves. The "Adlake Kero" is sometimes followed by a #-## code in which the first number is the quarter of manufacture and the next 2 are the year. And while adlake still makes their lanterns and parts, it's sad they don't mass produce railroad lever locks. They are really nice strong locks that don't get super messed up by the elements. I own 2 personally. Great video! Going to likely pick up a red fresnel handlan short globe lantern soon.
@@iftheseoldbeastscouldtalk7796 Thanks! I didn't know about the date codes, good to know!
Right now I'm not so sure about Adlake making lanterns and part anymore. The last time I looked at Adams & Westlake on-line the pickin's looked pretty slim. I suspect they're closing out that product line. If you've got any further information please pass it on.
I know they will sell you globes, lenses, and mounting brackets, and you're right. Not much else. I prefer to just accumulate globes with lanterns so I don't have too much thin glassware to worry about. From what I have seen, if you want green in the wild, it will likely come from a GTW lantern because of their color rules. Blue fresnel and regular globes can be found but cost a decent amount usually, yellow/green fresnel globes are like diamonds and I've seen plenty of clear fresnel ones on Canadian National lanterns. As for tall globes, to my knowledge they weren't manufactured modernly, and colored ones can cost a bit, I'm mostly familiar with adlakes owning an electrified dressel and 2 handlans otherwise. Although by no means am I a veteran expert that actually worked with them I'm the day.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 kind of ranted in that response sorry.
@wayne antoniazzi and I have to warn people before they try to date a Reliable or 200/250 series, they don't have the code.
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EXCELLENT VIDEO! I have an Adlake with a malfunctioning wick adjuster, and a Dietz 39 that's in excellent shape. I agree with the other guy, as I start my flames low to medium to avoid any smoke and potential charging of the globes. Keep up the great collection you have growing!
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Hi Corey really like your videos just did my first Introduction to my layout in progress thanks again for the videos
Awesome 👍
Cool video on the Lighters R's Trains.
Very cool Corey! My dad is also a fan of old lanterns as well, I'll have to show this video to him!
Awesome video 🚂❤️😎👍very nice
Cool • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
Cool!!
I have a lantern like your Nickel Plate Railroad one, except mine is from the Pennsylvania Railroad. At some point of history (years ago from the style of the plug) somebody converted mine into an electric lamp, so it sadly is missing the internals. (If you have any idea where I can buy internals to convert it back into kerosene feel free to let me know.
There are lantern replacement part dealers you can find with an on-line search. Adams & Westlake used to stock replacement lantern parts for their own line but it looks like they're phasing them out. Do an on-line search for them to see what they've got.
Hello Corey, thank you for this delightful video. I have a question for you! I have an Adams and Westlake lantern just like yours, from the NYC RR. My great-grandfather worked for that railroad in Coldspring NY, and the lantern belonged to him. I would like to refill the "fuel bottle" (not sure what exactly you call it) and put a wick into it so I can light it up. I haven't found a way to open the fuel bottle and I don't think I can funnel fuel into it through the narrow opening where the wick comes through. How did you fuel yours up and replace the wick?
warm regards,
Mel
Sorry I didn't see this sooner. If your lantern looks like the ones on the left and right this is how you do it with most Adams & Westlake (Sometimes called Adlake) lanterns.
Open the top cover, lift out the glass globe, then grab the burner assembly of the lantern and lift it up and out. It it's been in there a long time without having been removed you may have to give it a good tug. The burner and oil pot will come out as one unit. Before you do anything else inspect the pot and make sure it's not corroded to the point it may leak, if you try filling it you'll have a real mess on your hands!
Once it's out give the burner unit a counter-clockwise turn, it will loosen up and you can lift it off the pot. That will open the fuel pot for filling. Reverse what you've done to reassemble the lantern.
If none of this makes sense then net time there's a train show or railroadiana show in your area take the lantern with you. Anyone selling lanterns will be happy to walk you through it.
For wick replacements measure the gap on the burner where the wick comes through. A well-stocked hardware store that sells oil lamps MAY have replacement wicks you can use or trim to fit. You can also check the Adams & Westlake website for lantern parts but they don't stock as many as they used to. I think they're phasing them out completely.
There may also be some lantern "how to's" on the Railroadiana Online website and the Key Lock and Lantern collector's website as well.
What does "NYCS" mean, On a, Globe, Train-Lantern?
New York Central System. Sorry I didn't see this sooner!