D&RGW - Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Tall Clear Cast MEG Globe Handlan Lantern
Regular price
$925.00
Item #: 5171 Here is another original Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tall globe lantern to add to your collection. This beautiful Handlan flat top frame is all original. We only removed the oil & dirt, then hand polished it. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tall globe lanterns are getting harder to find these days. Tall globe lanterns were replaced with short globe lanterns around the early 1920's. The transition year for the name change of D&RG to D&RGW was 1921. So most of the D&RGW lanterns you will find will be short globe A&W Adlake No. 200, 250, or Handlan frames. Embossed on the top lid is "D&RGW, Handlan, St. Louis, U.S.A., 2467" On the bottom of the fount holder it is marked "Handlan, St. Louis", with patent dates. The frame stands 9 1/2" tall without the bail. The lantern comes with the correct Handlan fount and burner, which will hold oil with no pin holes, 100% tin. The 5 3/8" tall Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. (MEG) clear cast in the square rectangular panel "D&RGW", and the globe is in excellent condition with only one very small 1/8" inside rim flake on the bottom rim. The globe is embossed at the top "M.E.G. Co., 21", above "D&RGW". So don't let this rare Colorado beauty slip byyou, it will not last long.
