c.1930 The Montrealer Bretton Woods Sleepers Metal Train Depot Sign Vintage BIG For Sale


c.1930 The Montrealer Bretton Woods Sleepers Metal Train Depot Sign Vintage BIG
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c.1930 The Montrealer Bretton Woods Sleepers Metal Train Depot Sign Vintage BIG :
$195.00

This is a vintage original train station metal sign for The Montrealer train service.   This is a heavy metal sign with the same text printed on both sides which measures about 30” x 12” and weighs about 12 pounds.  I don’t know how old this sign is exactly but The Montrealer passenger train service began in 1924 and I think this sign likely dates probably to 1920s or 1930s.   It is definitely and old vintage original and not any type of modern reproduction.   This sign was coated with shellac or a similar coating probably to preserve it from the weather.  Pretty sure the shellac was applied when this sign was in use probably back in the 1930s or 1940s.  The sign shows a lot of wear but is still readable on both sides.  We are selling this sign as found.  It might be possible restore this to some degree.  

The text reads: 

The Montrealer – Phila., Trenton, Newark, New York, Montreal – Bretton Woods Sleepers    

Email any questions.  Thanks for looking.   The following is some information on The Montrealer passenger train service from Wikipedia:

The Montrealer was an overnight passenger train between Washington, D.C., United States, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The train was operated from 1924 to 1966, and again under Amtrak from 1972 to 1995, excepting two years in the 1980s. The train was discontinued in 1995 and replaced by the Vermonter, which provides daytime service as far north as St. Albans, Vermont. Current Amtrak service to Montreal is provided by the daytime Adirondack from New York City via Albany.

The original Montrealer entered service on June 15, 1924. The train provided overnight service from Washington, D.C., to New York City and Montreal on a route that passed through New England. The Washingtonian operated over the same route in the southbound direction.[1]

Both trains ran over five railroads: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the New Haven Railroad, the Boston & Maine Railroad, the Central Vermont Railway, and the Canadian National Railway, which worked together to provide the equipment and crews to operate the train.

When it was inaugurated, the Montrealer also provided through service to Ottawa and Quebec City. During the summer months the Quebec car originated a few days a week in Murray Bay, a resort area 86 miles (138 km) northeast of Quebec City.

North of the U.S.-Canadian border, in early years the train traveled east of Missisquoi Bay and through Iberville on the route north to Montreal.[2] By the 1950s the route was rerouted through Alburg, Vermont, and in Quebec made stops at Cantic, St. Johns and St. Lambert before reaching Montreal.[3]

The Montrealer and the Washingtonian first ran during the days of Prohibition in the United States. The Washingtonian became known unofficially as "The Bootlegger" or simply "The Boot" because passengers often carried well-hidden bottles of liquor on the southbound train. During the Prohibition years the Washingtonian was a favorite target of U.S. federal agents who would board in St. Albans and search the train looking for illegal liquor.  During the 1940s extra sections of the train were added for skiers on weekends in the winter months from New York to Waterbury, Vermont.

By the 1960s, service consisted of two daily round trips: the Washington–Montreal Montrealer/Washingtonian, and the New York City–Montrealer section of the Ambassador. On September 6, 1966, the trains were unceremoniously discontinued between Montreal and Springfield, Massachusetts.[5] Previously, the Ambassador had been an entirely separate day train counterpart to the Montrealer. The New Haven Railroad continued to operate its portion of the train between Springfield and New York City until December 31, 1968, when most passenger service on the New Haven–Springfield Line was discontinued, upon the implementation of the merger of the New Haven Railroad into the Penn Terms

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