COLORADO MIDLAND
LANTERN FRAMES
Brasstop bellbottom C.M.Ry. made by Adams & Westlake 1882
model
Adams
& Westlake "beehive" top bellbottom CMRy made between 1888-1889
1889 Adams & Westlake single wire twist-off
CMRy made between 1889-1892
1889 Handlan-Buck "The Buck"
Colo. Mid. R.R. double wire twist-off pot made between 1901-1906
1889 Handlan-Buck "The Buck" Colo. Mid. R.R. single
wire made between 1901-1906 (Twist-off pot, prior to the change made later by
Handlan-Buck, see "The Handlan" below.)
1892 Adams & Westlake bellbottom CMRy made between 1892-1897
C.T.Hamm Brasstop bellbottom CMRR made between 1893-1900
1897 Adams & Westlake CMRy twist-off pot made between 1897-1903
1897 Adams & Westlake CMRR twist-off pot made between 1897-1903
Prier Brass brasstop wirebottom CMRy made around 1900
M.M. Buck tintop wirebottom,
single wire guard. Colo. Mid. R. R.
1895 Adams & Westlake CMR-Y twist-off pot made
between 1895-1909. (This one has a globe seat so it was made between
1905-1909)
Handlan Buck-"The Handlan" Colo. Mid. R.
R. made about 1906 (weird bottom version, was twist-off but converted to drop
in pot by manufacture.)
Handlan Buck Colo. Mid. R. R. (This
is the other odd style bottom version. Again, twist-off type, but converted to an
inset type base for drop in pot. Note the dome is identical to the later round top
version with the exception of the bail latch)
1898 Handlan-Buck "The Handlan"
Colo. Mid. R.R. drop in pot.
1902 Keystone Casey CMRY twist-off pot.
1902 Keystone Casey CMRY (shop stamped)
twist-off
Handlan twist-off pot made between 1915 to the end of the CM's
operations. (Referred to as the "round-top Handlan" by collectors,
this was the last style used by the Colorado Midland. This style of frame was manufactured until 1925
which was after the demise of the CM, but you may have a different RR name with this style
of frame that was around in 1925.)
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