50.82.2

Tool, Railroad

1880 Approximate

Train Window Opener. Material: wood, metal. Size: 2 1/2" W. x 20 1/4" H. Description: metal head shaped to fit train window lock; head attached to long wooden shaft handle.

Waseca County Railroads - Chicago & Northwestern (C & NW).Tool used by C & NW to unlock train windows. Glen Bell was a brakeman and conductor on the Chicago & North Western for 33 years. He retired 17 December 1979. Among the runs which he worked on was the last run of the "400", the last passenger train in Waseca, on July 23, 1963.