Hello my name is Ed and I have been collecting and researching kerosene lanterns for over thirty years. I thought I would share some of my experience with you. With a lot of lanterns being misidentified on the...
How to clean a railroad lantern I have been asked many times how to clean a railroad lantern. What follows covers brakeman hand lanterns and not the larger lamps (switch / markers). I think I have cleaned over...
Ill just say this. More dietz vesta were used on rails than any other lantern. The Vesta's were all "Tubular" Lanterns. Call them what you want, but they are "cold blast" for brighter flame, and they have...