I am looking at various artifacts in our collection to make sure they
are true museum property.
We have one artifact that is marked "Metal piece from Oregon Shortline
RR car".  It is
a heavy brass piece, which looks like it went over a bearing?  It is a
cast piece with the word "FREIGHT" on the outside exterior of the
bearing side.  Also, in the cast is the words/figures:  "10" and "Hewitt
St Louis" and "OSL"  (guess that is why they are thinking it was a piece
to a train of the Oregon Short Line".  One employee said it was the
doorstop for years....but could be from mining equipment or anything.  


Any ideas?

John
Boise, ID

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