Union Pacific Railroad metal box of some sort?

[diggingthe1]

I dug this out of a thrift store. The ground is frozen here. The closest I could figure is a flare box. I would love some authentication. Thanks for any help. It is 11x3x8” Engineers lunch box? Ticket collection box? I do like be the patina!

 

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[RichieRich]

Phone box

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Cool find I would have bought that also.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Could be a flare box.... I was also thinking maybe a brake mans flag box? It's definitely a cool piece!

 

[diggingthe1]

I like the idea of a brakemans box. They carried flags, fusee’s and torpedoes as a way of signaling! Thanks for the inputs!!!

 

[1637]

thats cool,if i saw that i would have brought it,how much did you pay?
rad

 

[diggingthe1]

thats cool,if i saw that i would have brought it,how much did you pay?
rad

I can’t resist old RR items! It was 24 bucks. My Grandfather worked for the Rio Grande RR. I will have a hard time parting with it, if I resell it. You never know what’s going to turn up at the thrift stores, or what you will find in the ground. I can imagine someone using that with the old coal trains!