This restoration breathes new life into an old Dietz railroad lantern, carefully restoring its structure and glow. A satisfying transformation for lovers of antique lighting and railroad history.

Jack Williams donated railroad lamps ... a local antique dealer who grew up in New England, identified William’s lanterns as mostly manufactured by the R.E. Dietz company. Jack Williams holds ...

This is a circa-1900 kerosene-fueled switch lamp, probably manufactured by R.E. Dietz, of New York, says Bruce Gamage, of Rockland’s Gamage Antiques. At the time, a railroad switch would have been ...