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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Token Favorite, post: 2756350, member: 87861&quot;]<i>Pictured on the left is the obverse side, the right is the reverse</i></p><p><b>So, this is a bit of an odd one.</b></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; My great-grandfather was an engineer at the Arkansas City Roundhouse. Since he was constantly needing to board and get off trains, he needed a permanent token. According to my father, who received this from my great-grandfather, he would keep this in his overall pocket so he could go about his business without delay. My father remembers that, as a child, the most awesome thing was to get permission to go with grandfather to the roundhouse and get to show the token and board the engines. It is in remarkably good condition in my opinion for how much it was used. He worked at the roundhouse from age 16-about 50. At some point during his career, the tokens were swapped out in favor of boarding passes. My sister has the passes. If it helps to date the token, he lived from 1903-1994.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I have looked around the internet to see if anyone had any similar, but have been hard-pressed to find one with an actual name on it. Most just have the name of the station or transit company. I was curious if anyone knew what the worth of my token is. If you have any ideas or guesses, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; If you would like to read up on the area in which my Great-grandfather worked, I actually found a webpage devoted to it: <u><i><a href="http://www.eccchistory.org/CCRailroads.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eccchistory.org/CCRailroads.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.eccchistory.org/CCRailroads.htm</a> </i></u>. The train they moved into Wilson park is still there to this day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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