Lettering color on early steam

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I'm sure that the J's were never lettered or striped in gold leaf.  Can't 
say about earlier passenger power.

Sam Putney

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>I have copies of PRR locomotive painting diagrams, and I'm certain that 

>road lettered steam in gold leaf until a certain date.

>

> --Rick Morrison

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>     Gary

>

>        "This was not used on locomotives"

>

>     What do you base this statement on? I do not have any first hand 

> knowledge about Locomotive lettering with gold leaf. But I do know for 

> fact the N&W and C&O used real gold leaf in passenger applications. And 

> would think it would be in the realm of possibility that in the day they 

> may have use it on passenger locomotives as the drawing suggest.

>

>     Larry

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