Steam loco lettering

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Don’t have the exact date handy, but a memo was issued about May 1920 to discontinue lettering on the tenders as a cost saving method.

Ken Miller


> On Dec 29, 2019, at 10:30 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> I think it started earlier then that.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> 
> On Sunday, December 29, 2019, 07:04:55 AM CST, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> 
> Does anyone know the exact dates for when "Norfolk & Western" was stenciled on locomotive cabs rather than on tender sides?  From photos I have seen it would maybe be mid to late '30s to early '40s.  
> Thanks,
> Jim Cochran
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