Steam loco lettering

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Sun Dec 29 20:00:14 EST 2019


Walter:

You're misunderstanding, in the fortunate way.  You're good to go.  In the
'50s they DID have the "Norfolk & Western."

Dave Phelps

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 7:55 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> This thread had piqued my interest because I model N&W in the mid 50's.
> All of the tenders that came with the models that I own have Norfolk &/and
> Western on them.  Did the N&W not have the logo on their tenders in the
> 1950's?  If that's the case, I need to get out the black paint and some
> small decals for the locos.
>
> Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
> On 12/29/2019 11:45 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I agree with Jim Nichols.  A quick search of the stenciling diagrams on
> the NWHS archives page yielded these two hits:
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=24965
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=24964
>
> Note the original date of the drawings is May 1941; perhaps someone at the
> archives can check the stenciling revision books and do a reverse search;
> this might help identify when stenciling was removed from the tenders.
>
> Jim Brewer
>
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 11:04 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>>
>> 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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