Steam loco lettering

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Thank you, Ken.  You saved me a lot of time and work!

On 12/29/2019 6:52 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Walter
>
> On any kind of steam power on the N&W circa post 1948, I’d hazard a guess that everything still running would be lettered with the 10 inch or 8 inch tank lettering that was standard.
>
> Most anything, I’d suspect that had not gotten the lettering in a standard shopping would certainly have gotten it within 5-6 years of the start date in 1941, and if not, was likely being retired or scrapped before 1950.
>
> Unfortunately, there are no known shop records surviving on such things as this.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
>> On Dec 29, 2019, at 6:32 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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