Steam loco lettering

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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:
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> 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:
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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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