Freight Station Signage

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Very good clue! Thanks Mr. Rector, master archive scour-er. 

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio

> On Oct 7, 2025, at 9:25 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> perhaps a clue?
> no location on the Archive entry
> 
> Mike Rector
> 
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90482
> <image.png>
> 
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>> I believe that is what the top line should say, but there is definitely a different font for the second "word". I believe I can make out "NORF" then something that looks like a cursive script and finally "WESTERN RY". It also looks like the background of the script lettering is lighter, like it was more recently painted. I can not decipher the script.
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>> Brent Stevens 
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>> Subject: Re: Freight Station Signage
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>>  
>> Matt, I'm almost positive this says 
>> NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY 
>> FREIGHT STATION
>>  
>> Mike Rector
>> <image.png>
>> 
>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>>> The Ohio Railway Museum recently shared three photos of #578 being transported to their museum in 1959. Happily for me, all were taken while the locomotive was parked on the Tomato Track, alongside Circleville, Ohio’s, freight station. Before finding this, I had all of two photos of this building.
>>> 
>>> However, I’m having trouble making out the wording of the top line of the gable-end sign. Perhaps those of you with more knowledge of this topic an take an educated guess; my guess is that this kind of wording was pretty standardized?  And a similar question for the ridge sign (second attachment). 
>>> 
>>> Side note, I cropped both images down to manage the message size, and to keep the ORM attribution. If anyone would like to see the full image, I can send them in a separate email. 
>>> 
>>> Matt Goodman
>>> Columbus, Ohio
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