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Rick,<BR>
Can you post an example photo?<BR>Thanks,<BR>
Dave.<BR>
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To: nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org<BR>Subject: Re: Lettering color on early steam<BR>Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:06:48 -0400<BR>From: nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gold leaf is 22k gold hammered micro thin. It comes in little booklets and the gold leaves are separated by tissue paper. The leaves have to be lifted into place on a tacky surface and burnished smooth with a fine brush. For more details see: <A href="http://users.lmi.net/drewid/Gold_leaf.html">http://users.lmi.net/drewid/Gold_leaf.html</A>. BTW, the N&W business car fleet, at least up to the NS merger, was lettered in gold leaf outlined with black pinstriping. I have closeup photos of the lettering and you can see how each leaf is slightly overlapped within just one letter. It is painstaking work and traditionally sign painters were skilled in working with it. Imitation gold leaf is available, but it doesn't have the impact and durability of the real thing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>--Rick Morrison</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Lettering color on early steam</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>In generic terms, what is gold leaf comprised of? and how is it applied to the prototypes?<BR> <BR>Thanks,<BR>Dave Willis<BR>(blt 1962, c/n 4)<BR> <BR>> To: <A href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</A><BR>> Subject: Re: Lettering color on early steam<BR>> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:20:27 -0400<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</A><BR>> <BR>> It appears to me, that in VERY early photos of N&W locomotives (perhaps <BR>> freight only) that the lettering is white rather than gold, for example the <BR>> picture of the first loco produced by Roanoke. Anyone else have data?<BR>> Jim Cochran<BR>> dcochran116@roadrunner.com<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>> To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:20 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: Lettering color on early steam<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > Joe<BR>> ><BR>> > I have drawing F1154 Oct 24 1884 shows gold leaf on passenger tenders <BR>> > and gold paint on<BR>> > fright locomotive tenders<BR>> ><BR>> > Larry Evans<BR>> > Kenova, WV<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> > From: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>> > To: <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 5:04 PM<BR>> > Subject: Lettering color on early steam<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >> Gentlemen,<BR>> >> I've been asked by a model company to supply info about the lettering on <BR>> >> early N&W steam. My information is that the lettering color on both <BR>> >> passenger and freight pre-1900 steam was gold leaf. Can anyone confirm <BR>> >> or deny that?<BR>> >> Thanks<BR>> >> Joe Giannovario<BR>> >> O Scale Trains Magazine<BR>> >> ________________________________________<BR>> >> NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<BR>> >> To change your subscription go to<BR>> >> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<BR>> >> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<BR>> >> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<BR><BR>
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