& and and

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Many years ago, well prior to publication of the Society's caboose book,
the late Charlie Schlotthober sent me copies of a number of pages from the
N&W Diagram Revision books.  I believe the attached answers the question
involving replacement of the ampersand.

Jim Brewer

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Definitely prior to 1953. At least as early as 1948, when the S2 sleepers
> were delivered. Not as early as April 1946, as the refurbished PM's still
> had the &. So it was somewhere between April 1946 and December 1948.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Monday, July 14, 2025 at 07:10:43 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> When did N&W switch from "&" to "and" for boxcar lettering?  Photo
> evidence indicates perhaps prior to 1953.
> Thanks,
> Jim Cochran
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