CF Caboose Lettering

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Sat Jul 18 20:31:29 EDT 2015


Not to disagree with you Jim, but Norfolk and Western lettering, as used on the freight cars and cabooses is pretty dramatically different from "Railroad Roman"

The attached sample is from Norfolk and Western caboose lettering drawing that I have drawn, and railroad roman font on the bottom.

Ken Miller
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On Jul 18, 2015, at 12:07 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:

> "Railroad Roman" font with letters and numbers 7" high.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> 
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> 
> On Saturday, July 18, 2015 10:49 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> What style of lettering did N&W use on its CF class wood sided caboose in the 1940's and 1950's? I am doing research for a scratch building project.
> Very Respectfully,
> Joseph Congemi
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