CF Caboose Lettering (NW Modeling List)

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Jim

"Railroad Roman" was pretty much a concoction of Champ in the old days.  Lots of railroads made their own alphabet font.  The B&O guys are really passionate about keeping theirs going.

I think the N&W had it's own slightly different font for lettering.  I don't think I've seen a standard drawings that includes all of the letters like some railroads used.  I know I'm sure I've never seen one that included the little "c" for Mc Dowell County.

Stoney
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> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 20:31:29 -0400
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> 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"
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> 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:
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> > "Railroad Roman" font with letters and numbers 7" high.
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> > 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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