Ampersand (&) on N&W box cars?

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The change from Norfolk & Western to Norfolk and Western was effective
December 2, 1947 based upon my research notes from the Revision Books.

The increase in the height of ,and Western from 7" to 9" was issued first
for Class SK stock cars, dated January 15, 1953; the remaining classes of
boxcars using the road name, the date for change from 7" to 9" was February
25, 1953.

The increase of height of N&W from 17" to 24", and end lettering/numbering
from 4" to 7" was October 21, 1952 for Class H-2, H-2A and H-3; effective
December 17, 1952 for G-3A, G-4, G3, G-1, G-2, GU and GUb; effective
February 25, 1953 for HC, HC-1 HC-2, HC-3, HC-3A, HC-4, H-4, H-5,H-7, H-7A,
H-8

The elimination of the 1" or 1 1/2" bar above and below the reporting marks
was effective November 15, 1956.

Jim Brewer

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 4:35 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Dutch
>
> It is not always as easily said to search for things as it sounds. You
> also have to have kind of an idea of the answer before you can search
> accurately. In this case, I knew the ampersand was used at least in the
> 1920s-1930s, so I searched for examples of cars built or operating during
> that time, that got me to searching for Class BJ, BK, B1, B2, B3 boxcars.
> Of course there are others, but that is what I started with, and found most
> of what I wanted as examples.
>
> But yes, the archives had a great volume and depth of materials. I am
> looking for the date the white lines were eliminated from above and below
> the reporting marks and numbers. Yes, I believe it was about 1957, but
> don’t have the archive information in hand, have to do that when I am there
> and have the time to dig that out.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
> > On Sep 18, 2021, at 12:33 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Ken!
> > Those pics are very much appreciated.  I’m a bit embarrassed I wasn’t
> able to find them in the archive myself, as I looked through numerous
> photos and books before posting.
> > I’ll chalk it up the amazing volume & depth of material in the archives
> - thanks!
> >
> > Dutch Thompson
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