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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jim Nichols</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, July 14, 2025 at 07:10:43 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv2148230605"><div dir="ltr">When did N&W switch from "&" to "and" for boxcar lettering? Photo evidence indicates perhaps prior to 1953.<div>Thanks,</div><div>Jim Cochran</div></div>
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