<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Very good clue! Thanks Mr. Rector, master archive scour-er. <div><br></div><div>Matt Goodman</div><div>Columbus, Ohio<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 7, 2025, at 9:25 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">perhaps a clue?<div>no location on the Archive entry</div><div><br><div>Mike Rector<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90482">https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90482</a><br><div><span id="cid:ii_mgglczb91"><image.png></span><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;">I believe that is what the top line <span style="text-decoration:underline">should</span> say, but there is definitely a different font for the second "word". I believe I can make out "NORF" then something that looks like a cursive script and finally "WESTERN RY". It also looks like the background of the script lettering is lighter, like it was more recently painted. I can not decipher the script.</div><p style="margin:0.1rem 0px;line-height:1"> </p><div style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;">Brent Stevens </div>
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<div style="border-left:1px solid rgb(170,170,170);box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px 0px 10px 15px;margin:0px"><p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>Sent: Oct 7, 2025 6:36 AM<br>To: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: Freight Station Signage</p><p style="margin:0.1rem 0px;line-height:1"> </p>
<div dir="ltr">Matt, I'm almost positive this says
<div>NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY
<div>FREIGHT STATION</div>
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<div>Mike Rector</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The Ohio Railway Museum recently shared three photos of #578 being transported to their museum in 1959. Happily for me, all were taken while the locomotive was parked on the Tomato Track, alongside Circleville, Ohio’s, freight station. Before finding this, I had all of two photos of this building.<br><br>However, I’m having trouble making out the wording of the top line of the gable-end sign. Perhaps those of you with more knowledge of this topic an take an educated guess; my guess is that this kind of wording was pretty standardized? And a similar question for the ridge sign (second attachment). <br><br>Side note, I cropped both images down to manage the message size, and to keep the ORM attribution. If anyone would like to see the full image, I can send them in a separate email. <br><br>Matt Goodman<br>Columbus, Ohio<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</a><br>To change your subscription go to<br><a href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list</a><br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br><a href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</a></blockquote>
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