1910 Car Lettering Guide

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Help!! I have an HO layout set in the early 1900’s. I have a 1922 Car Builders Encyclopedia that has the required lettering guide for 1922.

What I need is a source guide for lettering about 10 years earlier ca 1910.

Does anyone have any ideas? Google so far has been no help — perhaps I’m using the wrong search arguement ----

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

John T.

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Art Griffin has a lot of info for your era.

http://www.greatdecals.com/Griffin.htm

He also belongs to the below Yahoo Early Rail Groups. Both have a lot of information for the 1900 era.

Make sure to look in the Files, Photos, Links sections of those two groups if you join.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ER_Kits/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EarlyRail/?yguid=44628248

Rich

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“The American Railroad Freight Car” by John H. White Jr. is an excellent book. It is right in your time frame. It is a paperback book the size of the Mahattan phonebook. Check it out.

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Amazon has a few used versions. Starting at $38.00. That is how I obtained my book a year ago or so. You will get references to this book from Early Rail people.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0801844045/ref=ed_oe_h_olp

Rich

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Clover House has a lot of dry transfer sets from that era as well. He is on the net but I don’t remember his address…

dlm

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Clover House. It has been for sale for a couple years I believe. No takers yet.

http://www.cloverhouse.com/

Rich

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Thanks! You guys wound me up and got me pointed ---- that’s what I needed!

I’ve just ordered “The American Railroad Freight Car” and got all the other sites in my favorites file.

Again, thanks!

John T.