What signs were posted on boxcars other than “do not hump”. I’m trying to add some more realism with my G scale scale cars.
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Here’s a few I have in my files:
MSTL Explosives card by Edmund, on Flickr
this side by Edmund, on Flickr
SP_Unload Other by Edmund, on Flickr
I might have more on another hard drive. I’ll post them if I find them.
Good Luck, Ed
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Those are awesome, thanks
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Thanks! Glad to help. If you click the image and go to Flickr there is a download arrow so you can grab the same graphic .jpg.
Regards, Ed
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Some cars in “captive service” will be marked “when empty return to xxx” where XXX is a location. For instance, boxcars in newsprint service need to be clean inside with no splinters or sharp surfaces that could damage the rolls of paper.
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Those signs are called placards and are tacked onto a small section of wood on each door known as a tackboard. In the days of wooden freight cars they could be tacked anywhere but the door was probably the most common since that’s where unloading crews and switchmen would most likely notice it first. Other instructions like “Unload From This Side” or “handle carefully” as well as warnings for hazardous materials like gasoline, pesticide, and acid are also used. Prior to the mid 70s I think railroads often had their own designs for the hazardous materials placards but usually would all have the words “Dangerous”, “Flammable”, or “Poison” and they would have a line saying what the car’s hauling on the placard. They have since switched over to the modern ones like you see on tractor trailers which instead of the name of the material would have the UN number and hazmat class number for whatever hazardous commodity the car is hauling.
lol bud i was tired last night i been walking a 79’ stretch of track all day. i know their called placards we use them for our stone mine when we transport Tiger Tail fireworks from our driveway out to the mine we have placarded boxcars marked 1.4 and 1.6 and even have 1 hopper with flammable solid on it.
our trucks have them too one sitting outside has dangerous when wet and miscellaneous on the back because that truck carrys water beads witch can expand and rupture the truck’s box. also we use co2 once in a while so the little bottles of co2 we transport under NFG
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and your right mid 70s was when haz-mat reform happened it also if i remember right added a few new signs to the list as well but im going off of training from my first job back when i was like 14 im in my 30’s now so i may be rusty on my knowledge
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i have that on a couple of my ho glass hoppers says return to Ontonta NY on the side of it
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