Hello. Could someone please tell me what font is used in this photo of an L&N F-7A in 1964? When did the L&N start and stop using it? Are there any commercial lettering sets that are close to or similar to this font? If not, what would be a substitute? Also, when did the L&N start and stop using the circular logo shown on the front of the engine? Here is the link:
If no one knows the anwser to these questions, does anyone know how to contact the L&N historical society through e-mail?
Hi,
From my knowledge of fonts, the one used on the side is very similar to Century Gothic, a quite popular font style used back in the 50’s-60’s.
For the logo, I’m pretty sure you should be able to find it on commercial decal sets. It was a well-known herald.
For the dates… No idea at all, maybe if you check a few pictures on the website you linked you’ll be able to pinpoint an approximative era until you contact someone. You can also check for L&N history books.
Matt
Thanks for telling me what font it is. Do you know if any decal companies make a letter/number sheet for this font? Is the font you said similar to any commercially available ones?
Here is the link to a colour photo of the same font:
Last time I used this font, I used Microscale Union Pacific style lettering in the colors I needed. But you would need a version without borders.
The Century Gothic font have circle shaped round letters (o, e, c, etc…) but I’m pretty sure this name wasn’t used in railroad terminology.
You should check again if decal maker didn’t already made a set for L&N diesel engines.
Matt
V&A C-628,
This scheme came out in the late 50’s. The original black / blue cream paint scheme used lacquer paints that dried quickly but did not weather well needing frequent repainting. The new “black & blue” scheme used enamel paint and “Scotchlite” lettering & heralds from 3M in the block, san-serif font, which ended the time consuming masking and hand lettering. The nose herald had a simplified L&N with a script DIXIE above and LINE below. This was the only time that the Dixie Line nickname was applied to the L&N diesels.
This was the paint scheme until 1962 when GP-18 # 460 emerged in the grey & yellow scheme. GP-30 # 1000 was the first new unit delivered in this scheme in 1962. As for when the nose heralds dissapeared I would say that the units wore them until they were painted grey & yellow. A quick look through some books found a photo of FA-2 # 350 still wearing a nose herald in 1964.
Also here is the address for the L&N Historical Society www.lnrr.org
Dale
Will this work for you?: http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=87-917&Category_Code=LN&Product_Count=1
So the font is sans-serif? I’m proto-freelancing my own fictional railway and this font that the L&N used caught my eye. What is the colour of the lettering in this scheme? Now that I know the font is sans-serif, I need to find someone who makes a number and letter sheet for this font with the colour yellow, gold, or dulux gold. Do you know of any decal companies that make a letter and number sheet in sans-serif font in the colour gold, yellow, or dulux gold?
Also, does anyone know what sans-serif font it is?
Would any of these two fonts be similar to the one on the L&N engines: