Howdy, all:
This question was also posted to the Prototype|Locomotives forum. I am painting a BLI NW2 for a friend in the Reading all-green scheme. There are not many pictures of these units that I have been able to find, and those have been three-quarter head shots. I am trying to determine what the two lines of lettering underneath the cab numbers are. One line is probably a model designation according to nbrodar (thanks for that information) but it was not specified whether that was the EMD model designation or the Reading’s. There is a second line that might be the horsepower rating, but I’m not sure. There also appears to be some lettering on the frame just above the fuel filler, which I assume deals with the filler and/or the emergency cutoff switch. The owner of the model has supplied me with Microscale decal set 87-691 which does not show NW2s specifically, so any additional help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.