I am after information about the Southern Railway’s Crescent Limited in the days it was hauled by E units.
I would like to do up some decals for a custom paint job and need to find ‘really good’ pictures or line drawings of the Southern Logo on the front, as well as the Crescent Limited Logo, I know there is an E unit in one of the museums, but unfortunately Queensland Rail don’t have a service that runs by there at the moment making it a bit hard to just drop in and take photos.
I know this isn’t the information your looking for, but thought you might like to see it. I took the photo earlier this year at the North Carolina Museum of Transportation in Spencer, North Carolina.
That was ideal, the Crescent sign was straight on and gave me what I was looking for even with the reflections, as I will be redrawing it.
The front logo is the next thing, I have already done a Southern Circle, but the wording in the bar underneath these I think says Look Ahead - Look South.
I know I’m pushing my luck here, but was there a couple of others - The Tennesean and The Southerner?
I rode the Crescent from New Orleans to Washington DC in June 1973 when most of US rail passenger service had become Amtrak. I kept a log of the consist (which of course I still have), including enroute switching, and I snapped pictures inside and out. My photographs were all color slides and I have so immediate way to scan them without taking them to camera store for printing-- takes a week.
Post WWII most RRs dispensed w/ a specific train logo on engines as eng assignments were by pool rather than to specific train. As for Southern psgr cars they would sipmply read “Southern” on the letterboard (or “Pennsylvania” for some cars assigned to the Southerner) w/ the car # or name in the case of Pullmans and a small “Pulman” at the end of the letterboard. I don’t know how long the Southern continued the use of illuminated drumheads at the rear of their trains, but Tomar has a wide selection.
You are right in the wording underneath the front logo. “Look Ahead - Look South”
Tom
PS: Since I posted this last reply, I found this web site which also might interest you. Click on “Name Trains” on the left hand side of the home page.
I appreciate the replies, I don’t want anyone to go to any trouble, what I am after mainly are some diagrams or photos of the names as they were done in some sort of script on the noses of the locos so I can draw up artwork for homemade decals.
I realise that Micro-Scale make sets, but I like to research and make my own, being an Aussie and far away from the US of A, I have to rely on what I can find, I do look for accuracy, but realise there are limitations.
As I said before, I really appreciate the response but don’t want anyone to go to excessive extremes to assist.
I just know all this sort of information exists, it just a matter of being pointed in the right direction, you guys are a goldmine of information.
Have you done a Google and Yahoo search under Images? They are both great at finding pictures. Just click on Images at the top and then search for Southern or E unit or some combination.
