placard holders-tack boards
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Mont Switzer
Tony,
This has been a favorite topic as I have been adding placards and car routing cards where appropriate as part of my final detailing process. Even on cars that have neither, I like at add residue: scraps of former placards or route cards. I chop up bits of paper with a razor blade until I get a fine confetti. Add this to a little dab or Elmer's glue and mission accomplished.
I'm sure you are aware that some roads (NKP, C&O, MWR to name 3) mounted their door tack boards off center toward the opening so a man standing in the car could reach the tack board. I like to install placards on these car doors as if a man standing in the car and reaching around did the work. That makes the placards crooked and oriented toward the door opening even further.
Jaeger used to make a nice selection of placards, but last time I looked they had been dropped from their line.
Mont Switzer From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] on behalf of Tony Thompson [tony@...]
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 1:33 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: Unloading Plumbing Fixtures Mont Switzer wrote:
I doubt the display portion of hazardous materials placarding regulations have changed all that much over the years. You could get away with covering a hazardous placard over, but if no covering is available, "when the freight comes off the placard comes off" unless it is a tank car or a car with containers that have residue in them. I am sure this is true for hazardous placards, but I was thinking of the many OTHER placards that are used, from "unload other side" and "canned goods" or "frozen food," to "caution - auto parts."
Tony Thompson
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Tony Thompson
Mont Switzer wrote: I'm sure you are aware that some roads (NKP, C&O, MWR to name 3) mounted their door tack boards off center toward the opening so a man standing in the car could reach the tack board. I like to install placards on these car doors as if a man standing in the car and reaching around did the work. That makes the placards crooked and oriented toward the door opening even further. Jaeger used to make a nice selection of placards, but last time I looked they had been dropped from their line. Yes, a very useful set, of which my stash luckily still contains plenty. I usually apply door placards only to one side of the car. On my layout, you only ever see one side of cars, so the one-side placard provides me a restricted-service and a general-service car all in one, just by rotating the car. Tony |
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