Decals for scale locations and light weights
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Doug Polinder
Charlie, Portland Car & Foundry has decals for GN scales and repack data:
https://www.myhotrains.com/PDF/140923/02-DECALS1-Standard.pdf?x24143  Doug Polinder Lowell MI |
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...>
Charlie, One of the C&O's most common marks was RA for Raceland, Kentucky. That was their biggest car shop. Some Southern locations I spotted in photos are CR, K, MDN, HE, ALX (likely Alexandria, VA), AUG (Augusta, GA?), BN, JAX (surely Jacksonville, Fl), INM, ATL (Atlanta), TUSCA (Tuscaloosa?), LP, CIN. HE seems to most common, followed by JAX. I would also go for AUG and ATL, as they are recognizable and scream "South!". Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆 On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 11:14 AM Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...> wrote:
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Thanks for all the responses on the common scales. All that’s remaining is the C&O, GN, Milwaukee, Seaboard Air Line and Southern. Just send these to omahaduck (at) gmail (dot) com I went though my photos this week and will scan the images I have for Humbert to match the lettering. Any gaps I’ll ask for help. |
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Ed Mims
The Central of Georgia freight car re-weigh stations until June, 1963 were: Albany, Ga ALBY; Columbus, GA COLS; Atlanta, GA IND; Savannah, GA SAVH; Macon, GA MA; Chattanooga, TN CH and that is all of them.
Ed Mims |
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Here’s the list I received on the NYC ER- East Rochester RT- Elkhart AJ- Airline Yard-Toledo WD- West Detroit JX- Jackson WO- Worcester BG- Beech Grove KK-Kankakee On Nov 2, 2020, at 9:21 PM, Dan Stainton via groups.io <dands54@...> wrote:
-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne. |
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Dan Stainton
What happened to NYC?
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John Riddell
Some of the common CP scale locations were:
AN Angus shops, Montreal CQ Coquitlam, BC CY Calgary AB FM Farnham QC HO Hochelaga yard, Montreal LA Lambton yard, Toronto NS New Shops, Montreal OA Outremont yard, Montreal ON Ogden shops, Calgary AB RK Revelstoke BC SF Smiths Falls ON SL St. Luc yard, Montreal TC Transcona yard, Winnipeg TO Toronto John St. Yard, Toronto VR Vancouver BC WP Winnipeg MB WT West Toronto, ON WW Weston shops, Winnipeg MB
John Riddell
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John Riddell
Some CN common scale locations are/were
BN Moncton yard NB GV Trenton ON HA Belleville ON HQ Point Ste Charles shops, Montreal QC JB Turcot yard, Montreal QC JL Taschereau yard, Montreal QC GO McMillan Yard, Toronto ON LU London shops, ON LV London repair track, ON PK Ft. Rouge yard, Winnipeg MB PR Symington yard, Winnipeg MB PU Transcona shops, Winnipeg MB PV Transcona repair track, Winnipeg MB RG Edmonton (south) AB RH Edmonton Calder yard, AB SH Port Mann, BC TI Sarcee yard, Calgary AB
Central Vermont
XA St. Albans VT XC St Albans Italy yard, VT
Grand Trunk Western
VT Port Huron shops MI WD Battle Creek repair track, MI
John Riddell
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Tony Thompson
Bruce Smith wrote: Hands down winners, as in the VAST majority of cars show these three (Which makes sense, given the location of PRR car shops): Richard Hendrickson once said, based on his photo reviews, that you could use P50 and P57 and cover so much of the "territory" that you could ignore the rest <g>. Tony Thompson |
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Mont Switzer
Charlie,
I’m aware that the NKP did a lot of car repair at Brewster, Bellevue, Conneaut, OH and Chicago.
Mont
Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC. (765) 836-2914
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Charlie Duckworth
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 11:10 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Decals for scale locations and light weights
I had great response from several of the list members but am needing the top 6-8 scale locations for the following private car owners and railroads:
Thanks for your help.
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Charlie,
After extensive review (over lunch, looking at some photos), the PRR's top scale codes are:
Hands down winners, as in the VAST majority of cars show these three (Which makes sense, given the location of PRR car shops):
P50 PRR Enola PA
P57 PRR East Altoona WH PA Altoona
P62 PRR Hollidaysburg, EB PA
Well represented, but not as much as the above (and also allowing the inclusion of some Lines West scales):
P205 PRR Hump, Metal Yard PA Pitcairn
P330 PRR West Side PA New Castle
P441 PRR Car Shop IN Ft. Wayne
P712 PRR Terre Haute IN New Shop
Note that in providing these 7, you provide all of the digits needed to bash your own code from 1 to 776.. If you were to slip in a couple of 8's and 9's, you could basically bash any PRR scale code.
Regards,
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...>
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 10:10 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Decals for scale locations and light weights I had great response from several of the list members but am needing the top 6-8 scale locations for the following private car owners and railroads:
B&O, BM, C&O, CN, CP, Erie, FGEX, GATX, GTW, GN, L&N, MILW, NKP, NP, NYNH&H,N&W, PM, PRR, Soo, Seaboard, SOUTHERN. Thanks for your help.
You can email me off list omahaduck (at) gmail (dot) com Charlie Duckworth Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne. |
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Todd Sullivan
Hi Charlie,
My take on the 7 most important NP shop and weigh stations are BD - Brainerd, MN CO = Como Shops, MN LR = Laurel, MT PA = Pasco, WA PW = Parkwater, WA SE = Staples, MN ST = South Tacoma I'm sure others may chime in and correct or add others. Todd Sullivan |
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I had great response from several of the list members but am needing the top 6-8 scale locations for the following private car owners and railroads:
B&O, BM, C&O, CN, CP, Erie, FGEX, GATX, GTW, GN, L&N, MILW, NKP, NP, NYNH&H,N&W, PM, PRR, Soo, Seaboard, SOUTHERN. Thanks for your help.
You can email me off list omahaduck (at) gmail (dot) com Charlie Duckworth Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne. |
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Tony Thompson
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Steve SANDIFER
Those with double asterisk: KC, FM, TS, WC, CY, AQ, LJ, SB
J. Stephen Sandifer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Charlie Duckworth
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 8:01 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Decals for scale locations and light weights
Stephen I don’t want to guess; can you provide the 6-8 most common Santa Fe scales for light weights?
Charlie
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Stephen I don’t want to guess; can you provide the 6-8 most common Santa Fe scales for light weights? Charlie On Oct 29, 2020, at 10:23 PM, James SANDIFER <steve.sandifer@...> wrote:
-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne. |
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Steve SANDIFER
Here is the Santa Fe list.
J. Stephen Sandifer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Charlie Duckworth
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:50 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Decals for scale locations and light weights
I’ve been kicking around an idea with Hubert Mask on having a decal set made with the most common weight locations by railroad. I have a comprehensive list of Mopac locations but would need help with the other railroads. I told Hubert I’d be happy to compile a list if the group members would send me the top six or eight locations. Obviously I don’t want the full name but the ‘short name’ the railroad used in there stencil. As example for the MP Kingsville was KV, Alexandria was ALEX. The decal sheet would be alphabetized by railroad so if you are wanting to restenciled a ATSF boxcar it would be easy to find. He’ll also include a set of light weights. So the .io list isn’t filled with responses to this topic you can send your railroad name and weigh locations to me (omahaduck (at) gmail (dot) com) 
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Hubert
Ed is very correct. I
will have to look at each railroads font. Will have to hold it
to certain amount of roads.
The Union Pacific needs white, black, red and yellow reweigh shop stencils, lube stencils, freight car classes, built dates, and actual load limit and light weight stencils both pre-1963 and post-1963!! (Gross Rail Load values increased for all freight cars in 1963 and every car had to be reweighed and restenciled) I'm just sayin' :-) But I'd be very interested in the above. And there are other roads that need multiple colors too. And you could figure out how to compile all that on a sheet for one major railroad (or set of roads) then use that layout as a 'template' for other roads. In my opinion you can cover a lot of territory with "roman" and "gothic" type because the sizes are so small - 1" 2" 3" so fine distinctions are a lot harder to see and don't matter unless you're building a museum piece. But there are exceptions I'm sure like NYC and PC modern styles etc. On 10/29/2020 12:15 PM, hubert mask wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Mont Switzer
Charlie,
Most common locations on the Monon were:
S.H. South Hammond, IN LAF Lafayette, IN Shops McD McDoel Yard, Bloomington, IN
Mont Switzer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] on behalf of Charlie Duckworth [omahaduck@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 3:28 PM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Decals for scale locations and light weights Im using the spreadsheet on the files and I don’t need every scale location that was on the railroads just the most common ones. If someone can send me the 8 most common scales on the PRR, SP, SOU, NYC I’d appreciate it.
Charlie
-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne. |
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Im using the spreadsheet on the files and I don’t need every scale location that was on the railroads just the most common ones. If someone can send me the 8 most common scales on the PRR, SP, SOU, NYC I’d appreciate it.
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