No, that was Ed Loizeaux. He is going to decal his new Flyonel steam loco for Penn Central - Earl Henry, Nashville In a message dated 3/11/2013 7:30:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Earl: Are you trying to tell us that you passed on the Penn Central steam locomotive decals that Walther's offered "back in the day" "S"tring boB ________________________________________________ --- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , tennsgauge@... wrote: > > Many decals sets have lettering that seems unprototypical for most > railroads. I am not sure I have seen a Walthers decal anytime recently but way > back (when I was young) I remember a lot of lettering in HO decal sets that a > real railfan would not want to use. > > - Earl Henry, Nashville > > > In a message dated 3/11/2013 4:16:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > scalesonly@... writes: > > > > > > > Hi Earl -- > > I just spent a couple of hours going through books and you are correct †" > it seems that coaches had the road name and car number, sometimes near both > ends of the car, sometimes centered, and that was it. I have decal sheets > that have both “chair†and “coach†along with other car types, and I > just wondered what the difference was... > > The other info was you found was very interesting! > > Thanks! > Bill W. > ------------------ > > > > > Bill, interesting question and I do not know the answer, even though I > claim to be a passenger car fan. > > Here is a link I found on the subject: > > __http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/743/t/193089.aspx__ (http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/743/t/193089.aspx_) > (_http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/743/t/193089.aspx_ (http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/743/t/193089.aspx) ) > > Why are the decals an issue? Are you considering a decal that says "Chair > Car"? or "Coach". My railroads did not use either term. > > - Earl Henry, Nashville >
