Re: (erielack) Re Erie F-10 2-6-0 pix & paint

[paultup_@_optonline.net]

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> C. Between 1900 to 1921, before the Diamond:
> The photos show new and rebuilt locos simply with "Erie" centered 
> on the 
> tenders (see page 75 in Carleton's Erie Story, or in Erie Power 
> pages 94, 
> 226, top of 242).  There appears to be two types of fonts used for 
> "Erie," 
> but printed material in "Between the Ocean to the Lakes" appears 
> to use a 
> form of extended Railroad Roman with small trumpets on the ends of 
> the "E" 
> and "I" (I know there is another term for that part of the serif 
> font).  This 
> type font also appears more often.  


This extended Roman "ERIE" with emphasized serifs is the same typeface used on the passenger cars, too.



> Early descriptions list the locomotive lettering as "gold,' (Mott, 
> 1899, 
> Between the Ocean to the Lakes).  Other descriptions around WWI 
> list Erie in 
> white letters (Carleton, 1988, The Erie Story--or maybe it was 
> just WWI and 
> URSA).  

I know Erie Power shows some engines with what appears to be gold leaf lettering (that "mottled" look to the lettering color that you can see in B&W photos). Later, they switched to that light imitation gold (not dulux!) which was standard to the end of steam. Didn't know about white lettering!

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    - Paul

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