Re: D&RGW 3132 lettering.
| June 13, 2019 06:16PM |
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Thanks Jerry.
That scheme is known as the 1934 not the 1924 scheme as shot after completion at Alamosa rebuild session.
Russell Lee shot a string of cars at Ouray in 1940 for the FSA with just that lettering style(1934)
While the NPS may have had the research done properly, and I see no errors in the actual data apart from the Side Data being slightly too high, I am in fact meaning the over sized application of the Drawgear Data on the end of the car to be the issue.
This isn't the only example of not following the correct lettering and Yes It does make a Difference as this is being presented to Joe Public as Fact. I hate to see errors perpetuated in these surviving Museum pieces.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2019 06:17PM by Chris Walker.
That scheme is known as the 1934 not the 1924 scheme as shot after completion at Alamosa rebuild session.
Russell Lee shot a string of cars at Ouray in 1940 for the FSA with just that lettering style(1934)
While the NPS may have had the research done properly, and I see no errors in the actual data apart from the Side Data being slightly too high, I am in fact meaning the over sized application of the Drawgear Data on the end of the car to be the issue.
This isn't the only example of not following the correct lettering and Yes It does make a Difference as this is being presented to Joe Public as Fact. I hate to see errors perpetuated in these surviving Museum pieces.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2019 06:17PM by Chris Walker.
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