Re: 1902 coal car lettering details

Posted by Jim Courtney on
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Hold on Jeff,

Thanks to a post of Derrell's back in April, I found another 1902 coal car hiding in one of Chris Walker's busy Idaho Springs photos, around 1903-06:


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/67645/rv/singleitem/rec/97

This is at maximal enlargement, so there is not much new to see. Does show the herald between the center stakes, much like the Peninsular car at Baileys in 1910. If the bottom line of characters is the small road number, then the box herald appears much like that at Baileys, centered horizontally between the stakes but higher on the side, centered vertically over the top 3 boards. Some sort of dimensional data is between the 2 takes to the right end.

A closer look at coal car 4283 on page 68 of the Pictorial VIII also suggests that the top line of the box herald is in the middle of the top board, the bottom line of the box in the middle of the 3rd board, and the small road number centered below at the top of the bottom (4th) board.

In the right background is one of the 30 foot Peninsular coal cars with the tapered side sills.  The box herald vaguely appears on the left end of the car, like the Peninsular car at Kokomo.

Both cars sure do seem pretty weathered!