Eastern Railroad Discussion > Mertztown, PA station gets a new sign

Hi All,
My former employer Atlas Minerals & Chemicals asked me to make a new sign for the Mertztown Station. (Atlas has owned the station since 1963.) The former sign which my son Beertrain and I made back in 1990 was beyond restoration. The orginal sign was liberated by someone else back in the 70's. here are two pics of it.
Jim

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What font did you use/

great job

The sign has a very traditional look to it.  Like it!

Well done👍👍

Jim6300loco,
I've been taking photos at Mertztown since the mid - 80's. I always tried to get the "Mertztown" sign in the photo.  I never knew that you and your Son created and placed that sign.
Thank you.  Steve Kley

john7968 Wrote:
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> What font did you use/
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> great job
I believe it was ROMAN TIMES.
Jim

TRACKENGR Wrote:
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> Jim6300loco,
> I've been taking photos at Mertztown since the mid
> - 80's. I always tried to get the "Mertztown"
> sign in the photo.  I never knew that you and
> your Son created and placed that sign.
> Thank you.  Steve Kley
I also had Atlas change the colors of the station to it's current colors back in 1990.( Atlas had painted it gray when they bought it} The Plant manager back then was receptive to doing that.  The Longswamp historical society would like to acquire it and fix it up and make a local museum out of the station.  It was due to another current employee  getting them to the replace sign .



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/16 14:11 by jim6300loco.