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Nostalgia & History > Blue Monday, CR . . .Date: 02/22/21 11:40 Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: 3rdswitch Date: 02/22/21 11:53 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: SP8595 Very Nice! Any idea what the lettering next to the herald on the second engine is?
Date: 02/22/21 12:54 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: 3rdswitch Negative.
JB Date: 02/22/21 17:27 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: Steinzeit2 Isn't there some sort of 'box' or tank sitting on the walkway of that second unit ? The sign probably pertains to that. Some sort of test / measurement stuff, or a trial installation or something ?
SZ Date: 02/22/21 20:47 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: ALCO630 Steinzeit2 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't there some sort of 'box' or tank sitting on > the walkway of that second unit ? The sign > probably pertains to that. Some sort of test / > measurement stuff, or a trial installation or > something ? > > SZ That’s where the cab signal box was on the GE’s. Posted from iPhone Doug Wetherhold Macungie, PA Date: 02/23/21 08:00 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: Steinzeit2 No, not the cab sigs box; I was thinking there was a much larger 'box' underneath that special lettering referred to in the second post -- but after enlarging the screen photo 200+ %, I think I was wrong on that; it must have just been the coincidental angles of railing / hood door edges, etc that made me think that. Yet that additional white lettering does not appear to be on the hood, unless it's stenciled very crookedly -- could that happen on a railroad ??!
SZ Date: 02/23/21 08:33 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: RGDave It was an ad-hoc stencil applied to CR 5025 after the split up was announced, reportedly first appearing in 1997:
https://www.cmrproducts.com/store/N-Scale-Conrail-Paint-Out-Decal-Set-p64180529 ~RGDave Date: 02/23/21 10:15 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: sandpoint1979 Date: 02/24/21 18:36 Re: Blue Monday, CR . . . Author: Steinzeit2 Thank you both.
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