Model Railroading > SP 70 Ton Hopper lettering

HELP,
I am trying to letter a light grey SP 70 ton covered hopper and need the black lettering for it.
What should I use??? HO Scale

Here's a link to Microscale's 2 & 3 bay hopper decals:
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=87-239&Category_Code=SP&Product_Count=81
Anyone know when they went to the red scheme?

1stcajon Wrote:
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> Anyone know when they went to the red scheme?

Some PS-2 and ACF cars were delivered new with red lettering. Yellow too. I've never seen any logic to the color selection. Later repaints were done in the larger billboard Gothic scheme in black, and I believe some were also repainted with red lettering, either partial or the complete car.

The fun thing about modeling SP cement cars is that, almost literally, no two are painted exactly the same.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freightcarnut/8087226277/in/set-72157631768715595/

-Rick

Rick Selby
Redmond, WA
Pacific Northwest RPM



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/12 13:40 by RAS.

RAS Wrote:
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> 1stcajon Wrote:
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> > Anyone know when they went to the red scheme?
>
> Some PS-2 and ACF cars were delivered new with red
> lettering. Yellow too. I've never seen any logic
> to the color selection. Later repaints were done
> in the larger billboard Gothic scheme in black,
> and I believe some were also repainted with red
> lettering, either partial or the complete car.
>
> The fun thing about modeling SP cement cars is
> that, almost literally, no two are painted exactly
> the same.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/freightcarnut/8087226
> 277/in/set-72157631768715595/
>
> -Rick

So there are no specific dates associated w/ each color schemes? They were all used thru time together?

Thanks for that one but what about all the reporting data?
Capacity, Cubic Feet etc....
I have the RR Gothic and it doesn't look like the correct style lettering but would the Roman work?
THANKS

1stcajon Wrote:

> So there are no specific dates associated w/ each
> color schemes? They were all used thru time
> together?

I suppose it depends on your modeling time frame, but yes, certainly by the 1970s, the 2-bay ACF and PS-2 cars of all colors were used in the same service - cement. A few were also used in company sand service.

Again, I've never seen any published consensus/explanation as to what the color variations meant with regards to type of service. If there was a 'rule' at one point, it appears that it was short-lived.

-Rick

Rick Selby
Redmond, WA
Pacific Northwest RPM

BNModeler Wrote:
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> Thanks for that one but what about all the
> reporting data?
> Capacity, Cubic Feet etc....
> I have the RR Gothic and it doesn't look like the
> correct style lettering but would the Roman work?
> THANKS

Railroad Roman is what you want for cars wearing original paint. On re-stencilled/repainted cars, the font sometimes varied.

-Rick

Rick Selby
Redmond, WA
Pacific Northwest RPM