I am working on updating some of the passenger car drawings that I did some time ago, improving on the detail as well as making them into transparent GIFs, and was wondering, when did the Nancy Hanks II and Man O' War cars recieve their metal plaques with the train emblems on them? Some of the photos I have really don't give me much of an idea as to when these were applied.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

-- Jerry M. LaBoda (laboda@bellsouth.net), July 03, 2004

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I appreciate the information... I am soon going to be reworking my earlier drawings of the Central of Georgia lightweight cars that I had done some time ago so that the detail is more accurate (including lettering) and wanted to include the emblems on my drawings but was unsure of when they were applied. This is indeed a great help and I do appreciate it. Will let the BBoard (and the Yahoo Groups list) know when I have these drawings finished!!!

-- Jerry M. LaBoda (laboda@bellsouth.net), July 06, 2004.

Jerry (and others),

My apologies for an error in my prior answer. (That's what I get for writing the answer too quickly!) The second paragraph of my answer should have read:

------------ The Man O' War cars probably received their round train signs at the same time, in addition to the red "hat band." However, the number boards were not added to to these cars until sometime later. There are several photographs from early 1953 showing Man O' War cars with the red hat band but no number boards. -----------

The Man O' War cars were delivered with the "name" plates, but the number boards weren't added until after the 1952 refurbishment.

-- Allen Tuten (allen@cofg.org), July 04, 2004.

Jerry,

The Central of Georgia began applying the round train signs during a major refurbishment of both Nancy Hanks II and Man O' War cars in April 1952. The CofGa lettering diagrams for cars 390, 660-663, and 540-543 all have a revision date of 4-18-52 with the note "medallion added."

The Man O' War cars probably received their round train signs at the same time, in addition to the red "hat band." However, the name plates (for the "Fort" names) were not added to to these cars until sometime later. There are several photographs from early 1953 showing Man O' War cars with the red hat band but no car name.

The October-December 2001 (Vol. 5, No. 4) issue of THE RIGHT WAY contains an article regarding painting and lettering passenger cars.

Allen Tuten President Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society, Inc.

-- Allen Tuten (allen@cofg.org), July 04, 2004.