FP7A SLSF 5042

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  1. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Folks,

    Referencing the following photograph.

    http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?media/5042.2738/

    Photograph location and date are unknown.

    Does anyone know the story behind the "stencil" style coonskin on the nose?

    It is distinctly out of the ordinary; the usual seems to be black-filled coonskin with white lettering.

    The "FRISCO" actually looks a bit rough around the edges.

    Perhaps it was a cost-savings measure before either repainting to Mandarin orange and white, or prior to trade-in, or maybe the paint shop was out of nose heralds at its last repainting?

    Best Regards,
     
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  2. TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020)

    TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020) Passed Away July 15, 2020 Frisco.org Supporter

    I do think it is a stenciled or painted on herald.

    I think the reason that it looks so rough is because the nose is dented right at that spot.

    I believe there were also other engines that had painted on heralds.

    There were several Mandarin orange and white units that had similar heralds.

    I think when FP7A SLSF 5042 was painted they must have run out of those blue metal heralds.

    Tom G.
     
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  3. Karl

    Karl 2008 Engineer of the Year Frisco.org Supporter

    Latter day austerity livery
     
  4. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Tom,

    I think all quoted material gets italicized.

    Not sure why, but my guess is that it is a system default.

    It does help my eyes more quickly discern what is mine, and what is someone else's, etc.

    Karl,

    Thanks for the confirmation.

    I thought that I might have one of these black stencil decals in a batch of Champ F-unit extras, but I think it is a gold outline instead.
     
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  5. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Tom,

    I corrected your post.

    When you reply, make certain that your response does not fall between the two hypertext markup codes that have brackets [ ] around them.

    The opening markup code will have a [ bracket followed by QUOTE and some additional stuff then ].

    The closing markup code will have a [ bracket followed by /QUOTE and then ].
     
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  6. TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020)

    TAG1014 (Tom Galbraith RIP 7/15/2020) Passed Away July 15, 2020 Frisco.org Supporter

    I usually just "erase" what ever is in the previous poster's comments.

    I guess I forgot to do that this time.

    TG
     
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  7. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Whoops,

    I am afraid I didn't read the post too carefully Tom.

    I think I just saw the italics and assumed that it was a quote.

    My apologies and thanks for the additional insight.

    It will provide some cheap entertainment for me to start going back through photographs of latter-day F-units and see how they compare.

    Best regards,
     
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