Font On Norfolk And Western Steam Engines

[James The Red Engine]

Dear Mr. the Bach-man,
I'm trying to model the N&W 578 in HO scale and I want to make decals for it.  Do you know what font the letters on the tender are or what font best fits them?

Thanks,
James 

[Nigel]

Hi James;

You may want to join this group:
http://www.nwhs.org/mailing_list.html

If you search their archives, I think that you will find the answer to your question.

[James The Red Engine]

Thanks.

You have any ideas to throw in Mr. Bach-man?

[NWsteam]

MicroScale has them for pretty cheap...

http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=87-106&Category_Code=NW&Product_Count=8

I am intrested in how you are going to model this as the real deal is right down the road from me. 

[the Bach-man]

Hi, James,
It's a variant of RR Roman. I scanned original  artwork to do the lettering disgrams for the model.
You can find similar fonts at:
railfonts.com
Have fun!
the Bach-man