4449 Daylight lettering size?

No doubt Hot knows exactly when but it was around 1945-46 likely after the war when they were repainted in their Daylight colors.

Pete

My suggestion is to purchase the book "Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives" By Robert J. Church, published by Signature Press. That book is the absolute definitive source concerning EVERYTHING about SP Daylight locomotives, including lettering diagrams and actual color chip samples.

Thank you.

Well ....? I purchased a book called "Those Daylight 4-8-4's" by R. Church thinking I could learn about the whole GS class locos on the SP. Scanning the pages now after it just arrived, the only thing I see is that at some point (1954?) they removed the "Lines" from the SP lettering. I still see examples of all the engines with both large and small lettering?

  I'm trying to get a lot of info to sink in. Seems like there's a lot to study of the orders and the upgrades.

 I did notice that the design of the engines was done under the direction of George McCormick, Gen. Superintendent of Motive Power for SP. I wonder what relation to Doyle (if any)?

Engineer-Joe posted:

Well ....? I purchased a book called "Those Daylight 4-8-4's" by R. Church thinking I could learn about the whole GS class locos on the SP. Scanning the pages now after it just arrived, the only thing I see is that at some point (1954?) they removed the "Lines" from the SP lettering.

You must not have read the information correctly, or misunderstood it. Beginning in 1946, the SP began to eliminate the "Southern Pacific Lines" in small lettering, up high on the tenders. The new styling was the large "bill board" letting on the middle sides of the tenders, i.e. SOUTHERN PACIFIC. I guess it comes down to reading and comprehension.

I still see examples of all the engines with both large and small lettering?

Obviously you would since it took the SP more than a year to repaint/reletter all their locomotives and passenger equipment.

  I'm trying to get a lot of info to sink in. Seems like there's a lot to study of the orders and the upgrades.

Not really.

 I did notice that the design of the engines was done under the direction of George McCormick, Gen. Superintendent of Motive Power for SP. I wonder what relation to Doyle (if any)?

No. Doyle in Irish, i.e. the family name is spelled McCormack. The Scottish spelling would be McCormick. 

 

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Well, I missed the spelling and missed the lettering. That's 2 for 2.

Thanks for the clarification though.