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 Posted - October 21 2012 : 08:36:48 AM
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Please post your Mantua or Tyco only 5628 GP20 or other Tyco GP20 numbers and font variations here. I thought this GP20 font was unique because the road number on the cab is so thin and looks as if it is engraved so that you can feel the impressions in the cab sides. Also this early font style is thinner than more modern ones and it's color is a different intensity than the road name and stripes. It looks like some form of a roman or gothic font.
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 09:42:15 AM
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tall thin numbers...look like they were stamped on
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 11:57:14 AM
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Thanks Caboose1.
Your numbers are a different and thicker font than mine and that's what I'm after in this thread. Also your font has a different line quality where it is thicker then thinner, where mine is the same thickness throughout the number.
I think we'll see an bunch of different fonts on the Mantua Tyco GP20.
I think BriansTyco did a thread on the C430 fonts.
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 3:54:26 PM
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My GP20 is a 1962 Mantua EX Rio Grande Kit version!! The guy I bought from in 2007 on ebay purchased it new in 1962 as a kit and built it! I since painted over the lettering and willl repaint the entire sides of it, BUT I still want to keep the tiger stripes.
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 5:30:40 PM
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I only have the SD24 Rio Grande.
Nice vintage example of that model '62 and the font it had similar or the same as Caboose1's.
Thanks.
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 6:08:33 PM
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No problem! The lettering was really small when it had it.
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 7:59:07 PM
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My NYC GP20's
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 8:55:08 PM
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Toptrain,
Handsome units, classic font!
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Posted - October 21 2012 : 11:16:02 PM
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Here are my two examples. I don't know if they're unique, but they're different from each other.
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Posted - October 22 2012 : 05:39:56 AM
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They are different. Nice shot.
Thanks gmoney.
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Posted - October 22 2012 : 11:04:19 AM
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Posted - November 10 2012 : 09:37:13 AM
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Dacheez,
I have wanted a CN GP for a while. You have a nice example and PT powered. I have several CN Alcos one PT one MU2.
Thanks for your contribution and it is another variation of the 5628 font being thinner and maybe in a different position on the cab.
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Posted - November 10 2012 : 11:46:42 PM
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I found that geep at a show about 5 years ago...I don't think I've seen another one in CN paint since. The CN alcos seem quite scarce as well. NOW the F9's...that's a different story 
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Posted - November 11 2012 : 11:56:50 AM
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This one has the "proper" Q fonts...
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Posted - November 11 2012 : 11:58:16 AM
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I'd also like to know why they used yellow horns on other units, but black ones on these...
They should'a used black ones on all the units
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 11:38:56 AM
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From a rare shell, according to spiderj, this font is a different font than the ones posted so far. It is most similar but not exactly the same as the NYC Geeps.
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 1:35:27 PM
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Here's an IC and ICG GP20.
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 4:52:38 PM
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Ray,
Thanks. You can see that those are different as to the thickness and the style of the font is slightly different too.The bottom of the five, and six are rounder and bigger on the ICG when compared to the IC and the two is bigger and rounder on top.
I'm not a rivet counter but I notice differences like this easily
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Posted - January 24 2013 : 06:59:22 AM
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Posted - January 24 2013 : 08:08:54 AM
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I has a question
How does one get a replacement bell for these? 
Will post my Chattanooga with caboose later
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Posted - January 24 2013 : 08:40:43 AM
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Here are my 2 New York Central one. I think that they may be going on a trip.
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Posted - March 17 2013 : 8:19:47 PM
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I can't post a picture right now but my Cotton Belt GP20 has a different 5826 numeral font.
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Posted - March 17 2013 : 9:36:29 PM
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santa fe and chattanooga
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