Is there a Mike in the house

[doctorwayne]

Regarding placement of the tender herald, it seemed to be generally left up to the preference of the particular shop doing the painting - in addition to the tilted/straight issue already explained, the herald was usually centred on the tender side, both vertically and horizontally or centred on the coal bunker area in the same manner. Some tenders looked better one way than they did the other. On vanderbilt-style tenders, the herald was always on the side of the coal or oil bunker.
In the latter years of steam, some locos used in passenger service got the circular herald shown below.


It matched similar ones used on passenger cars in the green/black/gold paint scheme:


(Both photos courtesy of Mister Nutbar)

Wayne