Prototype modeling - how far can you take it?

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Fonts are definitely important. One of the distinguishing features of the DSP&P's 30' freight cars was that they were lettered with a block font instead of Roman.

Here's a minor lettering detail on the 765:

That is not my photo, it came from here:
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That minor detail on the 765 is the curved tail "R"; a trait she had from 1944 until 1947. She received it a few days before the trip to Owosso. Similarly, the NKP had a smaller font they used on some locomotives before WW2...Athearn used it on their 2-8-2. Little things like that are very helpful for dating photos...both unpublished as well as those that are published with incorrect captions.