[Accrs] Exterior Railroad Signs

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Unless one of us owns a metal shop I don't think it can be done by next
Wednesday.
On Jun 8, 2016 11:14 AM, "Alameda County Central Railroad Society" <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com
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> We've had some good thoughts on signs.
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> Do we have anyone to step up in time for the fair?
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> Ted
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> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
> accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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>> Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com
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>> I lack creativity so I will defer on that one.
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>> However, there is no doubt that an attractive sign will attract visitors
>> so we should move forward ASAP. Any reasonable expenditure should be OK.
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>> Union Pacific has name recognition, but anything attractive will be fine.
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>> Who can step forward in time to get something done? We are out of time!
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>> Ted
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>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
>> accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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>>> Message From: Lee And Joan Buckner  buckyrailfan at aol.com
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>>> Tony:
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>>> The line you're thinking about is the Sacramento Northern (old Oakland,
>>> Antioch, & Eastern).
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>>>
>>> Lee
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
>>> To: accrs <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
>>> Sent: Sun, Jun 5, 2016 9:27 pm
>>> Subject: [Accrs] Exterior Railroad Signs
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>>> Message From: Tony Long tony.long at outlook.com
>>> Hey Folks,  at the last Friday's meeting the topic of the Southern
>>> Pacific railroad sign came up regarding a possible movement to a different
>>> location.
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>>> Here's my two cents on thinking about this.
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>>> *  People like signs - especially old, historical, signs
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>>> * As a railroad club we should promote the railroad history of Alameda
>>> County
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>>> * Railroads that are/were in Alameda County are: Central Pacific,  Union
>>> Pacific,  Santa Fe,  Western Pacific,  Alameda Belt Line,  Oakland
>>> Terminal, Key Line, that Berkeley hills line (forget the name).   Anyone
>>> has a list of all that ever existed?   Focus on the major ones.
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>>> * We should be able to find a metal shop that can take computer drawings
>>> and cut to the shape needed - like the UP shield shape.
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>>> * We should spare no expensive in getting the best quality power
>>> coating, color match, paint job possible - a sign that will last the next
>>> 150 years or more.
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>>> Regarding the existing Southern Pacific sign - I recommend that we don't
>>> move that.  It has some corrosion already and if we move it, we could risk
>>> cracking the coating which will cause even more corrosion.
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>>> Since we'll need permission to add anything to the exterior,  perhaps we
>>> should decide what we want,  how many,  what size.  We could even take a
>>> picture of the building and photoshop railroad emblems to scale and show
>>> that to them.
>>>
>>> Just some thoughts,
>>>
>>> Tony
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