[Accrs] Exterior Railroad Signs

Wed Jun 8 15:38:42 PDT 2016

Hi Ted,    I talked with a local business that makes signs in metal and provided example UP, SP, WP logos to see what they would cost for 4'x4' and 5'x5' sizes.  The max size he can create is 5' or 60".   We'll have to wait to after the fair to decide and act upon this.    
He didn't mention what process he is using, but a lot of the new sign business companies are doing things like this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4h9O0P-vQ
The other thing that comes to mind,  if the fair is planning to have vendor booths setup along the walls of the building, then you might not be able to see the RR signs too well.

Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:08:56 -0700
To: accrs at mail.accrs.org
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Subject: Re: [Accrs] Exterior Railroad Signs

Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com

We've had some good thoughts on signs.

Do we have anyone to step up in time for the fair?

Ted

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
> I lack creativity so I will defer on that one.
>
> However, there is no doubt that an attractive sign will attract visitors
> so we should move forward ASAP. Any reasonable expenditure should be OK.
>
> Union Pacific has name recognition, but anything attractive will be fine.
>
> Who can step forward in time to get something done? We are out of time!
>
> Ted
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
> accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
>
>> Message From: Lee And Joan Buckner  buckyrailfan at aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony:
>>
>> The line you're thinking about is the Sacramento Northern (old Oakland,
>> Antioch, & Eastern).
>>
>>
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alameda County Central Railroad Society 
>> To: accrs 
>> Sent: Sun, Jun 5, 2016 9:27 pm
>> Subject: [Accrs] Exterior Railroad Signs
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Here's my two cents on thinking about this.
>>
>> *  People like signs - especially old, historical, signs
>>
>> * As a railroad club we should promote the railroad history of Alameda
>> County
>>
>> * 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.
>>
>> * 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.
>>
>> * 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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We've had some good thoughts on signs.
Do we have anyone to step up in time for the fair?
Ted
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com

I lack creativity so I will defer on that one. 
However, there is no doubt that an attractive sign will attract visitors so we should move forward ASAP. Any reasonable expenditure should be OK.
Union Pacific has name recognition, but anything attractive will be fine.
Who can step forward in time to get something done? We are out of time!
Ted

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
Message From: Lee And Joan Buckner  buckyrailfan at aol.com

Tony:

The line you're thinking about is the Sacramento Northern (old Oakland, Antioch, & Eastern).

Lee 

-----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

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. 

Here's my two cents on thinking about this.

*  People like signs - especially old, historical, signs

* As a railroad club we should promote the railroad history of Alameda County

* 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.

* 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.  

* 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.

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.  

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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