ID help needed

[spitfire]

Hello all you steam experts, I have a burning question. On the pistons and the air reservoir in the pic below, what would the writing stencilled on say? Any ideas?
Is it the service date? A warning label?

I have a stencil sheet with lots of warning labels, battery lables etc. for use on locos and I'm wondering if I can use any of them.

Thanks in advance.

Val

 

[Ralph]

Val,
It says, "If you can read this you're too close!"
Ralph

 

[N Gauger]

I looked all through my pics & I don't have a single one that has the lettering

 

[Gary Pfeil]

I'm pretty certain, but not positive, that it contains data on last test date and such.

Gary

 

[eightyeightfan1]

Maybe service dates on the pistons...Max air pressure and test date on the air tank.

 

[spitfire]

Thanks guys. Ralph, I don't have a decal for that!!!

Val

 

[Matthyro]

Well it seems to me Val that it is your railroad so you could put on whatever you want. I searched through two books but not one of the locos had any print on the piston valve assemblies.

 

[sumpter250]

Val,
Any decal small enough to duplicate the size of the lettering in the photo, would be as unreadable as the photo! You could "fake it", and no one would be the wizer..............well, except you, me, and anyone who reads this thread.

 

[N Gauger]

Val,
Any decal small enough to duplicate the size of the lettering in the photo, would be as unreadable as the photo! You could "fake it", and no one would be the wizer..............well, except you, me, and anyone who reads this thread.

That's one of the reasons that HO is better than "G"!!

What??!!??

 

[ezdays]

That's one of the reasons that HO is better than "G"!!

You also know that you can get away with twice as much in N scale than HO.(still trying to put stripes on the ties of some of my LPB's)

 

[Roger Hensley]

Val,
Any decal small enough to duplicate the size of the lettering in the photo, would be as unreadable as the photo! You could "fake it", and no one would be the wizer..............well, except you, me, and anyone who reads this thread.

And anyone who asks, "What does that say?"

 

[sumpter250]

Why Roger!, put on your Optivisor!, it says, "Hydrostaticly tested 2/28/05",
of course!











That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

 

[spitfire]

uh, yeah Pete, that's what it says - I knew that all along!!!

Val

 

[Diesel John]

Spitfire

I would agree that it's a Hydro test date and it's always followed by the air cocks to be blown daily to reduce condensation in the air system

 

[engineshop]

If it is a European locomotive I would agree with above answers but since it is an American locomotive the sticker says:
"THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER"

 

[spitfire]

Thanks John!
Good one Engineshop!

Val

 

[doctorwayne]

The data you speak of is located in Microscale decal sets for steam locomotives. I have set 87-1019 for CNR steam locos,and you're right, it's very small and difficult to read. On the actual decals, even when viewed through a loupe, the wording is illegible. On the instruction sheet, the lettering on the cylinders appears to be letter and number combinations but I have no idea what they mean: perhaps valve stem and piston packing data? The lettering on the air tank reads:
HAMMER TEST
WATER TEST 180 LBS
MB 9-10-50
CN

Not much help: I wouldn't have even known that such lettering existed if I hadn't bought the decals. I guess a little learning IS a dangerous thing.
Wayne