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Posted by GWR to ALASKA on Monday, March 11, 2013 5:29 AM
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Posted by GWR to ALASKA on Monday, March 11, 2013 5:23 AM

This link will explain the numbers, it seems there is a first coach and then a second with the same name but different numbers, so we were both right! Cheers Grant.

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Posted by GWR to ALASKA on Monday, March 11, 2013 5:07 AM

Thanks for your help, I have the WP&YR book "A Pictorial History" by Stan Cohen and that was printed first in 1980. revised in 1990 and i have the latest 2005 edition. It is an excellent book if you have not read it, and it lists all the WP&YR  locos coaches wagons cars flat cars tank cars etc by number, weight length wheel size and these are the numbers that are listed. however, I have a picture I took with me on Big Salmon and it does have a 3** number? I think the passenger coaches have undergone a renumbering in recent times as many new have been added and not all Lake names. So I will have to do a bit more reseach and may even send the company in Alaska an email to ask for clarification if I can't sort it out on the net. I live in Western Australia now but am originally from UK spent 35 years in Torquay, Devon. that might help you with my user name! I have quite a few pictures I took whilst in Skagway if you might need anything. Thanks again Grant.

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Posted by two tone on Monday, March 11, 2013 4:51 AM

Hi   Ive checked my list of rolling stock   Lake Big Salmon coach num is 352     Not 276   Lake Fairweathert coach num 356  Not 278

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Posted by two tone on Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:10 AM

Hi go to the company im a private railroader in the UK and I get my signs from the company I put in postSmile

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Posted by GWR to ALASKA on Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:40 AM

Fantastic! Thanks I knew there must be someone out there who made these. I require names and numbers for 3 cars so far,  so I guess I will need 4 numbers and 2 names per coach. I would like If possible in the yellow:-

216   LAKE BLACK

276  LAKE BIG SALMON

278   LAKE FAIRWEATHER

This would be great, do you supply or should I go to GScaleGraphics? thanks againBig Smile

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Posted by two tone on Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:57 AM

Hi I have all the coach names and numbers so just let me know what you requireSmile   I use WWW.GScaleGraphics.net Ive always found them very helpful when getting coach names and numbers for my W.P & Y.R .    Hope this helps

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Posted by GWR to ALASKA on Friday, March 8, 2013 5:06 AM

Thanks but Bing has not turned up the answer. I find water slide decals for WP&YR but now out of stock and discontinued. at a dead end so far ;-{

 

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Posted by dwbeckett on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 10:22 AM

Lightly rub each name plate with denatured alcohol and look up WP&Y on BING you should find the info you need.

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WP & YR names
Posted by GWR to ALASKA on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:39 AM

Hi I have just started modeling this railway in G scale and have several Coaches 4 with Lake Spirit on them! can anyone tell me where I can get other "Lake" names and their numbers to replace them on the other 3? any tips on name and number removal would also be appriciated. Cheers

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