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Tank car warning placards

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Tank car warning placards
Posted by hornblower on Sunday, March 27, 2022 1:29 PM

I've seen tank car warning placards posted before but, as usual, the "Search the Community" function is worthless.  I can find the actual railroad documents showing and describing these placards but I don't want to have to print out 40 pages of these single-sign examples to get enough placards for my fleet of cars.  Does anyone know a link to a printable set of these placards in HO scale?

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Posted by hornblower on Sunday, March 27, 2022 1:35 PM

I just Googled "Tank Car Warning Placards" and found several printable pages as well as links to decal sets.  Oddly enough, one of the first pages to pop up was a 2011 post from this forum.  Why can't the Search the Community function find this?

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Posted by zstripe on Sunday, March 27, 2022 3:07 PM

Hornblower,

I'm assuming You mean Hazmat Placards for Tank cars??

What I did quite some time ago, was purchase a couple of JL Innovative design  Hazard/warning signs and copied all I wanted on My ink jet printer. You will need four (4)  on every side of Tank Car/Trailer/Inntermodal Container:

https://www.walthers.com/road-signs-danger-warning-250-signs

They are out of stock but You should be able to get them some where else too.

I used a CA gel lightly to glue them on.

Take Care,Smile, Wink & Grin

Frank

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, March 27, 2022 3:16 PM

I have a few in this album, mostly older, pre-DOT/FRA/OSHA era:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmpullman/albums/72157662432091007

Any individual one can be downloaded and imported into your graphic program.

Good Luck, Ed

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, March 27, 2022 3:27 PM

Thanks Ed !  I think I need that Texas Beef Council for a billboard.  Stick out tongue

Mike.

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Posted by dehusman on Sunday, March 27, 2022 5:43 PM

Era matters.  Hazmat placards changed dramatically in the mid 1970's and then again (but not quite as much) in the 1980's-1990's.

Of the Walther's placards only 10 of them are for railcars, and are for the 1970-1990 era.

Pullman's placards are for pre-1970's cars.

 

Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com

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