doilum Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Help please. If you search Google image for Ackton Hall #3 you find several photos of the locomotive in her final Featherstone years. Can anyone help identify the font / style of lettering used? Can anyone recommend someone who would produce a one off set of transfers at a reasonable cost? Sorry, I havent worked out how to move the image across. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) This is part of a picture by Les Nixon which appeared in Railway Magazine: Edited December 28, 2018 by Osgood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted December 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) It looks like a hand-painted sign-writer job, as one would expect. If you look in the private owner wagon forums you will see that what we now regard as fonts were not standardized for this kind of use. Although the nearest commonly used font is probably Times New Roman, that is too slim and too regular for Ackton Hall. Edited December 29, 2018 by phil_sutters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 This is part of a picture by Les Nixon which appeared in Railway Magazine: Acton Hall.jpg Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiggy1969 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 If you can do the artwork in 100% black i can print in white for you at a very reasonable cost if you cant do the art work i could find a font close and do them or if you have a full side on photo i could do a trace over the font and get it pretty much spot on send me a pm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Ackton Hall No3 has been stripped and assessed for restoration at the Foxfield Railway. We are shortly launching appeals for help funding the overhaul which is likely to cost in the region of £110,000. There are various benefits for donators including footplate rides and driving experiences once the locomotive is returned to steam which we are aiming to have done in time to celebrate her centenary in 2020! If anyone is interested in knowing more feel free to PM me or take a look at the locomotive's facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/AcktonHall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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