Randy,
Adams Express is still in business just not the express business. Their web
uses white on red.
http://www.adamsexpress.com
Ken Martin
On Mar 15, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]
wrote:
> The restored Wahoo NE depot has a reconstruction of an Adams Express
> Company sign with red letters on a white background.
>
> But uniformly, on vintage B/W depot pictures, where an Adams Express
> sign is visible, it is light (white, I assume) letters on a dark
> background. And tin signs that show up on auction sites are white
> letters on either a blue or green background.
>
> Does anyone know what the Adams Express depot sign colors actually
> were on CB&Q depots?
>
> I have an email into the Saunders County Historical Society asking
> about this, but have not yet received a reply.
>
> For my paper study models of Prague, Wahoo and Schuyler depots, I'm
> currently going with white letters on a blue background.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy
> --
> Randy Gordon-Gilmore
> http://www.prototrains.com
> randy@prototrains.com
>
>
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