Talk:Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway

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Not Sure that "Steam Locomotive Art" photo is actually of this Railway's Stock.[edit]

I think it may be a bit over-reaching to include the lower photo in the right margin which shows a close-up of the locomotive featured on the company's stock certificate and suggest, with the caption, that it is an engraving of THIS particular company's locomotive or a scene from this company's line somewhere.

The printer of that certificate (Franklin Bank Note Company) like most printers, maintained inventory of generic vignettes for use on various company forms. So it is likely that this image came from FBN and not the company itself, and if so, this is just a generic 4-4-0 Locomotive and that image would appear on other companies' stock certificates too. Note also the original caption for the photo implied the company would still be running an American 4-4-0 in 1919, which is unlikely.

As an alternative, I've left the photo in place and more carefully worded the caption to be clear it is an image taken from the stock certificate of the company. That is one thing we can be certain of, and more accurately reflects that this is highly unlikely to be an actual company locomotive.

Otrex (talk) 04:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]