Wagon Plates and Markings Decal Type Selection
Wheelbase Markings

This page shows the range of wagon solebar plate or marking decals available in this group. To use it to select a paricular decal type, please click on the button below the relevant illustration. This will take you back to the main wagon plates and markings decals page while setting the decal type to that of the illustration you have selected. There you will be able to make changes to the basic plate or marking decal you've selected here.

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Italic Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Italic Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Italic Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Italic Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Italic Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Hand Painted

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Italic Hand Painted

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Script A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Script B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 1-line, Script C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Italic Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Sans A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Italic Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Sans B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Italic Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Sans C

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Small Caps Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Small Caps Italic Gill Sans

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Italic Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Serif A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Italic Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Narrow Small Caps Italic Serif B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Hand Painted

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Italic Hand Painted

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Script A

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Script B

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Wheelbase Mark
Wheelbase 2-line, Script C

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Notes

From the 1920's onwards it became increasingly common for the wheelbase of a wagon to be displayed, particularly for those wagons with a wheelbase greater than 9 ft. These markings were usually painted on the solebar of the wagon, but were sometimes marked on the body, especially in later years. The wheelbase was usually given in feet and inches, generally separated by stops or dashes. The units used were often indicated after the values, sometimes as "Ft" and "in" using small or raised letters, but more commonly using single and double prime characters (i.e. ' and "). If zero the inches value was often omitted. The wheelbase label was sometimes given in full, as one or two words, especially initially, but was more commonly abbreviated to "W.B.", often without one or both stops.

These decals are intended to represent the solebar type of markings, in either 1- or 2- line formats, and a selection of common fonts. The 1-line form could also be used for bodyside decals with a suitable choice of background colour option. The 1-line form are shown with a letter height of 3in, while the 2-line form uses 2.5in letters. You are welcome to override these sizes when configuring your decal back on the main page.

To help you choose the font that best matches your requirements, the full range of appropriate characters is shown below. Click on the image to open a larger view in a separate browser tab or window.

Most of the fonts have alternate forms for certain characters; you will be able to specify these when configuring your decal.

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