http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/38444
Have you notice on the new locomotives the amount of stickers the put on the units. Can anyone tell me why? In the past they weren’t that many. They look like a race car.
suspect something to do wiith OSHA requirements.
Talk to your local Ambulance Chaser…Coffee in this cup may be HOT!. The Fire in this gas flame may burn flesh and start fire. Living causes death.
My question…what is unusual about the GP38 pictured? looks normal to me, just has a warning strobe added.
Take a look how many stickers it has posted.
I think they are probably being made more obvious but as one who has decaled several PRR engines you would be surprised how many doors had writing on them even back then. Several got “600 volts” Two got “fire extinguisher inside” and a host of other minor informative statements even in the 50’s.
IINM the warning lables on industrial equipment (locomotive, construction equipment, ect.) are usually the result of Federal (OSHA) regulations rather than lawsuits. With Consumer products it’s the opposite case…
What has happened is that high-visibility stickers and decals replaced the stenciled lettering that conveyed the same information.
“If you think that OSHA is a city in southeastern Wisconsin, you may be in trouble…”
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some are warning stickers that behind the doors there is hardware that can contain up to 600 volts of electricty… some are warning stickers to say the engin is equiped with an APU device and can start up at any time… as for the strobe…that has nothing to do with any kind of warning device… csx units that are equiped with an APU have it so should the APU malfunction the light can aleart the engineer that there is an issue with it and can come back and try to reset it…
csx engineer
Let’s get one with no stickers…[dinner]
The rectangular “sticker” (I don’t think that’s the correct term - it’s not like these are advertisements for some corporate sponsor) on the frame near the steps might be like a ‘trust plate’. RR’s usually buy engines thru a trust - kinda like the mortgage on your house - so the trust kinda owns the engine until it’s paid off. I think the RR’s have to put info on these engines (or cars) saying who the trust company is.
rolling eyes…
csx engineer
The “trust plate” (which, in this case, has devolved to just a decal, not unlike “builder’s plates”) on WC 6004:
http://www.fuzzyworld3.com/pictures3/railroad/tc07/c71718603.html
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On the MK rebuilt GP40-2Ms for SP back in the early 90s, this information was simply painted on with stencils.
the more stickers the faster it runs like nascar.
Look at it this way, enough stickers and they won’t have to paint it.
The tuner fans will tell you that each sticker adds 50hp…
One says"Caution.Reading this sticker may be hazardous to your health."[oX)]
Nah- Racecars are prettier.