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I work across the street from the Interbay locomotive facility in Seattle and during code complies, database joins and extracts, etc. I often have holes in my day to look at engines. The two closest tracks to me are primarily SD somethings (mostly SD9s) in the old BM green and black. Most of them have wide diagonal white stripes painted on one end. Do the white stripes indicate the front of the engine?If so, are the engines with the stripes on the long hood set up for LHF operation?Would the one unit with stripes on both ends be a dual cab?If I had a road number, is there a public source that would tell me if a given engine was set up for LHF?Thanks in advance . . . Brad Meyer
You hit the nail on the head, Brad...yes, the stripes were to designate the forward end of the engine, but as some of the Q engines were dual-control, they found themselves with engines running LHF with plain green...to my knowledge the dual control ones never got stripes on the long hood end, the ones that do have striping on the long hood were probably old GN units that were set up to run LHF normally. You can check the Fallen Flags site and info might be there for you.
All you need to know is that Meg White can't keep time to save her life. "The F59PHI and Genesis are the lamest excuses for locomotives Amtrak has ever operated - accept it and move on. Hug an F40 before it's too late!"
"The F59PHI and Genesis are the lamest excuses for locomotives Amtrak has ever operated - accept it and move on. Hug an F40 before it's too late!"