Black non-skid strip on top of nose

[anonymous]

I have been just estimating the black non skid strip on the top of the nose of hood units.

Does anyone have the correct dimensions for this strip? EMD and GE?

If not, I will just keep estimating.

Brian

[Nathan Obermeyer]

Brian,

I’ve seen the non-skip strip shown on Mopac locomotive diagrams but none show dimensions. The diagrams just show don’t paint over the non-skid surface.

The Summer 2009 issue of “The Eagle” has a good top down view of a U30C non-skip strip nose, but a note is the locomotive has a EMD cab also.

However something you might find interesting is that the diagrams do show on EMD locomotives at the raised step on the fireman’s side the step is painted gray and the gray paint goes 6″ to both side (top and the bottom) of the step if that makes sense.

Nate

[anonymous]

@obermeyern wrote:

Brian,

However something you might find interesting is that the diagrams do show on EMD locomotives at the raised step on the fireman’s side the step is painted gray and the gray paint goes 6″ to both side (top and the bottom) of the step if that makes sense.

Nate

Nate, Are you referring to the blower duct step up?

Top of blower duct gray 6″ in and bottom 6″ out?

[Nathan Obermeyer]

Brian,

Yes, the blower duct step up.

Nate

[anonymous]

Now is this standard for all hood units?

Do we have photographic evidence that this was in practice or just on paper?

Brian

[Nathan Obermeyer]

Brian,

Yes, I’ve been able to find proof ranging from when the GP35s were delivered to SD40-2s. This includes GP38-2s and GP15-1s. It’s actually like the air dams behind the Inertial Filter where once you see them then they tend to jump out at you.

Nate

[anonymous]

Thank you Nate. That is a detail I had not even known about and missed on my SD40-2 and GP35 models.

Now I need to pay more attention and look for it. But it appears to be standard so I should probably add it to any new models.

Thanks again for the heads up and the photos are great!

Brian

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