Are you going to be FRA compliant?

[cacole]

The FRA hasn't come around and threated to revoke my operator's permit because I have ignored their late 1990's mandate to have Sperry Rail Services inspect my track annually because I run passenger trains, so I'll just ignore this mandate, too.

[Dave-the-Train]

Modelling the 1980s... but some of the cars I have already have reflective patches.  As far as I recall these are mainly Wisconsin Central boxcars - by Roundhouse(?). 

Does anyone know when reflective patches first appeared???

[twcenterprises]

I don't know how a yellow stripe would look on a southern locommotive.

-dekruif

Look right above the "Imitation Aluminum" (very light grey, almost white) on any of the green units. I suppose on the black ones it would be more of a "Dulux Gold" than yellow. Is the FRA mandating a certain color, or just some kind of reflective stripe to improve nighttime visibility? Brad

[caldreamer]

We run diesel on the Golden State Railroad.  If the FRA guy shows up we tie him to the tracks.  We run a lottery, pull out the balloon stack steam engine used just for this purpose. The winner gets to puts on the black hat and handle bar mustache and run the FRA guy over.  They stay away from us after having the remains returned COD.

[Ibflattop]

Only if they come knocking at my door and are throwing fines my way, then I will do something. But for the LE&W, we are just a bunch of Rebels!!!!!!    Kevin

[ericsp]

(Some railroads like UP are using a solid yellow reflective stripe).

This is true for the locomotives. The freight cars have rectangles in a few places along them.

[ouengr]

I was looking for a cut of date and I think that I may have found it.  I want my UP units with Red sills.  I do not like the looks of the yellow sill.

[tomikawaTT]

Not to belabor the obvious, but the U.S. FRA doesn't have jurisdiction...

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September 1964)

[BRAKIE]

No..I will model before the mandated highway safety stripes..

[GAPPLEG]

Nope, essentially my railroad is modeled on the SP, SP never had them so I won't. White sills rule on the newer SP.

[Texas Zepher]

The Federal Railroad Administration is requiring yellow reflectors along the sills of locomotives and also on freight cars.

Actually this surprises me.  As I recall they already tried this once (seems like back when I was in Jr. High - 1970?) and it didn't work.  They found the cars got so dirty and painted over by vandals that no one could see the reflectors anyway.

[45T-2]

The new Athearn ethanol tank cars already have them. They look excellent. I model early/mid nineties, and I've been a good boy so far in puchasing equipment for my era, but those tanks have been callin' my name since they came out.

Richard

[Angel_of_Mercy]

I will but i haven't seen any as of yet, any photos would be helpful since I'm building a freelanced Road in black gold and red

[SOU Fan]

I don't know how a yellow stripe would look on a southern locommotive.

-dekruif

[ChessieFan13]

That thought has crossed my mind cause I see that on some trains here,  but it seems that they are few and far between.  CSX and NS around here.  So maby so just one or two though

 

J.W.

[jecorbett]

I model a fictional railroad from the 1950s so I'm going to tell the FRA to take a hike.

[howmus]

Only if the FRA makes the rules retroactive to the 1960's.

Actually it would look pretty silly on my 1925 era layout ...............

[MisterBeasley]

Only if the FRA makes the rules retroactive to the 1960's.

[Metro Red Line]

I will once Athearn, Kato, Atlas, etc do :)

[jeffshultz]

I'll wait and see how my prototype (Willamette & Pacific, now Portland & Western) handles it and probably follow suit.

 So yeah, I probably will be, eventually. 

[BNSF4ever]

This question is for everyone modeling present day, up to the minute:

The Federal Railroad Administration is requiring yellow reflectors along the sills of locomotives and also on freight cars. Microscale just came out with a "Minical" sheet of nothing but yellow rectangular stripes to fill this need. (Some railroads like UP are using a solid yellow reflective stripe).

I had two ex-BN BNSF patch locomotives that I went through and put the Microscale decals on. It was a pain but it makes them look more realistic.

How many of you are going to go through this effort as well?