UP Road number 9604

[Anonymous]

UP road no. 9604 passed through Bossier City, LA, this morning at about 7:30 am in a group of locos leading a train from Pine Bluff to Houston.

This engine has a placard of some sort on the short hood on the engineers side. What is this plaque for and what does it say? It looked rather large--at least 24" by 36". I was too far away to read it.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Was the locomotive a GE -9 sort of thing?? or an EMD???

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure. Just had a quick view.

[dharmon]

Are you sure it was 9604? 9400 and 9405 have plaques on them for 1000th GE whatever unit produced and a safety award respectively.

Dan

[Anonymous]

Maybe it was 9406?

[blhanel]

Did it look like this?

http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=196515

This one was somewhat ironic and humorous as a result.

[bushhog8fan]

try checking www.rrpicturearchives.net serch on railroad union pacific page 58 has the 9400 series

[Anonymous]

That's exactly it; so it's a commemorative plate! Thanks!

[edblysard]

I was standing right next to your locomotive this afternoon and smooth forgot to look at the plaque...got to talking to the conductor about the Shepherd accident and just flat forgot.
Ed

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

I was standing right next to your locomotive this afternoon and smooth forgot to look at the plaque...got to talking to the conductor about the Shepherd accident and just flat forgot.
Ed

Way to go Ed....the one of over 10,000 UP locomotives in service that this guy is interested in and you forgot........man! [:D]

[jeffhergert]

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel

Did it look like this?

http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=196515

This one was somewhat ironic and humorous as a result.

Was this one involved in the rearender west of Blairstown?
Jeff

[blhanel]

Yep, it was the lead engine on the autorack, which ran into the rear of a stopped coal train with distributed power (remotely controlled engine in back). I've got a few more shots of the other engines which I need to get uploaded to rrpicturearchives.

[edblysard]

We aim to please!
[:D]Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

I was standing right next to your locomotive this afternoon and smooth forgot to look at the plaque...got to talking to the conductor about the Shepherd accident and just flat forgot.
Ed

Way to go Ed....the one of over 10,000 UP locomotives in service that this guy is interested in and you forgot........man! [:D]

[Anonymous]

Today I noticed another of these plaques on a loco as I drove onto the interstate in downtown Shreveport. I guess a lot of the UP engines have these, but I've never noticed them til now and I've seen hundreds of UP locos.

[UPTRAIN]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Are you sure it was 9604? 9400 and 9405 have plaques on them for 1000th GE whatever unit produced and a safety award respectively.

Dan

Actually, 9400 has had it's plaques removed for several years, that unit comes through here all the time, they are removed, see: http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=41511 .