CNW/ UP 9798 'nose art'

[kenw]

This was moving thru Spring (TX) today at lunch, had not noticed the nose shield patch before altho it doesn't appear too fresh.

 

[kenw]

a quick look at an image from a few weeks ago shows the same shield but in a different location.

 

[brad_in_omaha]

That's the first one I have seen up high like that. Wonder why they would do that? Better visibility?

 

[kenw]

That's the first one I have seen up high like that. Wonder why they would do that? Better visibility?

that would be my guess; also up high it is more like the normal centered placement on non-patched units. I know the corporate folks really have a hissy-fit when the shops do things like this. Corporate types love consistency.

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

I saw a patched SP unit, that had 2 UP logos on the nose, on each upper corner

 

[WhoWantsTrained]

Those unit's are not the same, hence the different location of the shield.

 

[papio]

Those unit's are not the same, hence the different location of the shield.

They're both C44-9Ws, built in 1994 for the CNW.

http://utahrails.net/up-diesel-roster/up-diesel-roster-72.php#c44-9w-9740

 

[WhoWantsTrained]

The way the posts were made, it made it sound like it was two pictures of the same numbered unit with the crest in different spots. I was just pointing out that they are two different units.