Canadian Railroads > CN and CP question

Friends, I was just asked a question that I don't know the answer of.  On the nose of CN locomotives, there is a green circle with either a horizontal line or a vertical line on it.  On modern CP locomotives, there's a square green patch with a square in it with a cross, horizontal and vertical pattern.  Just what is the purpose of those decals?  I did a Google search but came up empty.

Thanks in advance!

Lee Hower - Sacramento

Signifies the location of the stretcher, a requirement in Canada.

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

CCMF Wrote:
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> Signifies the location of the stretcher, a
> requirement in Canada.

Okay, I figured it had to do something with ecology or health, but why the differences?  What does the horizontal or vertical line in the circle on CN units represent, and why is it a square with cross on it on CP?  Seems like they'd all be universal.

Thanks!

mcfflyer Wrote:
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> CCMF Wrote:
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> > Signifies the location of the stretcher, a
> > requirement in Canada.
>
> Okay, I figured it had to do something with
> ecology or health, but why the differences?  What
> does the horizontal or vertical line in the circle
> on CN units represent, and why is it a square with
> cross on it on CP?  Seems like they'd all be
> universal.
>
> Thanks!

Because CN will never do something the same way CP does!

PHall Wrote:
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> Because CN will never do something the same way CP does!

Or vice versa...

Although, to be fair, I don't thnk there's a "standard" for that marking, only the requirement that it be there.
If you look through a first aid catalogue there are a lot of items that are represented by multiple decals...

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC

1) Examples of the decals on a CN Locomotive.

2) A CN Locomotive with a couple of the decals.

Ron

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