Thanks Tom.
Also got this reply to same question I posed in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MILWmodelers:
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The State of Wisconsin passed a law (I don\'t know the
year) that required any railroad locomotive or freight
car manufactured or rebuilt in the state to be given
reflective stripes or painted with a broken line along
the frame. This is to increase visibility at dark
rural grade crossings.
Most grade crossing accidents occur when the auto runs
into the side of the train. It is especially difficult
to see a train at a dark crossing at night when the
crossing is occupied by empty flat cars or gondolas.
So the MILW Shops put the \"X\'s\" on to comply with the
state law.
At Green Bay, the CNW used painted stripes. The GBW
used a checkerboard pattern along the frame. I don\'t
know what the SOO did at FDL.
Keith Kohlmann
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So it seems any diesel repaired or re-shopped in Milwaukee
got the \"X\" treatment. I guess any Chgo Div locos would
come back the same way. Not a bad thing from a safety
standpoint obviously.
Charlie
MLW North Line Fan since 1954