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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > > OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > > > Trainspotter Wrote:
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> > > > > I assume that is an "unpatched" unit.
> > > > >
> > > > > If not, please clarify "unpatched".
> > > >
> > > > I guess I don't understand what you mean by
> > an
> > > > "unpatched" unit. The SP343 is one of the
> > > handful
> > > > of ex-SP C4400ACW's that have never been
> > > assigned
> > > > a UP number, so it's never been "patched"
> > with
> > > UP
> > > > reporting marks.
> > >
> > > All non-UP units from their 1990's merger
> spree
> > > are assigned UP numbers and have been from
> the
> > > beginning. The reason this unit hasn't been
> > > patched is pure luck and probably due to the
> > fact
> > > that UP isn't patching units anymore. With
> > only
> > > about 2 dozen unpatched units left, I think
> UP
> > > just doesn't care anymore. They are still
> > > repainting ex-SP AC4400s, which are the
> > majority
> > > of unpatched units. With over 7,000 units
> on
> > its
> > > roster, a few misfits aren't even noticed
> > anymore.
> >
> > If you'll refer to Don Stack's web site at
> > [utahrails.net],
> > you'll see which of these units have not been
> > assigned UP numbers.
>
> Those are the dates the Ex-SP/SSW/CNW/DRGW units
> were renumbered, and the numbers they were given
> when renumbered. The units on that list that
> haven't been renumbered are still assigned UP
> numbers in UP's roster. ALL units on the UP
> roster have been assigned numbers for years.
> Back when they were patching units, a patch kit
> would arrive in the mail (Fed-Ex?) at whatever
> shop the unit was at and the kit just contained a
> set of Scotchlite numbers and some blank yellow
> rectangles with stick on UP shields and a pair of
> number board kits. They would check what unit the
> number was assigned in the UP system and stick the
> numbers on accordingly. Quite often a unit that
> was scheduled to be patched for some time would
> have its assigned UP number changed in the roster,
> sometime more than twice before the unit was
> actually patched or renumbered through repaint.

A unit that's been assigned a UP number but has not physically been restenciled at the time the roster was last updated has its UP number shown in parentheses in Don's rosters. You can look through it here and find other examples: [utahrails.net]

In the case of the SP343, if you go to the link I provided in my previous post, you'll see that it is one of the handful of units that have not had UP numbers assigned (no number in parentheses in the left-hand column), although they will at some point.