Amtrak F40PHR #257 - special Phase II paint scheme

[PerRock]

So I've been working on the wiki page for Amtrak Paint Schemes, lately and noticed something in the picture posted showing Phase II. The picture (linked below) has Unit 257 on point, however in the photo 257 has red & white striping on the plow and something written underneath the cab windows. Does anyone know anything about why & what this is? All the other images of 257 in Phase II I could find show it in the regular Phase II paint scheme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AMTK_257_at_Agnew_june_1980xRP.jpg

peter

 

[Joe]

The writing underneath the window is the number of the sdp40f that had its interior components used the that F40PHR

The striping I think was just for safety