Hi Joe; I suspect PAs are a different kettle of fish from F units. I suspect that an ABBA PA set was a rare event, and ABA would be most common for roads that even had B units (and a fair number, including New Haven, rostered only A units of the Alco passenger diesel). No need to get carried away with these.
As others have noted, EMD F lashups with multiple B units are more common. Depending on the train, one or more express reefers, express boxcars or extra baggage cars for head end traffic helped pay the bills. Not all trains carried these; I don't think the most prestigious streamliners like the 20th Century or Super Chief would have much added of this nature. OTOH, there were lots of "mail and express" trains with all head end cars an a rider coach! Pieter --- In [email protected], "Joseph Haughney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gentlepersons: > > > > I have bought several AF and Flyonel passenger sets and have always tried to > get an extra B unit (e.g. my NYC has a double B but I didn't buy one for my > SF and Pennsy consists). It appears that longer is better based on prior > messages especially when you throw in a couple of Bs plus a freight car for > all of the excess baggage. Its just that my layout wont take much beyond a > twelve car consist without having to put in a cross over and play touch and > go. And storing them on a wall shelve gets sort of dicey too since length > becomes a major issue unless you want to split them up. I have a 22 foot > wall but windows and doors get in the way. So while I think more is better > especially if the B units are glorious Santa Fe F units, I really wonder > what is the max number of A and B units that where run together on 'real' > railroads. This would put a limit on my acquisition attempts for B units in > the future because I would know how much horsepower that railroads would > stack for their real operational needs. > > > > > > Regads, > > Joe Haughney > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
