and he notes - There were no FP7 B units. Roads that had them used a regular B unit for extra power. Southern had 20 FP7s and usually operated them in pairs. They had F3 B units which could have been used with FPs but I believe they had no F7 B Units.
Raleigh in Maine At 03:24 PM 11/23/2007, Tom Hawley wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:gftolhurst%40aol.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >. . . . . . . the Southern Railway F7's are really gorgeous, . . . . . . . >. . > > > > > > > > >Agreed, and maybe some of you who know the Southern well can fill me in on >something. American Models makes a Southern FP7 that bears the same number >(6133) as the extant one in Spencer NC. I sold one, along with a B unit, at >the Fall S Fest, and the buyer appeared happy, took them and ran them on the >layout they had there. > >I was able to include with the sale a picture of the real one that I had >picked up at the museum in Spencer, to validate the realism of the A unit. >But I had to be honest and tell him I knew nothing about the authenticity of >the B unit. Did Southern even have B units, and would they have run with >FP7 units? > >See ><http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/63752>http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/63752 > >and ><http://www.americanmodels.com/_photos/dxf715.jpg>http://www.americanmodels.com/_photos/dxf715.jpg > >Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich > >. > > [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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
