To add to Rick's message below, there are lots of shots of Southern F units and Es in a recently released video with sound from MAIN LINE MOTION PICTURES. A small portion of this video can be seen on U-Tube with a set of 5 F units, ABBBA. In this particular UTube video they are green units with all F7s except for one F3B _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4c1rlHiDKw&feature=user_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4c1rlHiDKw&feature=user) . The video that can be purchased shows numerous runs of 5 unit sets of Fs, and for me validated how well decorated the SHS Southern F3 sets were done. The video is titled Southern Railway Diesels in the 1950s with a lot of shots in Reidsville, NC. There is also a lot of switching using RS3s and SWs, and S alcos. I am not very knowledgeable about the switchers so I am not being fully descriptive of them. For me, the best part of this video are the shots of the passenger trains, primarily the Piedmont, going through Reidsville. Some of these show E6s paired up, one painted black with one still in the green. There are a lot of headend cars from Southern and other roads and some interesting Pullman heavyweights and lightweights. As an added bonus there are a lot shots in the 1960s and 1970s of the Southerner and the Southern Crescent, primarily shot in the Birmingham area. The final part of this video shows a Southern freight train trippling the grade at Saluda. There is sound throughout. My understanding is that the sound is dubbed in, but they did a terrific job with it. The website is _http://mlmp.tripod.com/_ (http://mlmp.tripod.com/) but you can see several clips from this video free on U-Tube. - Earl Henry, Nashville In a message dated 11/24/2007 8:27:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Southern Railway had the following F units: FTA's 38 FTB's 30 F2A's 4 F3A's 102 F3B's 76 F7A's 76 F7B's 72 FP7A's 20 Some were rebuilt to higher specs, IE F3A's rebuilt to F7's internally, and other mods as well. If you want road numbers for the above let me know. Rick Bell Board Member Southern Railway Historical Association DCC Installs and Sales _WWW.DCCINSTALLSAND_WWW.DCCINST_http://www.dccinstahttp://www.dhttp_ (http://www.dccinstallsandsales.com/) ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 706-860-3768 __RPMclinics-_RPMclini_RPMclinics-_RP_ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) [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/
