Dear Bob,
   The Santa Fe had more F units that any other railroad and ran many  
streamline passenger trains with them and their 40" drivers.  I  
suspect there must be another reason.  I bet Ron Sebastian knows...
Don

On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Bob Werre wrote:

> Forgot to mention, if my sources are correct the wheel size for the E
> units was 36" vs the typical 40". I would imagine that this was to
> match up with streamlined passenger cars. At any rate one could still
> use the gearbox but substitute wheels from t


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