Don,

Thanks for the tip.  I'll look into that.  I thought they were only used on the 
Catskill Mountain Division.  Remote stuff by NYC standards.

Chris

--- In [email protected], Don Thompson <don@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Chris,
>    We split the NYC run to half passenger and freight paint schemes.   
> Being they used the same paint masks, the cost was minimal for the  
> extra plates (different numbers).  From our research, the passenger  
> F3s were purchased as ABA sets to be used on the "New England States"  
> passenger train #27 & #28.  The passenger units were all converted to  
> freight units at Collinwood Shops in 1959 (remove steam heating units,  
> adding counterweights, and changing gear rations to freight).
> Don
> 
> On May 31, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Chris wrote:
> 
> > Jeff,
> >
> > ... A number of dealers have F3's in the passenger gray scheme.
> > Since the NYC actually had very few locos in this scheme (2 A-B pairs
> > I think)
> 
> 
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>




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