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) > > > [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: [email protected] [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/
