That is news to me--I had always thought the Catskill Mountain Branch (ex-U&D) dieselized with road switchers, starting with RS-1's, moving to RS-3's, and finishing with second-generation diesels. Incidentally, for those who haven't checked, the NYC road number on the SHS 2-8-0 is for a B&A class, and the E-27 is not too far off from the NYC prototypes.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > 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). > > > ... 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/
