In 1963, there was a black F (maybe a 7) unit on the lead of a E7B followed by a E8A from NY to LaSalle Station. The date was 26-27 March 63. I would think the E units supplied the heat and hot water.
Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2011, at 11:58 AM, "westfield_depot" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > > > [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/
