> > I thought they were only used on
> > the Catskill Mountain Division.
> > Chris
> >
> > From our research, the passenger F3s
> > were purchased as ABA sets to be used
> > on the "New England States" passenger train
> > Don Thompson
Technically speaking, it was the BOSTON & ALBANY that used the F-units on
passenger trains to hoist them up and over the Berkshire Mountains in
Massachusetts. Thus the passenger gray (not black) paint scheme even though
the lettering and lightning stripes were pure NEW YORK CENTRAL. Since the B&A
was owned/controlled by the NYC, the confusion is understandable. The "New
England States", as we all know, was a train of brand new Budd streamliners (in
1948) that ran from Boston to Chicago so passengers would not be required to
change trains at Albany, NY as previously required. Ed L.
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