Re: [CBQ] Power units for the California Zephyr?

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

Somebody more detail oriented than me can fill in the particulars, but  there 
were several sets of F units bought specially for the CZ...they were in  the 
number series  9960 something..ABCD.  
 
I remember these in particular since I caught a troop train summer 1956  with 
the 9962C in the lead..Later when I went to write about that adventure, the  
number didn't sound right to me, so I sought counsel from those more  
knowledgable than me and discovered "the rest of the story"...Anyhow these 
units  were 
bought particularly for the CZ and ran for several years until they were  
replaced by E's...They were later painted into "Freight" colors, but the 9962C  
was still in its passenger dress that hot summer night in 1956 when we ran as  
"First 43"  complete with green flags and class lights   Lincoln  to Ravenna.
 
Pete


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