The F-3's were repainted after Nov. 1, 1957, because I
have a picture of them in freight service on that date
at Christopher, Illinois.
John
--- Rupert and Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> Bulletin #4 contains a history of all the F units,
> and states that the F-3's
> were bumped from the California Zephyr by E-units in
> the early 1950's.
>
> It shows that the passenger F-3's had their steam
> generators removed and
> were regeared for freight service in 1955, and were
> "eventually repainted in
> the freight scheme". No specific date is given.
>
> There is an explanation for the purchase of the
> F-3's as opposed to E-units
> for passenger service on the CZ on pages 187-8 of
> the latest Bulletin. It
> also contains photos of the new F-3's on the
> Exposition Flyer between their
> delivery in about October 1947 and the start of the
> CZ in March 1949.
>
> Rupert
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "zephyr9903" <zephyr9903@iowatelecom.net>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] F3 Passenger Units
>
>
> > On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 22:15:25 -0000, jobbox123
> wrote
> > > Were the CB&Q F3 Passenger sets ever used for
> anything other than
> > > California Zephyr Service - during their life in
> passenger service
> > > before being converted to freight service ?
> Also, when they were
> > > converted what numbers were assigned and were
> they repainted into
> > > freight colors or did they retain the passenger
> schemes ?
> >
> > These units (the only F-3s without dynamic brakes
> on the Q) retained their
> > original 9900-series numbers until trade-in, but
> were re-painted into the
> > paint scheme - I no longer have my date data, but
> believe the regearing
> and
> > repainting was in the early-to-mid fifties.
> Unless you were in a position
> to
> > look down on the units, the only way you could
> tell them from the other
> > greybacks was by number -
> >
> > Marshall Thayer
> > Mt. Pleasant, IA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
http://shopping.yahoo.com
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark
Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada.
http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511
http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/8ZCslB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|