Actually, Marshall, another way of IDing them is the arrangement of the nose
grabs and grabs on the cab roof followed the E Unit Pattern which was
different from the rest of the F Unit grabs....
Charlie Vlk
----- Original Message -----
From: "zephyr9903" <zephyr9903@iowatelecom.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 5:28 PM
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
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