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Re: [BRHSlist] F3 Passenger Units

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] F3 Passenger Units
From: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 07:54:59 -0500
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Charlie,

The last "A" in service, 9960C had a red lens on the top headlight.
Never saw another "F Unit" with that feature.

Russ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
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Sent: Saturday, 04 October, 2003 22:37
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] F3 Passenger Units


> 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
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> From: "zephyr9903" <zephyr9903@iowatelecom.net>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] F3 Passenger Units
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> > 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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