Don't forget to check the pilots. Most model makers
use the freight pilot on "F" units. The only Q "F"
units with freight [ilots were FT's and F-2's all
others had passenger pilots. Detail Assoc. makes a
passenger pilot for F units with the coupler cover. It
is part number SY2214.
--- jonathanharris@earthlink.net wrote:
> Maybe I'm mis-reading Brad's question, but I thought
> perhaps he was
> referring to say, the Genesis or Intermountain F3s
> painted in light gray
> versus the older Stewart F3s painted silver. If
> that's in fact what you
> meant, Brad, then the truth is, yes, there were both
> "silver" and "gray
> white" paint schemes.
>
> The vast majority of the Burlington's F units (FTs,
> F2s, F3s and F7s) were
> painted in the gray-white body color. However, in
> 1947, the Q purchased
> three A-B-A (or A-B-C, if you prefer) sets of F3s
> (Nos. 9960-9962) to power
> the soon-to-be innaugurated California Zephyr. These
> were painted in the
> Burlington's standard "silver" passenger scheme,
> like the E7s that had
> preceded them. After the E8s and E9s arrived, these
> F units were
> re-assigned to freight duty in 1955 (which required
> re-gearing their
> motors). They were re-painted in the standard
> "grayback" scheme around
> 1958, but retained the older, silver passenger color
> for the first couple
> years of freight service. Even after re-painting,
> though, they kept their
> original passenger engine numbers, rather than being
> re-numbered in the
> 100-series like their sister F units.
>
> So if you are thinking about purchasing some of
> these models, you'll want
> to consider in what service you are going to use
> them, and when.
>
> (Ken and Charlie are quite right, though: we would
> all really much rather
> argue about whether "gray" is really gray or white
> or what.)
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
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