Nos. 9960ABC 9961 ABC and 9962 ABC were A-B-A sets of Phase IIa
("Chicken Wire") F3s purchased specifically to pull the CZ.
They remained in that service until about 1954-ish when there were enough
E8s added to the pool that they could be put into lesser service.
As you mentioned, they were regeared and repainted into freight colors some
time in the very late 1950's...
Charlie Vlk
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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Power units for the California Zephyr?
> 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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