Bill and Lists-
This discussion was on the EMD list and I am copying it to the CBQ list as it might be of interest there…..
I thought I had a photo or other documentation for the CB&Q officially referring to the F-5 model; looking through my photos I cannot find such (all my photos of the 133-ABCD are not sharp enough to read the model plate). The roster in the Burlington in Transition and EMD Locomotive Reference Data books do not support it either.
Somehow I recall seeing the F-5 badge “back in the day” and thought it odd then but since it has been around 40 years now I could be mistaken. The units I suspect were “F-5s” are the 133-ABCD; they were delivered out of sequence and later than the last sister F-3 units and had the external features of an F-7 (as did the other units on that order) but not sure of the dynamic fan.
While on the subject of CB&Q F units; the roster shows the two of the four unit FTs broken into two unit sets 101-CD in 1-44 to 201-CD and 102-CD to 202-CD in 2-44. What happened to the 101-AB and 102-AB in that time period before the arrival of the
F-2A units and combination in 1946 with the 100-ABCD thru 104-ABCD into three unit FT/F2 sets 150-ABC thru 159-ABC?
Charlie Vlk