Yes...166C is a phase IV F3...F7 type
car body. And depending on what
electrical components it was built with
it could really be an F5, because the
built date spans the end of F3 phase IV
and the beginning of F5 production. All
F5's were delivered as F3s.
Gordon
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>
>
> September 23, 2016
> Nelson - If you enlarge the EMD badge
> plate beneath the cab, sure looks like
> "F3" to me. In any event, always a
> pleasure to share images with our
> Group. Best Regards - Louis
> In a message dated 9/23/2016 12:25:18
> P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
>
>
> 166C is an F7, not F3, so these
> are two late F7s, and the photo
> was taken in the 1960 in all
> probability. My layout cutoff is
> 1953. According to BB#4, some F3s
> were broken up and couples with
> F7s for an ABA set. There was no
> mention for how they used the
> other F3 A unit.
>
> Thanks for the photo, always nice
> to add to the photo collection.
>
> Nelson Moyer
>
> *From:*CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 23, 2016
> 11:19 AM
> *To:* CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [CBQ] Re:
> Intermountain F3 Issue [1 Attachment]
>
> *[Attachment(s)
> <mip://0bcd0aa0/default.html#TopText>
> from LZadnichek@aol.com included
> below]*
>
>
> September 23, 2016
>
> Nelson - Here is photographic
> proof that the Q did couple F3's
> in an A-A configuration. This
> inserted/attached image is
> unidentified as to location and is
> undated.
>
> This is the only image I've ever
> seen of F3's coupled A-A style.
> So, such a configuration must've
> been a fairly rare event, but it
> did happen. Best Regards - Louis
>
> Louis Zadnichek II
>
> Fairhope, AL
>
> In a message dated 9/23/2016
> 6:45:42 A.M. Central Daylight
> Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
>
>
> Nelson,
>
> Actually the Q ran ABA and
> ABBA sets of F's almost until
> the merger! For example, I
> just ran across this ABBA
> lashup in mid-1968:
> http://condrenrails.com/CB&Q/F7.html
>
> There is a photo in Spoor's
> CB&Q Volume 2 page 68 of an
> F3A (124-D) F3B set sitting at
> Savanna in June 1966.
>
> There is a web photo of an ABA
> set at Shabonna, IL in
> September 1967 at
>
> https://get.google.com/albumarchive/111371098753160118549/album/AF1QipOpXyNE7W-3jaeFcdke3hgJ_dNJLgjI8EvIVRJu/AF1QipO4GB8W3Tq_-0BXyia6YsOGxUSoexZytN0hYNQu?source=pwa#5657456609105298434
>
>
> So, we do need B-units.
>
> These are just the photos I
> have logged for the C&I, and I
> just ran across the ABBA going
> into Galesburg this week. It
> really caught my eye because
> it was an ABBA set and very
> late in the 60's.
>
> Tom Mack
>
> Cincinnati, OH
>
>
>
> ---In CBQ@yahoogroups.com,
> <npmoyer@...> wrote :
>
> I was just notified by my
> dealer that Intermountain
> canceled the B units of ABA
> and ABBA F-3 sets without any
> previous notification to those
> who preordered. They will ship
> only A units beginning
> September 26. If you ordered
> sets with B units, and the Q
> only ran sets until around
> 1960 as far as I know, you may
> wish to cancel your orders.
> Otherwise, you’ll be left with
> a bunch of A units, and I
> don’t think I’ve ever seen a
> photo of two A units running
> back to back.
>
> Extremely disappointed would
> be putting it mildly.
>
> Nelson Moyer
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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