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Re: (erielack) ERIE PASSENGER Fs

Hi All.
Another question on F units in general...
Why did some have the high-profile roof fans (with the cylindrical
housing rising above the roof line), while others had the more
"streamlined" low-profile fans?  Was there any difference between the
two other than appearance / clearance?

Were the two types of fans available on all F units (F3, F7, F9), or did
they switch exclusively to low-profile fans on later units?  Which was
the "standard" fan?  

Cheers,
Alan <"quahog_@_sprint.ca">

Blue Moon Network Administrator wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 31 May 2000, MONTGOMERY| ED wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering why the ABA passenger units the Erie purhased
> > came with the small illuminated number boards.  I don't think that
> > was standard for the F3s.  Perhaps they were trying to make them
> > look like E6s. Any other ideas?
> 
> Early F3's came standard with the small number boards and it was later an
> option, I guess for those roads which wanted to keep things standardized. The
> larger number boards became standard in mid '47. Perhaps the Erie thought it
> would be better to remain with the small number boards for inventory purposes.
> 
> The Erie also had a group of high fan freight F3's with small numberboards.
> 
> As far as I know both groups were built after the small boards became an
> option in the F3 line, possibly delivered in late '47, I don't have the exact
> dates handy.
> 
> Ah, George's site comes through, the 800 through 806 sets were built in July of
> '47 according to his posted data.
> 
> Anyone know anything more about why the Erie stuck with the small boards
> through the end of '47?
> 
> J. Henry Priebe Jr.       Blue Moon President & Network Administrator

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