RE: (erielack) The F5

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Matt Klemchalk wrote:

>  (by the way, no
> > EL or predecessor units had "Farr" grilles - these are the 
> ones with 
> > the short vertical slits - all EL units had the horizontal-style 
> > grilles)
> 
> Sweeping generalizations will get you in trouble :)  There 
> were a few units 
> out there with Farr grills.  First, there was Erie 712ABCD  
> This ABBA set of 
> F-7's was produced in December of 1951, a month after the 
> 11/51 switch to 
> Farr grills.  There are shots in Erie Power of 7124, 7121, 
> and 7122 in EL paint 
> (pp 419-420) that pretty clearly show the Farr grills.  Also, 
> remember that Erie 
> 713C was not produced until Feb. of 1952, as the other units 
> in the set were 
> originally intended to be Passenger F-7's.  When the E-8's 
> came about, the order 
> was changed, and another B-unit was needed.  Between the 
> manufacturing of 
> the A units and the B unit, the grill spec was changed.  Thus 
> you have 1 set out 
> there with horizontal slits on all but the second B-unit.  
> There's a shot of 
> that one in Mulhearn/Taibi's "General Motors' F-Units (p 54). 
>   That's five by 
> my count.

My bad! I forgot about the 712 set. I did remember the one-off 713C after the fact, though....

Thanks for keeping me honest!

	- Paul

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