Re: (erielack) DL&W FT Differentiation

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 4/9/2003 1:07:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lilesj_@_squared.com writes:


JONATHAN

SOME CORRECTIONS
> List,
> DL&W bought two sets of FTs: BATCHES WOULD BE CORRECT.
> 601 - 604 (A-B-A in freight paint scheme) FE13-DD  FOUR SETS
> 651 - 654 (A-B in passenger paint scheme) FE13-D  FOUR SETS
> 
> I haven't seen any pictures of FTs pulling passenger trains. CORRECT.   Was 
> this done before the F3s were
> bought? WAS WHAT DONE?  THE FTS CAME FIRST, AND WERE STRICTLY A FREIGHT 
> UNIT.  NO STEAM BOILERS. Also, they still had their passenger paint scheme 
> up until the merger.  Why didn't
> they repaint the FTs when they were put into freight service? SOME FTS GOT 
> THE PASSENGER SCHEME, WHEN THAT CAME INTO VOGUE FOR ALL REPAINTS.

ARE YOU GETTING YOUR FT AND F3s MIXED UP HERE? YOU SEEM TO BE ASKING 
QUESTIONS ABOUT F3s BUT KEEP TYPING FT?

> 
> When delivered, there was a drawbar between the A and B units.  Were these 
> replaced with
> couplers by the 1954 timeframe? NEVER!
> 
> Also, what's the difference between FE13-DD and FE13-D? THAT MUST BE AN EL 
> ABBREVIATION, AND I'LL DEFER TO SOMEONE MORE EL AQUATINTED.
> 
> Jonathan W. Liles
> ELHS # 3158
> NMRA # 125464
> http://railroad.jon-n-bevliles.com/Railroad_Index.html
> 
> BOB
> 

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