N&W Fs

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If they're Athearns you could just swap the shells. C&O F shells often 
show up on e-bay for a few dollars, or at train shows.

Jeff Cornelius

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
> So the pair of F7 A units I have that are presently Santa Fe War bonnet 
> I could repaint as C&O in the appropriate paint scheme and it would be 
> okay to run them occasionally. Those would be the only diesels on my 
> layout.... I have nothing but steamers otherwise
>  
> Bob Welsh
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>     To: N&amp;W Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>     Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:44 AM
>     Subject: Re: N&W Fs
> 
>     Bob, at least you are good on the C&O side: 14 FP7 A units delivered
>     in 1952 in the tri-color passenger scheme, but used in both freight
>     and passenger services; and 47 A-B-A sets  of F7s delivered between
>     1950-52 in two paint schemes. The Athearn Genesis F7 is the most
>     recent HO model in C&O paint; I believe Stewart did one earlier. The
>     F units were the mainstays of freight service on the west end of the
>     system, but occasionally strayed as far east as Virginia. The Fs and
>     FPs wore a number of different paint schemes in their lives, but in
>     your 1954 time frame, they were still 'as delivered'.
>      
>     The VGN had only Fairbanks-Morse units and one GE 44-ton switcher.
>      
>     Hope this helps.
>      
>     Bill McClure
>      
> 
>         -------------- Original message --------------
>         Which of course means I don't need to run my F's on my 1954
>         layout.... did the VGN or C&O have any F's and if so, when?
>         Would they be appropriate in 1954? I'm rusty on when they were
>         first built...
>         Bob Welsh
> 
>             ----- Original Message -----
>             From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
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>             To: N&W Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>             Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:21 PM
>             Subject: Re: N&W Fs
> 
>             The only EMD F units owned by the N&W at any time were those
>             F7s acquired in the acquisition of the Wabash in 1964.
>              
>             Bill McClure
>              
> 
>                 -------------- Original message --------------
> 
>                  > In the transition time, did the N&W have any F units.
>                 If so from what
>                  > roads?
>                  >
>                  > Larry Smith
>                  >
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