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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by DSchmitt [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by DSchmitt From the California Zephyr Virtual Museum http://calzephyr.railfan.net/ [8D] The following locomotive types were purchased specifically for the California Zephyr CB&Q F3A and F3B A+B+A sets DRGW PA1 and PB1 A+B+A sets, F3A and F3B A+B+B+A sets WP F3A and F3B A+B+B sets, FP7A and F7B A+B+A sets Each railroad furnished the locos for its segment of the route. Other types of locos were sometimes used in latter years. [:)] [/quote] Don't forget that the CB&Q also used E8s and E9s! [/quote] According to the Zephyr web site, although they were used, they were not purchased for the Zephyr service. [/quote] True, and the California Zephyr F-s were repainted in the Q's freight scheme and put into freight service in the early '50s. Interesting enough, they kept their passenger numbers and were the only passenger Fs and the only Fs without dynamic brakes on the CB&Q. I think there were three sets of ABA units to handle the different segments of the CZ on the Q.
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