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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb Where would they have put the steam generators. All F units built for passenger servive had the FP designation and were built on a longer frame and body to allow room for the steam generator or later headend power. If you saw an FT pulling a passenger train it was as a freight unit. The first spotting feature of a FP is if it is long enough to have a steam vent and a water tank beside the fuel tank.No water no steam period.. [2c] [/quote] Not one single passenger Santa Fe F3A's or F7A's had the steam generator. All of the B units for passenger service had the steam generator but the A's did not on the Santa Fe. Each railroad would purchase equipment and use it like they wanted. Since most of the Santa Fe passenger sets of F's were ABBA to start with and later ABB sets, the B unit provided the steam.
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