EMD F units in passenger service....hmmmm...

[Kozzie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

Santa Fe was the biggest road to use F units in passenger service but I know NP, WP, CB&Q and others also used them. You will note that these all handled trains primarily west of the Mississippi River...i.e. mountains. The E units had too little weight on each axle and thus had problems with wheel slippage on severe grades.

Thanks Jim [:)] - I suspected it was more of an occurence in the western states. I wonder if any east coast RRs used them for passenger work...

Dave

[eolafan]

Santa Fe was the biggest road to use F units in passenger service but I know NP, WP, CB&Q and others also used them. You will note that these all handled trains primarily west of the Mississippi River...i.e. mountains. The E units had too little weight on each axle and thus had problems with wheel slippage on severe grades.

[Kozzie]

I've just browsed through a book about various locos round the world, enjoying it all the more for what I've learned from this Forum.

I noticed that the book said that usually, the E units handled the passenger work, whilst the F units were aimed at selling to railroads for hauling freight.

However, it also said that F units were used for passenger work in mountain areas. So I was wondering, without getting too detailed, where the F units did passenger service? [;)]

Thanks [:)]

Dave