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F-unit Friday / Question
Author: SP 0-6-0
Date: 08-27-2021 - 17:28

I sometimes notice dented pilots on F-units. I suppose anything from a rock or automobile could have caused it. But is it possible that two F-units coupled head-to-head can smash pilots together in a hard couple or slack run-in?

Did EMD put the replaceable plate under the coupler? Or is that a custom repair that the carriers made?

Side note: Pretty cool that there was an F3 still around in the 1970's. Darn shame a surviving F3 was scrapped at such a late date.

Two examples:

F3A Chicago IL, 06-15-1974 [www.ebay.com]



Sacramento, 10/1968 [www.ebay.com]


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