Great photo of a neat model in a wonderful paint scheme!!
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The "F-5" term was used, unofficially, by EMD to denote the "phase IV" F3s. These locomotives had a the outward appearance of the follow-on F7 model, but were not equipped with the, not yet available, newer, more robust, generator and traction motors intended for the later model.
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| Posted by on February 25, 2010 | |
NP ordered 7 sets A-B-B, 6500 through 6506, F3, built in 1947. (From Warren McGee & Ron Nixon, NP Official Photographers)
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