LACKAWANNA F3 Recreation !

daylight4449 wrote:

Otto Vondrak wrote:

Montclaire wrote:Will these be pulling any excursions out of Steamtown?

Not until they pass inspection and get blue carded... Which the volunteers are working towards.

I really don't get what blue-carded means. I'm guessing it means cleared for service?

If you want to run your equipment on any railroad that is part of the national network, it must have a record of FRA-mandated periodic inspection. That is what the blue card is. When Steamtown runs excursions, they are running on the tracks of the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad.

See also: http://law.justia.com/cfr/title49/49-4. ... 52.52.html

Montclaire / 4449 / Otto -

As part of the ARHS Convention, both F3's pulled a short excursion train last Sunday morning out of Steamtown Eastbound on the ex-LACKAWANNA Main to just East of Nay Aug Tunnel and back. #664 led East while #663 led West as coupled together end to end hauling authentic ex-DL&W Boonton Line coaches....

https://picasaweb.google.com/anthracite ... ScrantonPa#

http://www.anthraciterailroads.org/currentevents.php

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 438&nseq=1

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 354&nseq=3

Look for more excursions to come !

Word has it that the LACKAWANNA F3's will be powering Steamtown's scheduled round-trip excursion to Tobyhanna and back this Saturday. Apparantly a change from using the equally attractive READING FP7's on this one trip.

Weather forecast is very good....should result in great photos.



UPDATE: One of the F3 units is also powering the 2-coach yard shuttle train as I type this. See The Scranton Times webcam for live action.

Some great pics of the F3's on the recent excursion to Tobyhanna and back to Scranton from Railfan.net. Also some interesting comments via Mike DelVecchio as to #663's electrical cabinet being up to FL9 specs....ENJOY !

http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielackph ... cavage.jpg

I got some photos of 663 and 664 the other day. What is the heritage of these units? There was also a B unit next to them in ratty-looking blue and orange Jersey Central paint (sorry, I don't have the number). Is that the B unit that's going to be painted to match the F3As? Thanks.

MBTA -

FYI....from the link in my 7/28/11 post....

" It turns out that the 663 was upgraded on the Bangor & Aroostook about 1955 to F9 electricals set up for the 1500 horsepower of an F3. F9s were 1750 horsepower. The 663, originally BAR 504 and later 44, then CNJ 57, hadn't made transition since 1987 or so on the Morristown & Erie while pulling freight over NJTransit's former Lackawanna main line. "

Thanks, but that still leaves the other two units as mysteries.

MBTA3247 wrote:Thanks, but that still leaves the other two units as mysteries.

Both cab units are former BAR. The B-unit is an F7, originally Boston and Maine 4268B.

MBTA -

" Is that the B unit that's going to be painted to match the F3As? "

AFAIK yes, that is the plan....although I understand that the B-unit needs more mechanical work than the A units needed before ARHS gets to raising funds for the exterior refurbishing/prep work prior to painting.