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Canadian Railroads > Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502Date: 06/04/23 07:15 Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: Blackfoot I caught this piece of history heading westbound on train 421 at Yonge Street in Toronto yesterday afternoon. As far as I know CP acquired it when they purchased the CM&Q, and it's now heading to Calgary. Unfortunately I wasn't in a good location when it passed by me as I was looking straight into the sun for the going away shot, but not much I could do about that.
Enjoy, Dwayne   Date: 06/04/23 07:38 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: King_Coal Interesting catch. Looks like a museum would be an appropriate destination. Not many F3's owned by Canadian RRs. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy your Toronto area photos.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/23 07:38 by King_Coal. Date: 06/04/23 07:47 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: CPR_4000 A wonderful example of an early F unit, still in its as-delivered configuration except for the winterization hatch. Two of its BAR mates survive in Lackawanna paint at Steamtown, owned by the Anthracite Railroads Historical Society and Tri-State Chapter NRHS.
Date: 06/04/23 10:45 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: Lackawanna484 Like it!
Unusual to see the brake line connection to the nose. Posted from Android Date: 06/04/23 11:00 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: PHall King_Coal Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting catch. Looks like a museum would be an > appropriate destination. Not many F3's owned by > Canadian RRs. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy your > Toronto area photos. CN had them. Date: 06/04/23 11:36 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: refarkas It may not have been a good location, but these are two first-rate shots of this historic move.
Bob Date: 06/04/23 12:34 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: PasadenaSub Great catch and your into the sun photo turned out good. Glad to see the unit heading to a museum.
Rich Date: 06/04/23 13:58 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: feclark Nice catch, good exposure in 'impossible' lighting. Good to see a post from you again, too!
Fred Date: 06/04/23 19:44 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: wabash2800 Looks like they took out the marker light and pushed the hose through the hole...
Victor Baird Lackawanna484 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Like it! > > Unusual to see the brake line connection to the > nose. > > Posted from Android Date: 06/05/23 08:11 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: djd83 wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like they took out the marker light and > pushed the hose through the hole... > > Victor Baird Reminds me of getting Covid tested lol Date: 06/05/23 08:44 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: Notch7 That really looks like a run-around hose poked out from the class light hole. Maybe CP wanted to make it less noticeable or better prevent the runaround hose from falling or dragging from the usual side strapped attachment. A run-around hose would be used because they couldn't get the F3's air brakes to work. I can't ever recall coming out of an initial terminal towing a brakeless engine on a regular freight. The US railroads I worked on would have moved a brakeless engine in a special or local only speed restricted movement OR not at all. Of course in Canada, the FRA non-compliance statutes don't apply. I hope they can get the 502 running again. The F3's were great little historic engines. I got to run a couple of Southern Railway F3's long ago before they got traded in on new power
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/05/23 08:50 by Notch7. Date: 06/10/23 06:23 Re: Bangor & Aroostook F3A 502 Author: fredstoltz Where is this engine now? I have been watching for it in Sadkatchewan. No sign of it coming through.
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