During a telephone conversation between Melgar and me yesterday afternoon, we dreamed up this topic and agreed that I start it on the Forum, thinking how most of us love the beauty and awesome power of F3s.
At the outset, we want to have an expansive meaning of F3s for this Forum topic so that it includes other diesels in the F series of diesels, such as F7s and others. I chose to have F3s in the title for the topic because Melgar and I believe that the F3 was the most popular in the F series at least in the world of model railroading and perhaps in the world of real trains as well.
One more thing to mention at the outset: always keep in mind to post only photos and videos you have taken or those in which you have obtained the written permission of the owner to post here, and always be in full compliance with the entire Forum Terms of Service.
Now, let the fun begin.
I’m starting us off with the video below showing F3 A and B units that I purchased a few years ago from one of our fine Forum sponsors, JR Junction Trains & Hobbies. Specifically, the video shows MTH PS3 NY Ontario & Western F3 A and B units hauling coal, oil and a caboose. This train is running prototypically slow and smooth on DCS. Listen to the realistic sounds and see the prodigious smoke it generates as it circles the ole ball park:
I bet that for many of you Forumites, when you were kids, the model trains you coveted the most included F3 diesels, and now you have models of them that capture their beauty and power. This is certainly true of me.
So, please share all that beauty and power with your Forum friends right here so we can all appreciate those F3s and all other diesels in the F series.
Arnold
