NYC F3/F7 colors

You pretty much have it correct as far as I know......black for freight and gray for passenger.  I am guessing that it is mentioned somewhere in the late Al Staufer's "Later Power" and the NYC Technical and Historical Society would certainly have correct info. I think there might have been some variations of the lightening stripes.

Simon

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Yes, early FTs & F2s were delivered in a simple black with white whisker paint scheme.  These were freight units.

After that, the short lighting stripe showed up, for both the black with gray freight units, and the two tone dark gray with light gray for the “combination” F units, as they called them.

The last light lightning stripes were full length version of the same paint schemes, as mentioned above. 

Thanks,

-Mario

Credit: NYCSHS (https://nycshs.org/nycs-research-information/)

thank you very much for the information.  The ones I am looking at are black with full lenght lighting stripe.  If I am running just two units, was A-A or A-B more the rule or about equal?

Any color photos of the two tone gray F units?  

I’ve never come across one. Only two tone E’s. 

Thanks.

-Jim

astarr posted:

thank you very much for the information.  The ones I am looking at are black with full lenght lighting stripe.  If I am running just two units, was A-A or A-B more the rule or about equal?

Check your email, there should be hours of research that I've sent you a link to.  This should give you a pretty good idea of how the Central ran their F units, and for the most part, it was all hands on deck.

Thanks!

- Mario

Jim Harrington posted:

Any color photos of the two tone gray F units?  

I’ve never come across one. Only two tone E’s. 

Thanks.

-Jim

I’ve seen them, I just need to find them for you.

Jim Harrington posted:

Any color photos of the two tone gray F units?  

I’ve never come across one. Only two tone E’s. 

Thanks.

-Jim

Here’s the first one I could find (from RR Picture Archives).

I’ve seen others and will continue looking. 

Thanks,

-Mario

Thanks!