number boards on F units
Hi,I understand the F3s - F5s were delivered with the small, streamlined four-digit boards. Were these ever replaced with the 45 degree boards that came on the F7s?The Stewart PRR F3 has the 45-degree...
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Hi Patrick--From a PRR modeler's viewpoint, the Stewart F3 with the 45 degree number boards is definitely a "boo-boo", but not from Stewart's, now Bowser's, standpoint since most other roads opted for...
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Good an thorough answer Steve! And now the $64,000. question- Why did PRR remain fixated on these number boards when most railroads philiosophy was to use the big 'angled' boards???Bill
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Bill, the smaller number boards were standard, the larger ones were an extra cost item. PRR always watched the pennies. Only when EMD made the larger numberboards standard did PRR adopt them. The...
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