NH Painted F Units Spotted Today.

[choochin3]

Hey Folks,
Today on the way home from lunch I spotted 2 New Haven painted F Units dead in tow going by HX tower in Halethorpe.
The train was heading West,but I don't know if it went down the Capitol sub,or the Old Main Line.
Does anyone know what these locos are,where they came from,and where they're going?

Carl T.

[Philip H]

I can report tha they are destined for the collection of the Galveston Railroad Museum, after a purported stop in South Carolina for some guts work.  There was a thread on one of my Yahoo Groups about it - I'll poke around and see if I can dig it up.

You did get photos, right??????

[seusscaboose]

NICE.....

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Funny story about these... while I was in Philly, I decided to indulge my nocturnal railfanning itch and sat out until 1:30a waiting for these suckers.

I saw em. No photos for me though. It was fun regardless, but it was odd being there without Sean and Drew.

[davefoxx]

Gotta love being in the right place at the right time (especially if you have a functioning camera with you).

Back in 2003 or 2004, I was coming home from law school and caught a CSX freight crossing over I-95 in Wilmington, Delaware with what appeared to be a Seaboard F-unit in tow!  I later discovered that it was an ex-Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority FP10 (originally a GM&O F3) that had been foobed up to become a Seaboard unit.  It was real pretty, and I was surprised at how vivid the yellow stripe was in person.  Here it is after delivery to the Gold Coast Museum in Florida:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=150929

Unfortunately, more current pics show that the elements have taken their toll on the paint job. 

DFF

[choochin3]

I can report tha they are destined for the collection of the Galveston Railroad Museum, after a purported stop in South Carolina for some guts work.  There was a thread on one of my Yahoo Groups about it - I'll poke around and see if I can dig it up.

You did get photos, right??????

Nope,No photos!

[central.vermont]

Here's a couple of links to shots of them moving on the PAR back in early May.

Jon

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2011051818035610373.jpg&order=bydate&page=95&key=
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2011051916500230504.jpg&order=bydate&page=92&key=

[wm3798]

Aren't they ex PC/NH FL9's?

[davefoxx]

Aren't they ex PC/NH FL9's?

Nope.  The NH F-units are B-B trucked, not B-A1A as FL9s are.

[Ian MacMillan]

Nope.  The NH F-units are B-B trucked, not B-A1A as FL9s are.

Right but CTDOT did have NH painted FL9s.

These however are the F7s

[Bob Bufkin]

Anyone ever product an FL9 in N?  Much needed loco.  They are kinda like the GG1 and they seemed to be around forever in various paint schemes.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Nope, never done, and it wouldn't make sense unless someone made cars to go with them (which might or might not cause Daniel Leavitt to suffer a coronary).