Reply to "My review and impression of the Menard's Santa Fe Beta 3.5 F unit"

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@William 1 posted:
And what is the fascination with having an FP7 model. Hope you have room on your shelf to show it off to anyone that knows the difference.

What is the fascination with having any particular model?

I like the FP7 quite a bit and have 3 Sunset ones in PRR. I also purchased the Menards 1.0 model as a curiosity and it will be a fun future project to upgrade. The extra 4' of length is a nice compromise between a standard length F unit for a steam generator equipped passenger cab units on smaller sections of track than the larger E units.

The PRR liked them enough to purchase 40 A units and 14 B units. The first two AB sets were the only PRR F units painted in Tuscan Red paint and were common power for the train to York, PA. While the majority of them served in freight service, they did last long enough to run during Conrail.

Of course I do know the difference between the various EMD F units. The Menards unit is and FP9.

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