NEW YORK CENTRAL NYC EMD F3A LOCO DC / DCC Ready GRAY STRIPE HO Scale NEW

  

Diesel EMD F3A Powered DC / DCC Ready. OUT - OF - PRODUCTION Locomotives.

14:1 Gear Ratio for Easy Multiple-Unit Operations. Helical Gears for Ultra-Quiet & Smooth Running. Five-Pole, Skew-Wound, High Torque, High Efficiency Can Motor Heavily Weighted for Maximum Traction. Painted Metal Grab Irons, Ladder Stand-Offs, Handrails & Lift Rings.

Correct Coupling Distance Between A & B Units. Road-Specific Horn, Spark Arrestors and other Roof Details. Complete Scale Fuel Tank w/Hangers, Battery Box, Air Tank & Underframe Detail. Working Headlight w/Bezel & Recessed Lens. Working Mars Light as Appropriate - Works on DC or DCC.

With or Without Dynamic Brakes to Match Prototypes. Bright Sunny White LED Lighting. Full or Partial Fuel Tank Skirts to Match Prototypes. Correct Grab Iron Style & Placement for Each Roadname. Sideframes w/Road Specific Journals & With or Without Automatic Train Stop (ATS) Shoe and Speed Recorder as Appropriate.

Nose Lift Rings as Appropriate. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois plant.

A total of 1,111 cab-equipped lead A units and 696 cabless booster B units were built. The F3 was the third model in GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit diesel locomotives, and it was the second most produced of the series. The F3 essentially differed from the EMD F2 in that it used the "new" D12 generator to produce more power and from the later EMD F7 in electrical equipment.

Some late-model F3's had the same D27 traction motors, along with the heavier-duty electrical cables, used in the F7, and were referred to as model F5 by EMD's Engineering Department. The F3 used a 16-cylinder 567B series diesel engine developing 1,500 hp (1.1 MW) at 800 rpm.

The 567 was designed specifically for railroad locomotives, a mechanically scavenged, or "blown" 2 stroke 45 degree V type with 567 cu in (9.29 L) displacement per cylinder, for a total of 9,072 cu in (148.66 L). Generator powered four traction motors, two on each Blomberg B truck. EMD has built all of its major components since 1939. As built, the only way to distinguish between the F2 and F3 was the nose number panels on the A units, which were small on the F2 and large on the F3 and subsequent locomotives.

However, these could and were often altered by the railroad. Few F2s were built, however. Early versions of the F3 had the "chicken wire" grilles along the top edge of the carbody. Later production featured a distinctive fabricated stainless steel grille. All F-units introduced after the FT have twin exhaust stacks and four electrically powered radiator fans arranged close together atop their roofs, unlike the FT's four stacks and separated belt driven pairs of fans. The unit is highly detailed. The identification of locomotive "phases" is a creation of railfans. EMD used no such identification, and instead only kept track of the marketing name e. And individual locomotives' build (serial) numbers. During the production cycle of a particular model, as design and production techniques improved, all builders would invariably make minor changes. To better keep track of noticeable, and not so noticeable differences in appearance that a locomotive model would acquire during the course of its production run, locomotive historians began documenting any subtle or minor changes made to a particular diesel locomotive model as "phases", and referring to these as such. This practice has proved very popular over the years among diesel locomotive modelers looking to create the most "true to life" models possible.

Despite not being official designations, phase descriptions are quite useful to the diesel spotter and record keeper, but sometimes tricky as many of the changes described are mostly cosmetic and easily altered features of a locomotive - roof fans, body panels, grilles, etc. That could be - and often were - updated or swapped interchangeably during production runs. The following are normally identified as F3 phases. High, flat-topped 36 in (914 mm) roof fans.

Top third body panel had "chicken wire" in openings only. Center-third body panel with three equally-spaced porthole windows and D17 traction motors. As-built Phase I F3 units are identical to the F2, they differ only in electrical equipment and numberboard size. Three highly modified locomotives survive from this series, rebuilt as FP10s, all for Metro-North Railroad.

Top third body panel now had full-length "chicken wire". Center third body panel now had two portholes; area between covered with chicken wire, over 4 smaller rectangular openings.

Roof radiator fans change to low, pancake fans. (the former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's F3's: 44 and 46, were rebuilt in preservation to resemble Phase 2 F3s) Center third body panel now has no chicken wire between the portholes; the four rectangular openings now have louvres.

Chicken wire upper-third panel is replaced with full-length horizontal stainless steel grille. The first "F5A" EMDX demonstrator #59 was built in March 1948. Production of the "F5" started in August 1948 through the end of F3 production in February 1949.

The difference between the "F5" and the F3 were the D27 traction motors with heavier-duty cables and higher capacity traction motor blowers fitted. Nearly all previously built F3's received the same upgrades by 1955. A total of 381 F5As and 238 F5Bs were produced.

The note in the January 1, 1959 EMD Service Department Locomotive Reference Data states, All F5 locomotives were delivered as F3 units. All EMD DC traction motors are backwards compatible so as the better motors became available the D37, D47, D57, D67 and D77 all could be found on an F unit. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you.

THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item. The item is NEW in the original box from old stock. Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them.

Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid "Minne-Snow-Da" I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock.

I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item. Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.