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Charles Foss "Evening of the Diesel", released in 1980. It details the transition from steam to diesel on the GTW.THe year of 1947 saw a pair of F3 demo units barnstorming GTW rails. An order was placed that year for 25 F3A's & 2 F3B's. THe first two B's & the first 4A's went to parent CN after breaking in on GTW. THe remaining 22 F3A's were asswigned to GTW. GTW's 9006-9015 were phase 2 F3A's with chicken wire grillws. THe 9016-27 were phase 4 F3's with stainless stell filter grilles similar to F7A's of 1949. On the GTW, it was deemed not necessary to have dynamic brakes. In most cases, the GTW rain their F3A's back to back. THey had no nose end MU jumpers till 1954-1955.As for color scheme, the 1948 version appears to be a "butter knife" version (old wafer 1938-1954). The "yellow nose" appears in 1957(circle & wafer 1954-1961 w maple leaf). Some were painted in the "new image" red/black stripe scheme(wet noodle 1961-on).9013 rebuilt by CN in 1973 to 1750hp, in CN service. The rest were traded to EMD for SD-40 & GP38AC's
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