| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad F3 163C near Galva, Illinois on August 26, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This unit was delivered as number 137A, built in October 1948 (c/n 7010) on EMD Order E957A , the lead unit of the 137 A-B-B-A drawbar-connected F3 set. In the early 1950's, F3's 137 and 138 were broken up into A-B sets, renumbered, and mated with newly delivered F7 A's to produce F3-7 A-B-A sets 163 through 166. This locomotive was traded to EMD as credit on an order of SD45's in February 1969. |