Comments on: OSR’s matched F units have just finished switching Cami and are headed to Woodstock. After arriving in Ingersoll 10min prior on a day calling for heavy storms and not knowing whether the Woodstock Job was running, I could not have timed it better

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:43:43 +0000

If you’re in the area, these units are fairly common to see; but this is part of that old adage: Don’t take them for granted.
When these units go to pasture there are going to be a lot of fans complaining of all the time they had to shoot a pair of ‘F’s, and they passed up.
Hats off to the OSR, of course. Great roster.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:57:27 +0000

Not so much the Engineers but the Conductors. Steps are high and more difficult to use compared to a Geep, the compromise on OSR was to use a f/gp9, but naturally, they still operate them in pairs.. at least this is what OSR crews explained to me. Who’se the dude at the next crossing?

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:17:08 +0000

I love the nostalgia of these of F’s but how is it for the engineers switching with them?