BLI 9652 HO Scale EMD F3A Diesel Atlantic Coast Line ACL 344 Paragon4 (Sound/DC/DCC) Boats Metal drawbar

Metal drawbar

and this necessitated separating the engineer and firemen - neither of whom had the safest or comfortable of workspaces

bolted and latched Conrail-style “split” battery box door on right side to accommodate Automatic Train Control (ATC) box on top of battery box

The hoods were also full height to better accommodate the diesel engine and mechanical and electrical components

BLI 9652 HO Scale EMD F3A Diesel Atlantic Coast Line ACL 344 Paragon4 (Sound/DC/DCC) Boats Metal drawbarBLI 9652 HO Scale EMD F3A Diesel Atlantic Coast Line ACL 344 Paragon4 Sound DC DCC The EMD F3 is a 1,500 horsepower diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro Motive Division between 1945 and 1949. The F3 was the third model in EMD's successful F unit series of cab unit diesels, and it was the second most produced of the series behind the F7. The F3's were widely used in both freight and passenger service, and in total, EMD built more than