Lionel Train Forum - Lionel Trains




Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - southernman

Pages: [1]
1
Postwar Lionel Trains 1945-1969 / Re: Questions regarding the Lionel F-3 Southern A and B units
« on: March 31, 2018, 08:13:41 pm »
Thanks Dave. Sometime in the past I remember seeing the page you referenced. It is in line with what I have always thought regarding the configuration of the Southern F3's. I am the original owner of the AA units and purchased the B unit fairly recently. By shear luck I received the Southerns because all the stores were sold out of the Santa Fe's and I have liked them from the start. Right now I believe the Tandem Assoc. information and pictures are incorrect and that the pictures may be ones of Southern shells on another lines configuration. I appreciate your digging in to my question. When I get some time I will post a picture of my Southern ABA and also of my 1946 Lionel 1409 O27 Set (also been in our family since purchase).

2
Postwar Lionel Trains 1945-1969 / Questions regarding the Lionel F-3 Southern A and B units
« on: March 26, 2018, 08:53:59 pm »
I have the 1954 Southern ABA configuration and I have read the descriptions on the Tandem Associates site. The picture that is shown of an AB configuration has power pickup rollers on the B unit and also power Pickup rollers on both front and rear trucks of the A unit. Also the description given says that the A unit had the horn and battery in the A power unit. Every Southern F-3 (postwar) that I have seen, including my own, has the horn and battery in the non-powered A unit and the B unit has no power pickup at all. Also, both the powered and non-powered A units have power rollers on only the front truck. I know that other Lines F-3 units were built like the configuration shown in the picture but not the Southern or at least I have never come across such variations. Does anyone know if the Tandem Assoc. is correct, because if so, there are more variations than they list?

Pages: [1]

Member Photos

Recent Threads
Reassemble of a Lionel 313 Bascule Bridge by WestPAKid
March 02, 2026, 06:37:34 pm
Re: Horn Operation in Santa Fe diesel?? by mtnman1
February 08, 2026, 11:12:59 pm
Re: Horn Operation in Santa Fe diesel?? by mtnman1
February 08, 2026, 11:08:53 pm
1972 Lionel 6-8111 DT&I Repair and Modification by Gary M
February 07, 2026, 09:19:20 am
Lionel in England by John Bull
January 31, 2026, 05:50:09 pm

Menu


Donate to LTF Here

Lionel Trains

Lionel Train Forum - Model Train Forum

©2012-2023  LionelTrainForum.com