F3's rebuilt to F9Am's

[Larry E Shankles]

F3's 5005 and 5007 were involved in an accident which resulted in them being rebuilt as F9Am's (shipped back to Frisco Feb 1954). I can't find any ICC report for any wreck involving these locos. Does anyone know the date, location, and cause of this accident?

[friscobob]

Larry,
Let me check out the book Frisco Diesel Power by Marre, et al. Also, I'd suggest asking the folks at http://www.frisco.org
or frisco@nshore.net (the online FMIG list).

I'll let ya know what I find.

[friscobob]

Well, so much for that search. All I know about 5005 and 5007 is that prior to 1954 they were involved in a wreck (wrecks?), and were shipped to EMD for rebuild to F9 standards. They returned to Frisco property in March 1954, and were the only A units with dynamic brakes, making them capable of mating with the F9Bs. Both were retired on July 12, 1973, and traded in to EMD.
I couldn't find any info on the wrecks. :(

[TexChris]

There is a photo of an F-unit that hit the dirt in Hoffsomer's book "The Quanah Route." I don't recall what the lead unit # was. Don't know if this might be related to the question here or not, or what happened to that unit(s).