These three photographs came into my temporary possession along with some other drawings which will be sent to a permanent preservation facility. Commonwealth Casting was trying to sell locomotive mounted plows for F units to a potential buyer. These three photos were included in the ad pitch. Thought I'd share.







Might be of interest to somebody.

Someone else who believed in the F5! (re recent brief discussion on TO)

The F5 is mentioned in EMD's Catalog 90 (the massive, multi-volume EMD master parts catalog), so yes, it is "real".

Commonwealth was another railroad supply company that was watching as 95% of it's product line became buggy whips in 1950, as steam went away. They had to try anything to stay alive. These didn't sell very well, though.

Howard P.