SCRANTON, Pa. – The Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, which owns an A-B set of F3s painted in Lackawanna Railroad colors, is raising funds to restore F3B No. 664B to operation. The two units, plus F3A No. 664 owned by the Tri-State Railway Historical Society and also painted for the Lackawanna, made the trip to the Streamliners at Spencer event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C. but only No. 664 was operational. The other unit, F3A No. 663, is presently being shopped by the ARHS for main generator repairs that will return it to operating condition.
Plans to restore 664B include an oil change, starting batteries, water pump and injector work, a governor and a number of minor items such as new gaskets in several places. The unit was built for the Boston & Maine as F7B No. 4268B in 1950. After the ARHS acquired it, it was externally restored to look like an F3B to match the A-units, which were originally Bangor & Aroostook units.
Make a donation for the restoration of 664B here.
