F3A and F3B 9000-9005

NumberClassBuilt DateRenumbered / ReclassifiedRetiredNotes
9000F3A
class V-1-a
May 1948reclassified V-1-A-a, January 1950
reclassified GFA-15a, September 1954
8 October 1971This was the first road-freight diesel on the CNR system.
After travelling 2.6 million miles donated by CN to Alberta Pioneer Railway Association
(Alberta Railway Museum) November 1971
Restored and repainted in CNR freight colours in 1996
Appeared in movie “In Cold Blood” in July 1996 on the Central Western Railway,
lettered as Central Western 9000 Still operates on special occasions at the museum.
9001F3B
class V-1-b
May 1948reclassified V-1-B-a. January 19504 June 1971Used on GTW 1968-1971.
9002F3A
class V-1-a
May 1948reclassified V-1-A-a, January 1950
reclassified GFA-15a, September 1954
15 July 1975Scrapped by CN at Transcona, Man.
9003F3A
class V-1-a
May 1948reclassified V-1-A-a, January 1950
reclassified GFA-15a, September 1954
19 December 1973Scrapped by CN at Transcona, Man.
9004F3B
class V-1-b
May 1948reclassified V-1-B-a, January 195018 July 1975Wrecked 1 August 1954. Along with 9054, involved in head-on collision with CNR 6053
at Quibell, Ont. (mile 74.6 Quibell Subdivision, now Reddit Subdivision).
Rebuilt by GMD December 1954 using an F9B carbody.
9005F3A
class V-1-a
May 1948reclassified V-1-A-a, January 1950
reclassified GFA-15a, September 1954
never officially retiredWrecked in head-on collision 17 May 1958 at South Junction, Man.
(mile 62.9 Sprague Subdivision) Parts used by GMD in construction of GP7M 4824.