Steve Sloan<p>SN F-units at Niles<br>Set of Athearn Genesis HO Sacramento Northern (SN) F-units at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA on Friday night, February 28, 2025.<br>The real SN 301-A was an EMD F3A. Reportedly, it was built in 1948 as NYO&W 501, builders number 3146. Purchased in 1957 it became SN 301-A. It was retired circa 1970, traded to EMD.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/railroads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>railroads</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WP</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/modelrailroading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modelrailroading</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hoscaletrains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hoscaletrains</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hoscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hoscale</span></a></p>