Hey guys. Here is my new video highlighting my Lionel Santa Fe F3 ABBA and matching aluminum passenger cars I recently purchased from a great forum member. I hope you enjoy the video.
Donald
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Hey guys. Here is my new video highlighting my Lionel Santa Fe F3 ABBA and matching aluminum passenger cars I recently purchased from a great forum member. I hope you enjoy the video.
Donald
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@3rail posted:Hey guys. Here is my new video highlighting my Lionel Santa Fe F3 ABBA and matching aluminum passenger cars I recently purchased from a great forum member. I hope you enjoy the video.
Donald
Beautiful Don. Glad the cars found a great home! Are those the 2017 Legacy Scale F3s?
@Chris Lord posted:Beautiful Don. Glad the cars found a great home! Are those the 2017 Legacy Scale F3s?
Yes, thanks again. Yep, the F3's are the Legacy set from 2017. I had the cars for almost 5 years waiting for the passenger cars!
Don
Sweet! Beautiful train, and a steamer too!
I am quite envious. As a kid that grew up in the 50s/60s, I always wanted one. I may eventually buy one.
A related question, I noticed on the new incarnations of the Santa Fe warbonnet, the board number also appears on the side in a large decal or something. Is that the way the more current version of the real locomotives looked? Frankly, I don't like those numbers on the side, but if that's how the new ones come I'll have to accept it.
3rail: Love your El Cap train.
texgee: The only Santa Fe warbonnet Diesel engines I know of with the large numbers on the sides were the ALCO PAs.
Thanks for the reply. I generally can tell the difference between Alcos and F3s, but maybe I was looking at this FT diesel. It looks like an F3 to me.
Did the El Capitan not have any vista dome cars? Curious...
@texgeekboy posted:I am quite envious. As a kid that grew up in the 50s/60s, I always wanted one. I may eventually buy one.
A related question, I noticed on the new incarnations of the Santa Fe warbonnet, the board number also appears on the side in a large decal or something. Is that the way the more current version of the real locomotives looked? Frankly, I don't like those numbers on the side, but if that's how the new ones come I'll have to accept it.
I agree with Yellowstone Special. I am by no means a Santa Fe expert. I have a set of Lionel ATSF PA's with the side number boards. The E7's behind the PA's was a fantasy paint scheme. The Santa Fe never owned any E7's if I remember correctly.
Donald
@c.sam posted:Did the El Capitan not have any vista dome cars? Curious...
I do not think so but again, I am no expert. I believe in 1954 they ran (2) Superliner type cars that were prototypes. In 1956, they added a whole lot more of the hi-level cars to the train. I have seen pics of both low-level cars mixed with some hi-level ones on the El Cap but not dome cars.
Donald
texgee: Come to think of it, some of the Santa Fe's EMD FTs could have had side numbers.
Simply beautiful layout, could we see the whole enchilada
Thanks. I did further research on Wikipedia, and found that the FT from the link in my previous post was the first unit produced by EMD in the F series. It came in '39-'45, and was followed by the F2, F3, and so on. They all kinda looked the same hence my confusion.
Furthermore, looking at pics of real Santa Fe FTs, they DID have numbers on the side. Pics of real Santa Fe F3s had NO numbers on the side, so +1 for Lionel for accuracy!
An iconic train, to be sure.
Here's mine with a vista dome car (all by MTH), but I am not sure whether it is prototypical or not.
@texgeekboy posted:Thanks. I did further research on Wikipedia, and found that the FT from the link in my previous post was the first unit produced by EMD in the F series. It came in '39-'45, and was followed by the F2, F3, and so on. They all kinda looked the same hence my confusion.
Furthermore, looking at pics of real Santa Fe FTs, they DID have numbers on the side. Pics of real Santa Fe F3s had NO numbers on the side, so +1 for Lionel for accuracy!
Thank you for the update. All of these locomotives start to meld together the older they get!
Don
@Richie C. posted:An iconic train, to be sure.
Here's mine with a vista dome car (all by MTH), but I am not sure whether it is prototypical or not.
Thanks for sharing Richie. Nice consist. I never worry too much about prototypical stuff! It is about having fun with toy trains.
Don
I have that train led by some Lionel TMCC F3s, train 18 and 19 engines. I have added the Super Chief cars which are essentially the same as the El Caps with different names or numbers should you wish to add cars to yours.
Pete
@Bigboyrich posted:Simply beautiful layout, could we see the whole enchilada
Hey…do you get the magazine? My layout has been featured in 313, 316 and 319. Plus I write an article per issue about the layout. You can see a whole lot more on YouTube. I have a few dozen videos I posted, all on my new layout.
Hope that helps.
Donald
@3rail posted:Thanks for sharing Richie. Nice consist. I never worry too much about prototypical stuff! It is about having fun with toy trains.
Don
Agreed -c.sam had an earlier post about vista dome cars, so I thought I'd highlight the one in my 6 car MTH aluminum set. It's actually a 4 car set, plus a separate 2 car set.
Don - I don’t get the mag anymore but would like to see your YouTube videos on your layout. Can you share what should I enter to google search for them. It really is a work of art.
William 1 - Just go to YouTube’s website and, in the Search space, type in DK’s O Gauge Trains and all of Don’s videos come up.
@PH1975 posted:William 1 - Just go to YouTube’s website and, in the Search space, type in DK’s O Gauge Trains and all of Don’s videos come up.
Thanks!
Don
A very artistic and tastefully done video. Thanks Donald
Nice! Thanks for posting!
Like Hollywood's leading ladies of the 40s and 50s the trains of the Santa Fe are truly breathtaking. Cast on a beautiful set. Donald your videos are some of the best. Thank you for sharing.
k
@Fast Mail posted:Like Hollywood's leading ladies of the 40s and 50s the trains of the Santa Fe are truly breathtaking. Cast on a beautiful set. Donald your videos are some of the best. Thank you for sharing.
k
Thank you Kevin for the kind words. Also, thanks Kazar and Jon too!
DK
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