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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.

@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

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@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

@3rail,

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!

@texgeekboy posted:

@3rail,

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

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