EMD F7 Yellow Warbonnets-You Can Now Order Them on the 3rd Rail Website

That's cool Passenger Train Collector!

I wonder which yellow bonnets.

 

I prefer 315 and 330 which have more yellow and no blue stripe or blue pilot.

 

Good question Bill as I prefer more yellow too. Some of the units have way too much blue on the nose. This will need to be addressed as I don't want these locos if painted with excess blue on the nose.

 

Butch

 

In other words, you don't want to see this??  

 

- Mike

 

Yep, those are the paint schemes I would not be interested in. The one with just the oval and side bars is the only one I'd want and since I just ordered an ABA I better clarify with Scott what he is building. 

You, and everyone else interested in these AT&SF units, should purchase the very latest issue of Classic Trains Magazine (NOT to be confused with Classic TOY Trains Magazine). There is an EXCELLENT 4 page story on the Santa Fe "Yellowbonnets" as well as the "Bluebonnets". There are also 11 COLOR photos which show the differences in the nose designs, some of which are VERY hard to differentiate.

 

Since I subscribe to the magazine, it might not be out on the news stands & hobby shops yet.

Hot Water,

Who is the publisher of Classic Trains Magazine?

Ed

Excellent information HW!  Which issue is it by month?  I'm not a SF guy but these YB's have always caught my attention. But, I only want a specific paint scheme so I'd be very interested in seeing all of these paint schemes. 

 

Blue noses with yellow stripes and yellow noses with blue pilots and blue speed stripe down the middle just don't do it for me. I think this is a time when less (blue) is more...................at least for me.  

 

Butch

Kalmbach Publishing Co. the same people who publish Trains Magazine.

The issue in question is the FALL 2014 issue, as Classic Trains Magazine is only published quarterly, i.e. 4 time a year.

Just subscribed.  Thanks for the tip!  

 

Should have been getting this magazine for years from the information I saw on their website. I love seeing trains from the 40's, 50's and 60's and this magazine seems to be full of them. 

 

Butch

Right you are! I have been a subscriber since the very first issue, and I stopped my subscription to Trains Magazine. Since I "do steam", I find since I retired that I no longer have any real interest in "modern railroading", thus Classic Trains Magazine totally fills the bill for me, as well as for model railroading.

Excellent magazine - last copy I got was about ten years ago for almost nine bucks at Bookstar.  I'll save my pennies and buy bound books.

The cover price of Classic Trains Magazine is $6.99. Does THAT really seem that expensive to you?

There are folks who think $1 for a can of soda out of a vending machine is absolutely outrageous.

Very true, but do those same folks own their own aircraft?

 

What happened to the excitement about the Yellow Santa Fe's???????

Just to clarify the standard edition of Classic Trains is quarterly @ 6.99 they also produce a number of special editions[quarterly also] Trains of the 50s and 60s editions were 12.99,Classic Trains "All Aboard" issue was 9.95[2013] I believe all of the more recent issues are still available from Kalmbach.

I agree with you Sam.

I get the kindle version of Classic Trains, it saves paper...and I can honestly say my excitement for ATSF yellowbonnets is...fairly low.

 

But I certainly hope the people who want them can make it happen.

 

Jeff C

 My LHS,Walker Hardware & Lionel Trains Totowa NJ has the fall issue of Classic Trains,Great article on the Yellowbonnetts,or oddbonnetts as they are called in the article.Also there are other very interesting articles,Give them a call if you can not find the this issue,973-942-2694 ask for Ken.

 

Fred

Perhaps the enthusiasm has waned because we don't know which version of the Yellowbonnet is being produced?  Has anyone sent an email to Scott to express a preference for one version over another?

Just a thought.

Ed

Or everyone who is interested has already expressed it.

 

One thing seems to be certain based on photographs, it's highly unlikely the yellowbonnets ever ran as a matched ABBA set.

 

Rusty

I also have always liked the Yellow & blue more than the Blue & Yellow.

Yes, I wrote Scott last week and this is what he said. Seems logical so hopefully it will be the right choice. Anything beyond the yellow with blue logo and silver pilot will be a deal breaker for me. I don't like the blue vertical stripe and any additional blue on the nose. 

 

This will be something we will research during the design process. We want to pick a typical middle of the road, in service scheme.

 

 

Butch

The trouble is, there seems to be no "typical" nose treatment on the yellowbonnets.

 

Although, Googling around, I did find three units (304, 315 and 331) with what pretty much the version everyone's done:

Rusty

Thanks Sam I'm with you! And thanks Passenger Train Collector for the info.

The quickest way for something to come so close, yet no cigar, is to have an equal number of people say it's my way or the highway on something which there is not sufficient numbers to do there specific want.

 

I think it pretty safe to assume the version Rusty just pictured above is the most common and mostly preferred.  Any naysayers?  Hmmm,  were any B units painted to match?

Thanks for posting the photo Rusty. That's exactly the paint scheme I'm looking for, hopefully it will be the scheme 3rdrail chooses. 

 

Butch

 

Yep, that's the version I prefer also.

The 315 is probably the most photographed and most popular yellow bonnet. I would think Scott will do that version. ABBA sets? Nope, haven't seen one in any of the Santa Fe books I have, and there is a lot. AB sets yes definitely, and an A unit with a red/silver B unit.

I liked the 315 so much I have it in HO (Genesis AB set) and have it displayed with a red-bonnet F7B.