New Lionel Legacy F7 Yellow Bonnets

Sam,

Enjoy your new Santa Fe purchase, this color scheme works well. Also, your "art deco" inspired wood creations are quite interesting.

That's a GORGEOUS set.

Congratulations!

That set kept staring at me in the catalog. They look fantastic. I gotta look away.

Those definitely look nice and I think they look better in your photos than they did in the catalog. I was a little uncertain about the blue nose stripe but there are prototype photos of that and it has grown on me because it nicely breaks up all that yellow. Thanks for posting.

Very nice Sam, thanks for posting. Are the sides 'plated' and different from other areas that are painted silver? One of your pics appears to show that but the angle makes it difficult to tell.

Ahoy, c.sam!

Yes, the sides are 'plated;' different from the other/adjacent silver areas.  I grabbed a couple more photos and tried to capture that feature a little more clearly.

Hope those help.

I have it in my head that when the 2022 'Big Book' catalog first came out and the Lionel boys put up a YouTube video going through it page-by-page that they indicated the two A units of the Yellow Bonnet pair would be different from one another with respect to the way the yellow and blue manifested on the nose - that is, both would be prototypical but they would not be the same.  The only difference I can see on these units is what shows up in the number boards, so I guess something changed between now and then (and I don't discount the possibility that my memory is faulty).  In any case, I think Lionel did a nice job with these units.

Sam

ps: By the way, I am C. (Charles) Samuel

@CurlSnout - WOW the yellow bonnets are beautiful but no more so than your marvelous woodwork and 1930's style wood scenery.  What a job!  Great work.  Happy holidays!!

Don

@CurlSnout, Sam, Wow, thanks for posting the beautiful pictures of your new F7 Sante Fe diesel set, it’s really nice. Do you run these diesels  with a Cab 2 Legacy remote?, Cab 1L, or conventional?, and are they pre-programmed as engine 1, engine 99 from the factory? I was so happy that Lionel offered these units I actually sold some older locomotives to make these more affordable to my budget. I will open mine Saturday to check them out. I opted for the ABBA set. Merry Christmas and Happy Railroading Everyone.

Thank you for your kind words.  The wood scenery is a continuing work-in-progress; all built from scraps/odds-and-ends that accumulate in the shop.  Between those and some random MARX tin litho structures I'm slowly covering the top of the benches.  I'm having fun with it.

Sam

Peace.

@leapinlarry,

I'm currently running everything 'old school' - as in, in conventional mode.  Maybe someday I'll join the ranks of real Legacy users; it would be nice to explore all of the options that are built into these units.  Congratulations on your new ABBA set; that sounds like great fun.  Please post back when you get a chance and let us know how you are getting on with them.

edit: I just checked the included documentation; it looks like the locomotives come with the default ID as #1 (and will respond to #99) - but you can assign any number from 1 to 98 that has not been assigned to another locomotive.  But you probably already know more about this stuff than I do.

@CurlSnout, thanks for the information, I’m bitten by the Legacy command system, although it’s not always workable, but I think conventional is more reliable to be honest. This is a beautiful set and I’ll post pictures Saturday. Have fun, I really like your layout. Happy Railroading Everyone

@CarlSnout, I really like your wood finished train room, train table, wood panel walls, wood tunnels, wood tunnels, wood buildings, it looks really neat, and your thread will grow as folks review your new Sante Fe Yellow Bonnets. I’ll be back Saturday.  (get a legacy control set as soon as you can, you will be very pleased when you do). Happy Railroading Everyone

Well fellows, I said earlier in this thread that I would show pictures of my new yellow bonnet Sante Fe diesels when they arrived. They are here and the Legacy sounds are fantastic, different than other versions from the past. It comes programmed as Eng 1, runs the pair of powered diesels and the Super Bass dummy B unit. It’s so cool. Happy Railroading Everyone

Thanks for the update; those units look GREAT running the rails!  Your layout is very atmospheric.  Nice lighting, too.  Your photos make me feel as I am there.  Have fun!

Sam

Awesome new set, Larry. Your layout is fantastic and they make a great new addition.

I ordered a set of the Santa Fe F7 Yellow Bonnets.  They will be a Christmas gift for me.  When first cataloged, this engine captured a special place in my heart.  I had the same paint scheme in Atlas HO back in the 1970s.  When I googled the engine as I was interested in learning more, I saw the Atlas HO engine that I had and it made me smile.

John