put a little Santa Fe in your day...

Been lucking out at my local shop with some consignment stuff showing up this week. I couldn't pass on this one, never thought I would find one to be honest.

MTH Premier DAP F-7 Yellow Bonnet  ABA

Rusty

Here are a couple.

rattler21 posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

I think the Frisco first used this paint scheme in 1973 when some free thinker realized locomotive #1776 could use a patriotic paint scheme. After than, others followed suit.  John in Lansing, ILL

Seaboard Coast Line did the first bicentennial locomotive:

Rusty

Rusty Traque posted:

rattler21 posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

I think the Frisco first used this paint scheme in 1973 when some free thinker realized locomotive #1776 could use a patriotic paint scheme. After than, others followed suit.  John in Lansing, ILL

Seaboard Coast Line did the first bicentennial locomotive:

Rusty

 

Yep, and that locomotive inspired Bachmann (in both HO and N scale) and Lionel (in O) to produce Spirit of 76 sets circa 1974 featuring that SCL U36B locomotive. Tyco cheated by copying that scheme onto an Alco Century 430 and sold a humongous number of HO sets.

Two active 4 axle Warbonnets during 2011 in Glendale, AZ.  A GP60M trailed by a Dash 8-40BW. 

Blue Bonnet GP-39-2 in local service.

1938-1939 El Cap with as delivered E1’s. 

Nice, Eric.

3rail 2 posted:

Here is my new Atlas T-man...

Donald

 

Very nice, enjoy!!

TedW posted:

The Santa Fe established a major shop complex at Albuquerque to maintain and repair steam locomotives. At their peak in 1940, the shops were one of the city's largest employers, with 1787 workers. The shops declined as the Santa Fe dieselized, and, as the road's last steam backshop, performed their final locomotive work in March 1954. The facility then became the system's Centralized Work Equipment (CWE) shop, but never employed more than about 200. The roundhouse closed in 1970 and was used to store Santa Fe's collection of historic locomotives until 1986, when they were moved to Sacramento, Calif. The CWE shop closed in the early 1990's. Most buildings still stand, vacant, except the roundhouse (razed 1987) and the power house (1984). The railroad no longer owns the property; reuse of the buildings is being explored. The photo appears to date from between late 1942 and 1949.

 

It's really something to see, even today. It was the largest industrial facility in the state back in the day. Amazing to think of all the incredibly skilled craftsmen and machinists who worked at these shops.  

How about a few more 1960's views to spice things up a bit?

Thank you Eric!  Eye candy photography at its best!

Somewhere in the Midwest a refer/boxcar train and The Chief pass each other.

Rusty

The combined El Capitan / Super Chief needed a little extra power today.

It was all Marker’s idea to run this completely correct car for car consist of a combined SC/El Cap straight from one of the books. 

Consist as follows:

Here’s the consist made up of all correct cars in correct era detailing for 1957-1968 

Sunset F7’s 

Atlas F7’s 

A/A/B/B/B/A

Pecos River Brass 

1- Full Baggage 

2- Full RPO #82

Golden Gate Depot 

3- Full baggage 

GGD El Capitan 

4- Transition dorm 

5- Step down chair #500 series 

6- Chair #700 Series 

7- Chair #700 Series

8- Diner 

9- Kachina Coffee Shop Lounge

10- Chair #700 Series

11-step down Chair #500 Series

Pecos River Brass 

12- Pine 10/6 

GGD

13- Crew dorm barber shop lunch counter 

Pecos River Brass 

14- Pleasure Dome Turquoise Room 

Golden Gate Depot

15- Diner 

16- Regal 4-4-2 

Pecos River Brass 

17- Palm 10/6

Falcon70 posted:

Thank you Eric!  Eye candy photography at its best!

Thanks 

Erik C Lindgren posted:

It was all Marker’s idea to run this completely correct car for car consist of a combined SC/El Cap straight from one of the books. 

Consist as follows:

Here’s the consist made up of all correct cars in correct era detailing for 1957-1968 

Sunset F7’s 

Atlas F7’s 

A/A/B/B/B/A

 

Pecos River Brass 

1- Full Baggage 

2- Full RPO #82

Golden Gate Depot 

3- Full baggage 

GGD El Capitan 

4- Transition dorm 

5- Step down chair #500 series 

6- Chair #700 Series 

7- Chair #700 Series

8- Diner 

9- Kachina Coffee Shop Lounge

10- Chair #700 Series

11-step down Chair #500 Series

Pecos River Brass 

12- Pine 10/6 

GGD

13- Crew dorm barber shop lunch counter 

Pecos River Brass 

14- Pleasure Dome Turquoise Room 

Golden Gate Depot

15- Diner 

16- Regal 4-4-2 

Pecos River Brass 

17- Palm 10/6

Awesome. The end of the train needs a Tomar Drumhead.

You know what someone needs to make in O scale? The blunt ended Vista series from the '55-'57 Super Chief. 

Lou1985 posted:

Erik C Lindgren posted:

Awesome. The end of the train needs a Tomar Drumhead.

 

You know what someone needs to make in O scale? The blunt ended Vista series from the '55-'57 Super Chief. 

Indeed that would be a car I would go for! We need the right trucks too. 

I had the drumhead art just no time to work up the detailing. 2 kids, one 4 the other 9 months takes a lot of my time. 

On that note I mentioned in the video “all were missing here is the drumhead..” 

among other detailing all in good time, the fun part begins. In the meantime I’m enjoying my trains. Isn’t that we are suppose to do? I’m an operator like most 2 Rail enthusiasts not a box collector.  

MY LATEST MENARD'S ADDITIONS

At the Grand Canyon 2016

Erik C Lindgren posted:

Lou1985 posted:

Erik C Lindgren posted:

Awesome. The end of the train needs a Tomar Drumhead.

 

You know what someone needs to make in O scale? The blunt ended Vista series from the '55-'57 Super Chief. 

Indeed that would be a car I would go for! We need the right trucks too. 

I had the drumhead art just no time to work up the detailing. 2 kids, one 4 the other 9 months takes a lot of my time. 

Tomar does make this drumhead as a kit, if you are pressed for time. I've used a couple of their kits and they are nice. I've used them for my versions of the Super Chief, Chief, and El Capitan. But I model up till about 1954, when Santa Fe still used boat tail observation cars on those big 3 name trains. 

Lou, my first choice is 1941-1953.. most of my equipment is centered on this time frame. You may or may not have seen some videos of some of them. I do by default from buying complete sets over the years have enough cars for this combined train. I also have a 21 car mail train of all ATSF correct equipment mostly PRB among many many others. 

I have a few Tomar kits laying around. 

1947-1949 The Chief 

1938-1939 El Capitan 

Erik C Lindgren posted:

Lou, my first choice is 1941-1953.. most of my equipment is centered on this time frame. You may or may not have seen some videos of some of them. I do by default from buying complete sets over the years have enough cars for this combined train. I also have a 21 car mail train of all ATSF correct equipment mostly PRB among many many others. 

I have a few Tomar kits laying around. 

I stay in the late 40's till about 1954 time frame as well. The only thing I have outside of that is a blue and yellow "book end" GP9 just because I like it. All the locomotives I buy are scale sized, I just don't have the room at home for full scale length passenger cars, so I make due with scale height and width cars but only 60 scale feet long. But then again I'm 3 rail "Hi-Rail" and not anywhere near your modeling skills.

I do dabble a bit in Southern Pacific. I'm currently painting/lettering my own early red and silver version of the "Golden State".