Santa Fe Sunday

Sunset Alco PAs

Lee, that is a great idea!  Very nice car!  Lots of folks have Santa Fe.  As an Appalachian railroad modeler, I’m afraid I have nothing to contribute!

Nice idea Lee!

My first train set was a Lionel HO ATSF AB Streamliner set. Always been a big fan of the Warbonnet since.

The newest addition to the fleet is the Menards F7. I added a Lionel B unit since.

Some ATSF action from my old layout. 

MENARDS F3 Alco - A B A

Gary

Ship Santa Fe All the Way!!

Keep the Santa Fe rolling guys! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing

In my book, it's tough to beat the SF warbonnet color scheme!

@lee drennen posted:

Thought I would start a thread on the Santa Fe Railroad. Post anything Affiliated to the Santa Fe Railroad. I’ll kick us off with this old Santa Fe All Nations Reefer I restored. Enjoy the thread and let’s see your Santa Fe.

That's a beauty Lee...hope you're having a great summer...!

The Super Chief passing through an industrial district on her way to Los Angeles.

Lionel Santa Fe U28CG

Front end of the classic Postwar Lionel 2343 F3:

Rusty

Santa Fe ...........ALL THE WAY

I got this Custom O27 Lionel Santa Fe Pup trailer  done today one more to go and the one to the Piggyback Flat.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Lee, that is a great idea!  Very nice car!  Lots of folks have Santa Fe.  As an Appalachian railroad modeler, I’m afraid I have nothing to contribute!

CSX  ,  BP ,  PENNSY ,  B&O  and  C&O  here.............but ever since seing a video of a real SF on Pennsylvania rails I  had to succumb to the call of the Premier plated F7s .

( even cast my cash in for some Premier UP F7s and the gray 4-8-4  😶 )

...........never looked back

ATSF Business Car Atchison

Weaver E-8 ABA.  Smooth, powerful(two motors in each A unit) and good looking!  Fifty-one inches in length. John

Custom detailed ATSF Alco PA with scratch built brass pilot, detailed trucks and proper radio antenna. Did a post on detailing a Lionel ABA set years ago.

@Rusty Traque posted:

Rusty

Nice looking two rail photos Rusty. 🤓

When I see things like your photos I  get the feeling I should do a rebuild and keep things clean and simple but done very well.  🤔

@Ron H posted:

Custom detailed ATSF Alco PA with scratch built brass pilot, detailed trucks and proper radio antenna. Did a post on detailing a Lionel ABA set years ago

Ron,  this is still one of my favorite clips of the ATSF PA's.   The three plumes of smoke are spectacular!  You should consider making a new feature video of this locomotive in a realistic setting for everyone to see sometime. Your 'scale' track is terrific too. In looking at Erik's 2 rail layout and your track I realize that 2 rail is probably in my future if I stay with the hobby down the line. The lower profile track is SO much better visually as it gives the effect of making our models appear more massive like the prototypes.

My old layout was appropriately named the A.T.& S.F. because we are in the Appalachian Mountains, my ex wife was from Tampa, and the Santa Fe was my favorire RR.

A few shots of a E8m A-B pair on my modular layout.

Thanks Sam.

Ron

Legacy ABA set with MTH passenger cars, including a short video. The B unit is a Superbass.

As you can tell by my OGR name I'm a Western Pacific fan, the company that struggled up until UP bought them in 1983. But, I'm also a huge AT&SF fan, with two ABA sets of Santa Fe WarBonnet paint schemes. One day I'd like to have a F3/F7 Blue and Yellow WarBonnet! The photo is of #18 TMCC AA set with added B unit from the Lionel 2004 catalog. It's pulling the Semi Scale Chief set of passenger cars.

This Santa Fe WarBonnet paint scheme caboose was made by Lionel for LOTS. I purchased it from a LOTS member. The interior is complete with cabinets and tables.

Semi Scale Chief Dome Car. I added figures in all the passenger cars. I even have a guy sitting on the throne in one of the bathrooms! :-) Yes, the figures pants are down around his ankles, and little kids see that and just start laughing out loud! I love it! I'll spare you from a photo of that as it may not be acceptable in this forum.

Here's a couple of Menard's trucks in Santa Fe WarBonnet paint. These are lighted trucks.

Thanks for posting you beautiful pics and videos Guys I am really enjoying them.

Hard not to love a warbonnet scheme.....

I painted this GP9 in the mid 1990's It has TMCC and is a great runner

Loving that Warbonnet paint scheme. I have quite a few Lionel ATSF freight cars, including the ATSF Vision Reefers. I also have a Legacy ATSF B40-8W in the Warbonnet livery. Santa Fe all the way!

Here is Marx's interpretation of the F-3 War Bonnet scheme.  The #21 lithographed diesel is about the most elaborate diesel Marx made, certainly in tinplate.

Don

Good Morning Santa Fe fans. It’s that time again so let’s see your Santa Fe stuff. I just finished this Lionel Alco FA yesterday and the Piggyback was finished last weekend for my Santa Fe project I’m working on.

Rusty

Is it Sunday already?

@RSJB18 posted:

Is it Sunday already?

Yes it is Bob and that’s a nice group pic you have there. Thanks for sharing.

Modified Ce-1

Q-LANY rushes east with “A-B-A” power:

RM

My SANTA FE SECTION A MIXTURE OF LOTS, LIONEL, K-LINE and MENARD'S 

GG1GUYY

@lee drennen : Lee really neat Alco freight cab unit...I saw on another thread how you made this one and it looks great. Fabulous pictures everyone, GG1Guy that is quite a display ... but where are the GG1's??

Here are a couple of Santa Fe switchers for you all:

Here is the Marx 1998  Alco S3 switcher made between 1955 and 1962 in two color schemes.  First the more common maroon and yellow, shown here with a MOPAC (note lee!) cattle car and an empty auto rack.

Here is the same locomotive in the much less common but likely more prototypical black and white livery.