Santa Fe Sunday

The Chief

Santa Fe Sunday O-27 style

MTH F3 .

3rd SF E6

Kinda late today but here’s mine one I Custom painted and decaled last year and made a couple Custom Piggyback trailers and car.

For the life of my layout, I have never run a train that was not powered by a Santa Fe engine.

My latest addition is an A-B-A consist of ALCO PA-1's manufactured by the good folks at Rapido.

These are by far the most beautiful locomotives I have ever owned.  In addition, the sound package on the LOC decoders is spectacular!

Pictures and Video to follow...

@Lee Drennen, nice video and cool Sante Fe train, also thank you for the kind words on a different thread, and everyone beautiful Sante Fe trains… I love the Sante Fe Railroad. Happy Railroading Everyone

Was able to grab a couple pictures of my ALCO's

@leapinlarry posted:

@Lee Drennen, nice video and cool Sante Fe train, also thank you for the kind words on a different thread, and everyone beautiful Sante Fe trains… I love the Sante Fe Railroad. Happy Railroading Everyone

Thanks Larry I really like that Santa Fe Wreck Crane  

My Santa Fe’s.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, there has never been a train on my layout that was not powered by a Santa Fe engine(s).  Here is another example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JO7M8ZMorE

Guys thanks for sharing your pics this week see on the next Santa Fe Sunday

Good Morning Santa Fe Fan’s. This is what I have for today.

Time for another Santa Fe video.

https://youtu.be/k0yg02NGfSA

@SantaFeJim posted:

Time for another Santa Fe video.

https://youtu.be/k0yg02NGfSA

@SantaFeJim:

Nice video, Jim. I like your SF El Cap. Did you switch to HO, or are these 2-rail O? Your trains and layout are done to such perfection, I can’t tell. 🤔

Hi Vern, I switched to HO about 5 years ago.

@SantaFeJim posted:

Hi Vern, I switched to HO about 5 years ago.

Very well. 👍

Since I won't be home on Sunday (selling Santa Fe locomotives at the DuPage Train Show) I thought I would post a video today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPAHD7xAyik

I will post early again this week.  I will be too busy on Easter with a family dinner.

Happy Easter Everybody. 

I call this one Heavy Traffic. 

https://youtu.be/cbeyF38Hqpk

Santa Fe Chief meets Western Pacific California Zephyr at Paradise California. Well, at one time in reality these two passenger trains would have met between Oakland and Sacramento California.

Happy Santa Fe Sunday!

You have to love an ALCo PA in any paint scheme, but it's always special in a Warbonnet.

Also reminiscing about the days I did all of Sunset's painting diagrams myself.  They say the only way to be promoted is to train your replacement and Mrs. Wong in Asia is an excellent graphic designer.  These days I just check her work.  However, I still jump in a draw a diagram every now than then when required.  The other side of project management for me is to always retain the skills that got you there in the first place! 

FT in progress from about 2014????  It's been a while.

A 5011 class Texas leads a mixed freight.

Here is a nice model that was made by Weaver.

Here are more pics of my MTH Santa Fe F3 with proto 3.   I just love the look of this locomotive!!

Beauty and the Beast.

Definitely in charge of this passenger train.  

ATSF Hudson.

@trumpettrain posted:

Here are more pics of my MTH Santa Fe F3 with proto 3.   I just love the look of this locomotive!!

Beauty and the Beast.

Definitely in charge of this passenger train.  

I agree with you. That is the best looking version ever made.Hey TrumpTrain...do you own Trump Engines too ?

@trumpettrain posted:

Here are more pics of my MTH Santa Fe F3 with proto 3.   I just love the look of this locomotive!!

She is a beauty Patrick.

I have 2 ps3 powered As , 1 nonpowered A and a nonpowered B all with the stainless panels .....but they are F7s.     Really like my other locomotives but when I unpacked these Santa Fes I really admired these art pieces.

Definitely eye candy Patrick .  Especially nice looking on your great layout.    Have a ball running them. Nice.   

E8m number 82 leads eastbound train number 12, The Chicagoan.

My contribution this week is a nice Atlas Hopper.

A recent shoot made for some fun with Santa Fe

Santa Fe ALCO A-B-A PA's blow thru the grade crossing.  Turn up your volume to get the FULL DOPPLER EFFECT.  Rapido sound packages are awesome!

https://youtu.be/4HYEhCAddvc

MTH GP40 and hopper car on this fine Sunday

Yes I know that I am a day late, but Sunday slipped by too fast.  Here is some Santa Fe rolling stock.  a "Shock Control" chemical tanker and an Hopper.  That's it for me, no beautiful war bonnet loco's today.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Yes I know that I am a day late, but Sunday slipped by too fast.  Here is some Santa Fe rolling stock.  a "Shock Control" chemical tanker and an Hopper.  That's it for me, no beautiful war bonnet loco's today.

Best Wishes

Don

No big thing Don.     I miss posting many times .   Sometimes it takes me a lot to just keep up with the emails from the forum.                                     ( no beautiful war bonnet locos.....?.........if they show up too often it could get boring seeing them )

Before the Santa Fe merger with Burlington Northern, Santa Fe GP7 #2804 and Burlington Northern GP9 #1706 team up to pull a mixed freight.

Either the Santa Fe unit somehow made its way to Idaho or the BN unit made its way to California.

OK, its not Sunday. Being off today made it feel like it was Sunday.  Anyways, happy Independence Day.

You guys, Santa Fe Sunday on a Wednesday?? I mean, what’s the world coming to? 🤔 So come on, let’s keep it accurate. Geez .

@WBC posted:

Before the Santa Fe merger with Burlington Northern, Santa Fe GP7 #2804 and Burlington Northern GP9 #1706 team up to pull a mixed freight.

Either the Santa Fe unit somehow made its way to Idaho or the BN unit made its way to California.

Don't know about the time frame or territory for these two to get together WB but it somehow seems a little more prototypical to my eyes.

@WBC posted:

OK, its not Sunday. Being off today made it feel like it was Sunday.  Anyways, happy Independence Day.

Not saying being retired ,like myself, leaves an absence of  ' work ' ( ) to do WB ...........but every day feels like Saturday to me.

( Sunday is a designated day for the celebration of Mass )