Western Roads Wednesday

Santa Fe ALCO FA2 warbonnets. 

The transition from the Great Northern to the BNSF.

Santa Fe postwar streamlined passenger cars. 

These two Orphans was sitting at Dupo Illinois the other day 

The Chief heads west lead by a 2900 class Northern.

Family get together for Santa Fe / BNSF Dash9 engines. One of each paint scheme. Hope Matt is ok with this and doesn’t get kicked off the island, chased out of the family or have a panic attack. 😊

Nice, now all you need is the kodak blue and yellow color scheme, assuming it was done for the dash. 

I think those 5 are the only schemes for Dash9s. Obviously other SF/BNSF engines have been in several other schemes (both Santa Fe and BNSF). There are slight variations on the Dash9 such as the nose decal on the red/silver Dash9s, some say "Santa Fe" others say "BNSF" plus on the Heritage one paint scheme, there are two different size cab numbers with early ones have a smaller version than later. Since Burlington Northern never had any Dash9s, there are no green versions in the family. 

Great Northern Sky Blue

@lee drennen posted:

These two Orphans was sitting at Dupo Illinois the other day 

One is WP and the other is Mo Pac?

Although not done yet work on this one last night I Custom painted and decaled it with some old Champ Decals just need to add some Kadees

Old and new.

A short string of PFE reefers getting the ice bunkers topped off before being added to the consist, on an early evening.

Tom

Traveling south along the Santa Fe trail, the next major town south of Raton, NM is Las Vegas, NM.  Las Vegas was once a thriving railroad town.  It boasted a large Harvey House, a large yard, and a multi-stall roundhouse.  Here are some photos of Las Vegas.  NH Joe

Caboose alongside the road leading to downtown.  

Yes, there is another Las Vegas!

Restored Las Vegas Santa Fe station.  It is now used by Amtrak's Southwest Chief.  

Las Vegas history.

Another view of the station.

This is the view of the large Harvey House that is located next to the station.  This building was in awful shape in 2016.  It has since been purchased and totally renovated as a trackside hotel.  I will post photos of the renovated building next week.

View of the Harvey House courtyard from the tracks.  Note the chain link fence.  This area has been renovated.  

Trackside looking south toward Lamy and Albuquerque.

Trackside view of station.

The station has very nice details such as these roof support brackets.  

Station interior.

The Great Northern on the S&Y RR.

Western Roads Wednesday. Southern Pacific freight train. An SP H-12-44 is pulling some Southern Pacific freight cars and a couple Western Pacific freight cars. 

This is a old AHM Boxcar I painted/ decaled last week I also converted it to 3 rail by adding some Lionel trucks to it. I had to make a new floor for it so the truck would look right. 

An ABBA set of Santa Fe F3s in the "cat whisker" livery lead a string of ATSF boxcars eastbound.

@WP posted:

Western Roads Wednesday. Southern Pacific freight train. An SP H-12-44 is pulling some Southern Pacific freight cars and a couple Western Pacific freight cars. 

                 Awesome "ash can lights" detail on your S.P. H-12-44! Thanks for posting.

The Texas Special

ATSF 5011 class Texas, 2900 class Northern, 3460 class Hudson, 3460 class Hudson. 

The Northern Pacific Terminal Company

@Lou1985 posted:

ATSF 5011 class Texas, 2900 class Northern, 3460 class Hudson, 3460 class Hudson. 

                               Lou impressive lineup of AT&SF steam! Thanks for posting.

Some SP action this Wednesday.

The Spokane Portland & Seattle 

Santa Fe NW2

Fendermain

Here's one, number 5057. Milwaukee Road, don

BAR, is that elevator in the background scratchbuilt? It is very similar to the old CM&E elevators that were once scattered throughout Colorado.

The Puget Sound & Pacific RR

UP SD90/43 MAC in Three Rail Scale:

RM

@tripleo posted:

BAR, is that elevator in the background scratchbuilt? It is very similar to the old CM&E elevators that were once scattered throughout Colorado.

tripleo. That is elevator is only a background picture.

Johan

Bill T., where was the picture of the PSAP GP30 taken?   I used to see that engine on occasion here in Shelton sometime ago.

Larry

The Milwaukee Road .... Santa Fe passenger cars .... Santa Fe type Hudson pulls Santa Fe passenger train.

Half an hour to spare on central time. A size comparison between my Premier ATSF 2900 class Northern and a visiting Railking version. Railking one might as well be S Gauge...

More western Wednesday.