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[Sirfoldalot]

TOM --You never cease to amaze me with your talent for modeling and scratch building!

 

[gjslsffan]

Thanks Sherrel!

 

[BigGRacing]

5404 years ago.

That’s freakin old ! It still runs….lol

 

[gjslsffan]

That’s freakin old ! It still runs….lol

Now that's funny

 

[MikeGTW]

Not a model I think was in Barstow Ca

 

[MikeGTW]

Another one In Barstow CA from on the slide holder 1974 This FP45 was wrecked in 1981
And Athearn made a HO model with this number on it different color scheme

 

[santafewillie]

A couple of ACF covered hoppers from Accurail; pictures taken on my old layout in 2011 just before dismantling.

 

[beiland]

I originally had an Athearn FP45 that had a nice weight to it, but not that much detail.

Then I discovered the Genesis model of this loco,...much nicer.

I ended up buying 4 different Santa Fe versions of this loco, all with sound& DCC.

I hope these all give me good service once I get my new layout up andrunning

 

[santafewillie]

I hope these all give me good service once I get my new layout up and running

These are excellent locos and they are the heaviest ones that I own. As an experiment, I set a single one up with 64 double stack well cars and had no issues with it alone pulling them all. I do not have grades though.

This is not a picture of that experiment, just an example of every day usage.

 

[beiland]

That's good to hear,...yes they do appear to be quite heavy. Maybe 2 of them (or more) will tame my grades....ha...ha.

That Proto DL 109 is also quite heavy, and with a powered B unit, it should also pull like a bandit !

 

[beiland]

My Santa Fe addiction,..

When I re-entered the hobby (age 60 or thereabouts) I was primarily steam oriented, and mostly east coast roads (B&O, C&O, etc).

But when Proto 2K first came out with their new SF PA's, it hearkened me back to child hood when we all remember the famous Santa Fe engines and their color scheme,...just had to have some,...then a few more, ....then a few more.

 

[santafewillie]

My Santa Fe addiction,

My Santa Fe addiction is more personal.
I lived within bicycling distance of Santa Fe's Zacha Yard (and Zacha Junction) in NE Dallas and spent many hours trainwatching there as a teenager. The yard evolved into an intermodal yard after I went away to college and was eventually sold to KCS, and now to Watco who still operates it as a transload terminal. I still watch the old Ft Worth to Oklahoma City main a little north of Alliance Yard which is nearby. There are still a few warbonnets on that line, mostly on grain drags.

 

[MikeGTW]

How about a CF7

 

[santafewillie]

I've been away on vacation and missed last week, so how about a double whammy this week. A Santa Fe trailer on a Santa Fe flatcar in the transload yard.

 

[santafewillie]

How about a lash-up of GP40X's on the main through Vernon on my layout.

Or 5-CF7's moving light through Charlottesville.

 

[TrucTrain55]

How about a lash-up of GP40X's on the main through Vernon on my layout.View attachment 153285
Or 5-CF7's moving light through Charlottesville.
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Wow Willie nice line up yellow and blue were my favorite Santa Fe colors thanks for sharing

 

[MikeGTW]

Looks to be a new C30-7

 

[santafewillie]

I have posted Santa Fe engines and freight cars, how about a signal guy's pick up.

And some random freight cars as well.

 

[RCH]

My Santa Fe addiction is more personal.
I lived within bicycling distance of Santa Fe's Zacha Yard (and Zacha Junction) in NE Dallas and spent many hours trainwatching there as a teenager. The yard evolved into an intermodal yard after I went away to college and was eventually sold to KCS, and now to Watco who still operates it as a transload terminal. I still watch the old Ft Worth to Oklahoma City main a little north of Alliance Yard which is nearby. There are still a few warbonnets on that line, mostly on grain drags.

My dad lived near Zacha Junction in the 90s, so I only ever saw it under KCS, but I can imagine it as Santa Fe. I grew up near Saginaw, which was home to the little Fort Worth intermodal ramp. When I hired out Saginaw is where we had our conductor training. There weren't many places in that yard I hadn't been on my first day as a student!

If you want to see warbonnets, Gainesville would be a good starting point. Both the local and the road switchers use matched sets of Dash 9s for their power.

 

[santafewillie]

A day late but here are a pair of Dash9-44CW's heading up a unit train of corn oil.

Note the covered hopper being used as a buffer car.