A visitor from Texas

[NSCALEMIKE]

A rarity for it's day..a Santa Fe B23-7 (#6396) on the point of a train heading towards tunnel #2 near Bealville (Tehachapi). These units were mostly based in Texas area...but did occasionally visit us here in SoCal.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/abh.jpg

[Peirce]

It is still great to see this classic color scheme.

[NSCALEMIKE]

Looking at that pic now...you can see how the paint has faded on them, some more then others...much like my Nscale fleet of ATSF units...from 3 different manufacturers...all of the paint schemes vary that much...

[Stourbridge Lion]

And i bet that they all feel type are using the "Official" color scheme too. graemlins/headscratch.gif

[YoHo]

That SD-45 in the background looks freshly painted or in a shadow. It's the only one that doesn't look faded and looks spoton in color.


That's an interesting powermix in general. Looks like a GP20 behind the B23, the 45 and then some other EMD.

[NSCALEMIKE]

This was a lively bunch...the SD-45's were rebuilt down at San Bernardino during the 80's so that is why is looks recently painted (edumacated guess graemlins/222.gif ). I forgot the year I took this pic...I am guessing early 90's. Below is a pic of a SD-45 in process of being rebuilt..in it's primer color, new A/C unit and winterization hatches, down at the San Berdoo shops in June of '83.

http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/adf.sized.jpeg

[ 29. May 2004, 06:56: Message edited by: NSCALEMIKE ]

[friscobob]

Originally posted by Peirce:
It is still great to see this classic color scheme. Without any BNSF relettering, to boot. :D

Interesting power consist......that lead unit gives me an idea for that Bachmann B23-7 shell I have laying around........
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