I posted this same question i the iNspection pit, but it seems to be appropriate here too !! My new layout will be Santa Fe, but being focused on Colorado steam railriaods for so many years, I don't know much about the ATSF . What color schemes were they using between 1940's and 1960?? Motive power? Rolling stock? Any resourses you could point me toward would be great. Thanks!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
John, You're not asking much, are you. There are some good books out there for you to look at. The Santa Fe 1940-1971 in Color series should help you alot (if you're modeling Santa Fe in CO, get Vol. 2). Here is a good online resource for some info on Santa Fe locos through the early '60's, although it doesn't show any renumberings (which can be pretty nightmarish, especially for the FT's). The passenger locos all wore the Red and Silver warbonnet, of course. The freight F units were delivered in the "catwhisker" scheme until 1953, when they went to the "cigar band" with a different yellow (close to, if not the same as, the yellow used in the passenger warbonnet scheme.) Here are examples of each: Catwhisker and Cigar band (it's hard to see, but the upper panel behing the grill is yellow.) There is much more info on the F units at www.atsfrr.com The GP7's introduced the black and silver Zebra-stripe scheme (some actually had white stripes; some people claim they all had white stripes). Here is an example. The earlier switchers were repainted like this. All subsequent switchers and roadswitchers were painted this way until 1960, when the blue and yellow was applied. The first roadswitchers delivered this way were the GP20's (I think). As for rolling stock, try to get a copy of Santa Fe Painting & Lettering Guide. The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society (url above) has several good books about rolling stock. Also, Kachina Press has published several books about Santa Fe diesels, roling stock, standard plans, etc. If you find any of these, buy them because Kachina has gone out of business. Whew, didn't mean for this to get so long. Hope this helps. Dwight [This message has been edited by drbooher (edited 15 December 2000).]
Dwight, Thanks for the great leads...they will come in very handy as time goes on. I apreciate the help!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
You're welcome. Feel free to email me if you have any questions. Also, I would suggest subscribing to the Santa Fe email list. That's where the experts are. Send an email to listserv@unl.edu with the text subscribe SANTAFE Your Name If you don't like getting a bunch of emails, you can set it to get a daily digest. Dwight
Dwight, I tried to go to the listserv address, but keep getting a "page cannot be displayed" message...any help?? Thanks John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
John, Maybe this page will help: http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=SANTAFE&H=CRCVMS.UNL.EDU Dwight
Thanks Dwight, I'll give it a try...!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
