Santa Fe's corrugated-body

[FJ and G]

Santa Fe once used diesels with corrugated siding in blue & yellow scheme. They could have been F45s?

I saw pictures of them in Santa Fe Modeling & Historical web site links. However, none of those diesel links are working b/c there were technical problems with some of their servers.

Does anyone recall seeing those types of diesels and would you have a working link to a photo of one?

Thanks.

[csmith9474]

The only locomotives that I can think of that had corrugated sides was the U30CG. Below is a link to some pics and a brief history. The came late in the scene as far a passenger service goes. They only saw a couple of years of passenger service. They are only available in brass in HO and are a little tought to come by. I believe Caboose Hobbies has a couple.

http://atsf.railfan.net/cowls/u30cg.html
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=78406

[dgwinup]

Here's a link that should work for you, complete with photos and a short history:

http://atsf.railfan.net/cowls/f45.html

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Darrell, quiet...for now

[csmith9474]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dgwinup

Here's a link that should work for you, complete with photos and a short history:

http://atsf.railfan.net/cowls/f45.html

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Darrell, quiet...for now

The F45s never had corrugated sides.

[FJ and G]

Darrell,

Those are funny (welded?) sides on those photos but I'm speaking of actual corregated (flues).

Smitty,

I was just guessing the model.

BTW, I was gonna post this on the Trains site but got confused. Thanks for replying, tho

[csmith9474]

It is all good. I hope that is what you were looking for, because I don't know of anything else.

[FJ and G]

OK, an old-timer helped me out:

Sante Fe had the GE U30CG (G indicating steam generator equipped). They were traded in to GE in the late 70's.