QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Pssst...Rob Krebs
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Pssst...Rob Krebs [:I] Sorry Rob. It would be nice to have him on the forum !
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ...With the mention of power above....one day in Kingman...I was having a bite to eat in a restaurant there on Andy Divine, the main drag through there...and Rt. 66 at the time and a Sante Fe freight came by eastbound and it had 9 engines on the head end and 3 more on the back....I couldn't believe what I was seeing...Impressive...!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed If you need a ATSF fix look up my web site listed below http://vgalleries.com/members/railfan1/The+Trainfan.vrg Then go to the California Aug-Sept gallery & scroll down until you see Barstow & you will find a real/true ATSF war bonnet. [:)] Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 [ Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:51 PM I had no idea that the ATSF-MP-Southern talked about merging into one railroad, which Southern are you talking about? You're not talking about the Southern Pacific Railroad aren't you? [ Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:21 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 I had no idea that the ATSF-MP-Southern talked about merging into one railroad, which Southern are you talking about? You're not talking about the Southern Pacific Railroad aren't you? Southern as in the Southern Railway, half of Norfolk Southern (well half when NS was formed). http://www.srha.net/ Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Does anybody miss the Santa Fe Railroad? Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:30 PM When was the Norfolk Southern Railroad formed? Anyways how did you feel about the MP-UP merger? Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:20 PM *cue 90's video music* This video will take you through the Santa F- nevermind. I miss ATSF and their nice looking Red-silver-yellow [V] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:41 PM I like the blue/yellow Santa Fe engines the best. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:07 AM Didn't KCS take over the ATSF lines in the Dallas/Garland area just before the BN/SF merger? Reply Edit cpbloom Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Still on the other side of the tracks. 397 posts Posted by cpbloom on Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:35 AM I miss the Santa Fe as much as I miss Conrail. [:(] and I miss Conrail a lot Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:15 AM Your welcome I have ATSF zippo lighters & mugs & if I decide to get rid of them I will happy to ring you up as you sound like you would appreciate them. [:o)] Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply daveklepper Member sinceJune 2002 20,029 posts Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:33 AM Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner! Even if the CZ had better scenery more domes and was thus more fun to ride. The Super Chief was kept in top shape right up to Amtrak and so was the El Cap. Whenever the AT&SF ran passsenger trains it ran them properly, even branch line locals were clean and had courteous crew people. It was one sharp operation in every respect, about as perfectly run a railroad as ever existed. And it certainly wasn't behind in innovating with truck-trailer on flatcar and containers and mechanical refrigerator cars and more. It air-conditioned coaches on long-distance trains long before most other railroads, certainly long before the PRR and NYC. Fred Harvery service in the dining cars. Very early CTC. When I was a kid in a New York grade school before WWII, we got our education about railroads from material suplied by the AT&SF, free to any school that wanted it. My mouth watered at pictures of a clean Pacific next to an E-3 A&B lashup. Admittedly its 4-8-4's weren't as pretty as the Daylights or the N&W J's, but they were still good looking engines, and very good perfomers. Its Hudsons had to take a place behind the Lackawanna's and the NKP's on looks, but they were as good as the much praised J's of the NYC, in my opinion, and again very good performers, as fast as any steam locomotive in the USA. Only one thing bothered me. The side-fishbelly underframes on some of the air-conditioned long distance remodeled coaches. Were these originally steel-framed wood cars that got replacement steel or steel covering the wood siding? (Mind you, I probably haven't seen one of these cars for about 50 years, so I am speaking from a very faded memory on this question.) Reply daveklepper Member sinceJune 2002 20,029 posts Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:36 AM Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner! Even if the CZ had better scenery more domes and was thus more fun to ride. The Super Chief was kept in top shape right up to Amtrak and so was the El Cap. Whenever the AT&SF ran passsenger trains it ran them properly, even branch line locals were clean and had courteous crew people. It was one sharp operation in every respect, about as perfectly run a railroad as ever existed. And it certainly wasn't behind in innovating with truck-trailer on flatcar and containers and mechanical refrigerator cars and more. It air-conditioned coaches on long-distance trains long before most other railroads, certainly long before the PRR and NYC. Fred Harvery service in the dining cars. Very early CTC. When I was a kid in a New York grade school before WWII, we got our education about railroads from material suplied by the AT&SF, free to any school that wanted it. My mouth watered at pictures of a clean Pacific next to an E-3 A&B lashup. Admittedly its 4-8-4's weren't as pretty as the Daylights or the N&W J's, but they were still good looking engines, and very good perfomers. Its Hudsons had to take a place behind the Lackawanna's and the NKP's on looks, but they were as good as the much praised J's of the NYC, in my opinion, and again very good performers, as fast as any steam locomotive in the USA. Only one thing bothered me. The side-fishbelly underframes on some of the air-conditioned long distance remodeled coaches. Were these originally steel-framed wood cars that got replacement steel or steel covering the wood siding? (Mind you, I probably haven't seen one of these cars for about 50 years, so I am speaking from a very faded memory on this question.) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:58 AM Hi from this side of the pond, I miss the old SF and one of the main reasons I came over to the States was to watch it, but I realise that the railroad was hurting financially and a lot of the major work could never have been done if the SF had never mergered with another RR. I must admit I would have happy to have seen it merge with Conrail before the split, kept the Red and Silver Warbonnet and been a true continental RR http://julian-sprott.fotopic.net Reply Edit David_Telesha Member sinceNovember 2005 From: NYNH&H Norwich & Worcester MP21.7 774 posts Posted by David_Telesha on Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:18 AM QUOTE: Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner! You just contradicted yourself. Point made. David Telesha New Haven Railroad - www.NHRHTA.org Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:13 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Your welcome I have ATSF zippo lighters & mugs & if I decide to get rid of them I will happy to ring you up as you sound like you would appreciate them. [:o)] Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 Ill buy them all for 50$ [:I] Reply Edit spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:37 PM Thanks for the offer but they are not sale. I would just send them to him if that is what I decided to do. [:)] Originally posted by trainman2244 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:01 PM I wonder why they've gotten rid of the Conrail, I thought that it was a good railroad, isn't the NS the Eastern version of the BNSF and the CSX the Eastern version of UP? QUOTE: Originally posted by cpbloom I miss the Santa Fe as much as I miss Conrail. [:(] and I miss Conrail a lot Reply Edit jkubajakiii Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: A Big 4 Crossroads town 48 posts Posted by jkubajakiii on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:05 PM I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. James Lawrence Kubajak III Reply traintownofcowee Member sinceJune 2005 From: Franklin, NC 166 posts Posted by traintownofcowee on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:20 PM Yes, just as much as I miss the Southern Pacific. Hey I'm 13, and I think both railroads were great. 1/4 of all of my HO scale diesels are Santa Fe. U GOTTA LOVE THAT SP DAYLIGHT! [:)][8D][:D][^][xx(][:O][8)][:P][;)][alien][X-)][%-)][(-D][swg][:-^][{(-_-)}] Well... Take a Ride on the Scenic Line! Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 2:30 AM Another paint scheme I really liked is the Burlington Northern, I loved their logo and the color, when they put on the BNSF patches on the BN engines it didn't look right, at least that with some of the ATSF engines they keep the Santa Fe logo but put the BNSF patchings below the numbers. QUOTE: Originally posted by jkubajakiii I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,567 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 2, 2006 7:38 PM Can anybody tell me about where SF used CF-7's? Where they used out on the road? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply narig01 Member sinceNovember 2005 From: Hope, AR 2,061 posts Posted by narig01 on Monday, January 2, 2006 9:55 PM Yes. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM No I miss Southern pacific more Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM I was surprised that the Santa Fe went by Berkeley, California cause I thought that Southern Pacific was the only railroad company that went there. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Edit 123 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 I had no idea that the ATSF-MP-Southern talked about merging into one railroad, which Southern are you talking about? You're not talking about the Southern Pacific Railroad aren't you?
Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply daveklepper Member sinceJune 2002 20,029 posts Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:33 AM Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner! Even if the CZ had better scenery more domes and was thus more fun to ride. The Super Chief was kept in top shape right up to Amtrak and so was the El Cap. Whenever the AT&SF ran passsenger trains it ran them properly, even branch line locals were clean and had courteous crew people. It was one sharp operation in every respect, about as perfectly run a railroad as ever existed. And it certainly wasn't behind in innovating with truck-trailer on flatcar and containers and mechanical refrigerator cars and more. It air-conditioned coaches on long-distance trains long before most other railroads, certainly long before the PRR and NYC. Fred Harvery service in the dining cars. Very early CTC. When I was a kid in a New York grade school before WWII, we got our education about railroads from material suplied by the AT&SF, free to any school that wanted it. My mouth watered at pictures of a clean Pacific next to an E-3 A&B lashup. Admittedly its 4-8-4's weren't as pretty as the Daylights or the N&W J's, but they were still good looking engines, and very good perfomers. Its Hudsons had to take a place behind the Lackawanna's and the NKP's on looks, but they were as good as the much praised J's of the NYC, in my opinion, and again very good performers, as fast as any steam locomotive in the USA. Only one thing bothered me. The side-fishbelly underframes on some of the air-conditioned long distance remodeled coaches. Were these originally steel-framed wood cars that got replacement steel or steel covering the wood siding? (Mind you, I probably haven't seen one of these cars for about 50 years, so I am speaking from a very faded memory on this question.) Reply daveklepper Member sinceJune 2002 20,029 posts Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:36 AM Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner! Even if the CZ had better scenery more domes and was thus more fun to ride. The Super Chief was kept in top shape right up to Amtrak and so was the El Cap. Whenever the AT&SF ran passsenger trains it ran them properly, even branch line locals were clean and had courteous crew people. It was one sharp operation in every respect, about as perfectly run a railroad as ever existed. And it certainly wasn't behind in innovating with truck-trailer on flatcar and containers and mechanical refrigerator cars and more. It air-conditioned coaches on long-distance trains long before most other railroads, certainly long before the PRR and NYC. Fred Harvery service in the dining cars. Very early CTC. When I was a kid in a New York grade school before WWII, we got our education about railroads from material suplied by the AT&SF, free to any school that wanted it. My mouth watered at pictures of a clean Pacific next to an E-3 A&B lashup. Admittedly its 4-8-4's weren't as pretty as the Daylights or the N&W J's, but they were still good looking engines, and very good perfomers. Its Hudsons had to take a place behind the Lackawanna's and the NKP's on looks, but they were as good as the much praised J's of the NYC, in my opinion, and again very good performers, as fast as any steam locomotive in the USA. Only one thing bothered me. The side-fishbelly underframes on some of the air-conditioned long distance remodeled coaches. Were these originally steel-framed wood cars that got replacement steel or steel covering the wood siding? (Mind you, I probably haven't seen one of these cars for about 50 years, so I am speaking from a very faded memory on this question.) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:58 AM Hi from this side of the pond, I miss the old SF and one of the main reasons I came over to the States was to watch it, but I realise that the railroad was hurting financially and a lot of the major work could never have been done if the SF had never mergered with another RR. I must admit I would have happy to have seen it merge with Conrail before the split, kept the Red and Silver Warbonnet and been a true continental RR http://julian-sprott.fotopic.net Reply Edit David_Telesha Member sinceNovember 2005 From: NYNH&H Norwich & Worcester MP21.7 774 posts Posted by David_Telesha on Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:18 AM QUOTE: Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner! You just contradicted yourself. Point made. David Telesha New Haven Railroad - www.NHRHTA.org Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:13 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Your welcome I have ATSF zippo lighters & mugs & if I decide to get rid of them I will happy to ring you up as you sound like you would appreciate them. [:o)] Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 Ill buy them all for 50$ [:I] Reply Edit spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:37 PM Thanks for the offer but they are not sale. I would just send them to him if that is what I decided to do. [:)] Originally posted by trainman2244 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:01 PM I wonder why they've gotten rid of the Conrail, I thought that it was a good railroad, isn't the NS the Eastern version of the BNSF and the CSX the Eastern version of UP? QUOTE: Originally posted by cpbloom I miss the Santa Fe as much as I miss Conrail. [:(] and I miss Conrail a lot Reply Edit jkubajakiii Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: A Big 4 Crossroads town 48 posts Posted by jkubajakiii on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:05 PM I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. James Lawrence Kubajak III Reply traintownofcowee Member sinceJune 2005 From: Franklin, NC 166 posts Posted by traintownofcowee on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:20 PM Yes, just as much as I miss the Southern Pacific. Hey I'm 13, and I think both railroads were great. 1/4 of all of my HO scale diesels are Santa Fe. U GOTTA LOVE THAT SP DAYLIGHT! [:)][8D][:D][^][xx(][:O][8)][:P][;)][alien][X-)][%-)][(-D][swg][:-^][{(-_-)}] Well... Take a Ride on the Scenic Line! Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 2:30 AM Another paint scheme I really liked is the Burlington Northern, I loved their logo and the color, when they put on the BNSF patches on the BN engines it didn't look right, at least that with some of the ATSF engines they keep the Santa Fe logo but put the BNSF patchings below the numbers. QUOTE: Originally posted by jkubajakiii I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,567 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 2, 2006 7:38 PM Can anybody tell me about where SF used CF-7's? Where they used out on the road? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply narig01 Member sinceNovember 2005 From: Hope, AR 2,061 posts Posted by narig01 on Monday, January 2, 2006 9:55 PM Yes. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM No I miss Southern pacific more Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM I was surprised that the Santa Fe went by Berkeley, California cause I thought that Southern Pacific was the only railroad company that went there. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Edit 123 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. 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QUOTE: Don't nock the AT&SF just because of the atitude of some of its fans. Of course I miss the Santa Fe! The Super Chief was arguably the USA's very best streamliner!
QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Your welcome I have ATSF zippo lighters & mugs & if I decide to get rid of them I will happy to ring you up as you sound like you would appreciate them. [:o)] Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737 Ill buy them all for 50$ [:I] Reply Edit spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:37 PM Thanks for the offer but they are not sale. I would just send them to him if that is what I decided to do. [:)] Originally posted by trainman2244 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:01 PM I wonder why they've gotten rid of the Conrail, I thought that it was a good railroad, isn't the NS the Eastern version of the BNSF and the CSX the Eastern version of UP? QUOTE: Originally posted by cpbloom I miss the Santa Fe as much as I miss Conrail. [:(] and I miss Conrail a lot Reply Edit jkubajakiii Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: A Big 4 Crossroads town 48 posts Posted by jkubajakiii on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:05 PM I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. James Lawrence Kubajak III Reply traintownofcowee Member sinceJune 2005 From: Franklin, NC 166 posts Posted by traintownofcowee on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:20 PM Yes, just as much as I miss the Southern Pacific. Hey I'm 13, and I think both railroads were great. 1/4 of all of my HO scale diesels are Santa Fe. U GOTTA LOVE THAT SP DAYLIGHT! [:)][8D][:D][^][xx(][:O][8)][:P][;)][alien][X-)][%-)][(-D][swg][:-^][{(-_-)}] Well... Take a Ride on the Scenic Line! Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 2:30 AM Another paint scheme I really liked is the Burlington Northern, I loved their logo and the color, when they put on the BNSF patches on the BN engines it didn't look right, at least that with some of the ATSF engines they keep the Santa Fe logo but put the BNSF patchings below the numbers. QUOTE: Originally posted by jkubajakiii I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,567 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 2, 2006 7:38 PM Can anybody tell me about where SF used CF-7's? Where they used out on the road? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply narig01 Member sinceNovember 2005 From: Hope, AR 2,061 posts Posted by narig01 on Monday, January 2, 2006 9:55 PM Yes. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM No I miss Southern pacific more Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM I was surprised that the Santa Fe went by Berkeley, California cause I thought that Southern Pacific was the only railroad company that went there. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Edit 123 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737
Originally posted by trainman2244 Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:01 PM I wonder why they've gotten rid of the Conrail, I thought that it was a good railroad, isn't the NS the Eastern version of the BNSF and the CSX the Eastern version of UP? QUOTE: Originally posted by cpbloom I miss the Santa Fe as much as I miss Conrail. [:(] and I miss Conrail a lot Reply Edit jkubajakiii Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: A Big 4 Crossroads town 48 posts Posted by jkubajakiii on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:05 PM I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. James Lawrence Kubajak III Reply traintownofcowee Member sinceJune 2005 From: Franklin, NC 166 posts Posted by traintownofcowee on Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:20 PM Yes, just as much as I miss the Southern Pacific. Hey I'm 13, and I think both railroads were great. 1/4 of all of my HO scale diesels are Santa Fe. U GOTTA LOVE THAT SP DAYLIGHT! [:)][8D][:D][^][xx(][:O][8)][:P][;)][alien][X-)][%-)][(-D][swg][:-^][{(-_-)}] Well... Take a Ride on the Scenic Line! Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 2:30 AM Another paint scheme I really liked is the Burlington Northern, I loved their logo and the color, when they put on the BNSF patches on the BN engines it didn't look right, at least that with some of the ATSF engines they keep the Santa Fe logo but put the BNSF patchings below the numbers. QUOTE: Originally posted by jkubajakiii I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it. Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,567 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 2, 2006 7:38 PM Can anybody tell me about where SF used CF-7's? Where they used out on the road? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply narig01 Member sinceNovember 2005 From: Hope, AR 2,061 posts Posted by narig01 on Monday, January 2, 2006 9:55 PM Yes. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM No I miss Southern pacific more Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:00 PM I was surprised that the Santa Fe went by Berkeley, California cause I thought that Southern Pacific was the only railroad company that went there. I' ve a lot of good memories of the former Santa Fe line thru Berkeley,Ca.(The Oakland Branch?). In the 70's it was generally on borrowed time. The Locomotive Engineer was a man by the name of Art Pipes. Ian G.Narita
QUOTE: Originally posted by cpbloom I miss the Santa Fe as much as I miss Conrail. [:(] and I miss Conrail a lot
Take a Ride on the Scenic Line!
QUOTE: Originally posted by jkubajakiii I know I do. The Red Warbonnet paint job is the most beautiful I have ever scene. To bad the BNSF has no intentions to continue using it.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
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