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Re: James Mathis goes US-proto: 8-wide Sante Fe study
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Sun, 27 May 2001 00:51:13 GMT
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message
news:GDyBux.9H8@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Gianluca Morelli writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> > > It's a US-proto freight loco, folks:
> > >
> > > Well, I got the itch just to try a design study for an 8-wide US diesel
> > > locomotive. I see this type of locomotive frequently here in the high • desert
> > > of central New Mexico. They're HUGE!
> >
> > You mean you see Santa Fe locos????
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> The best that I see are pictures found in either books or on the web. ;-)
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> But, yes, I can see them in real-life traveling the tracks near where I • live.
> I live 2.3 hours away from the city of Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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> The locos of this style here are also painted in an orange/black color
> scheme, I think. Named BNSF, for Burlington Northern Sante Fe. Guess • there
> was a merger sometime? I don't know rail company details very well at • all.
> Sorry.
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> > I think they are the most beautiful ones....I remember,from my • childhood,some
> > pics of those huge,RED,beautiful locos,on my first illutrated books...it • was in
> > the 70s....at that times,in Italy,locos were painted in sh*t brown/clear • sh*t
> > brown scheme....the comparation with those coloured locos was a little
> > frustrating,for a child :-)))
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> Ew. Yucky.
[ ... snipped ... ]
Someone will know more than I do but yes, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe
merged a while back. I don't care much for the new paint jobs (BNSF) locos.
Here is a web site I have been using (actually, these are from a mirror of
the site as http://archive.trainpix.com is having some difficulties).
BNSF: http://nietzsche.mit.edu/~auro/trains/photos/biel/BNSF/INDEX.HTM
Santa Fe: http://nietzsche.mit.edu/~auro/trains/photos/biel/ATSF/INDEX.HTM
And of course, my version of the Santa Fe locomotive (six wide, 32 studs
long).
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2650
Mike
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| (...) The best that I see are pictures found in either books or on the web. ;-) But, yes, I can see them in real-life traveling the tracks near where I live. I live 2.3 hours away from the city of Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA. The locos of this style (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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