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Re: Surprise, new train set
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Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:16:42 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
> That would be very cool but I would be very surprised to see them chrome.
> That would be a lot of chrome! But we can hope. I too am looking forward
> to this set as the SantaFe warbonnet design is probably my all time favorite
> locomotive.
The pedant in me is forced to point out that Super Chief(tm) is a named
train of the ATSF, and warbonnet is a paint scheme of the ATSF... neither,
techically, is a locomotive. LEGO(r)'s labeling it as such is a bit off.
The Super Chief named train was pulled by a number of different locomotives
over the years. It premiered, IIRC, with a custom boxcab/shovelnose
locomotive for power and worked its way through various E and F units before
the F7s (referenced in the site someone else linked to) were standardised
on. Later on it used cowl units.
The warbonnet scheme has been applied to a LOT of different locos over the
years, including some in service today that havent yet gotten repainted in
BNSF colors. I think there was even a dark blue/yellow variant for ATSF
freight service at one point, and you can argue that one of the current
multicolor BNSF schemes is derived from the warbonnet scheme.
Nevertheless I await more details as eagerly as everyone else. IMHO, the
sharpest application of the warbonnet was to the Alco PA...
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| (...) The Blue/yellow isn't considered a warbonnet though ;-) Only the red/yellow/silver... There was also a red/yellow design for the failed SP-SF merger... Josh (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Surprise, new train set
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| Kim Toll built a BNSF in War Bonnet colors 3 years ago. Here's the thread: (URL) the URL is no longer valid, try this one instead: (URL) SOO is nice too! (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:Gr9Jnr.Ln5@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) to (...) That would be very cool but I would be very surprised to see them chrome. That would be a lot of chrome! But we can hope. I too am (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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