@Alec_6460 posted:The Santa Fe Berkshire is ugly and different from other ATSF steam in looks because I believe the SF Berks were purchased from another railroad (looks like the Boston and Maine) during the war and all SF did was paint “ATSF” on the side of the cab. They didn’t alter the paint scheme to be more “Santa Fe” until after the war. Since I model ATSF in WW2 I may have to add one of these oddities to my list.
ATSF had 15 Baldwin Berkshires which they built. #s 4101-4115
ATSF had 7 Lima-built T1A Berkshires they acquired from the Boston & Maine. #s 4193-4199 These were only kept from 1945-1949.
Lionel uses the old K-Line tooling for the Boston & Maine Berkshire. It's a gnarly looking locomotive.