I tripped across the Lionel Vision line set of ATSF Boxcars (El Capitan, Grand Canyon, et al) with the route map on the other side. I don't want the scale stuff because it will look wonky with all of my other gear. I did find 6-29202 which is the El Capitan in O gauge though.
1) Does anyone know if they made the other cars with the cool names and map?
2) Any other good ideas for an ATSF / SF line?
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My email address is in there. Can you post your links / pics here or PM me?
Are the K line cars reasonable quality? I am not really familiar...
I have the entire first run of the K-Line map boxcars. They look like the Lionel 6464 series and I'm very happy with the quality of them. They look pretty good behind my K-Line ATSF steam locomotive followed up by the Lionel ATSF 6197 grey caboose. Looks pretty good even tho the running gear on the locomotive looks a bit hinky. You also can't beat the price on them, I got mine for anywhere from $10 to $25 on Ebay.
Jerry
Cool. Thanks for the info. Any opinions on the burgundy vs orange color scheme?
I thought there were 3 or 4 Lionel SF boxcars including a ttos version. Kline made a bunch of them and some refers. I always liked just about anything in ATSF.
Here's the Legacy K Line list of just about everything Klein made in ATSF, including the 4-packs of map cars. You can click on the model number for the pics and description. Both the orange and burgundy/maroon colors are prototypical, but I personally favor the orange cars. Your results may vary. 
A quick search for "O-gauge Santa Fe map" on google will give you an amazingly large range of choices, not just K-line. Looks like every manufacturer/importer has produced this paint scheme in semi-scale.
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