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E ecd15OGR Forum Member
Hot Water posted:
Gregg posted:

ATSF_caboose brakemanIs that you Rob?  I can't figure out whether he's signalling with a fusee  (kind of foggy)or getting ready to catch orders on the hoop.  Great pic.

Might just be a staged photo, although it really is EXCELLENT. Plus, I sure wouldn't  want to be "hooping up" orders with that thing (fusee?) in my hand.

I sure hope it's a "staged" photo.  I certainly wouldn't want to be standing between the mainlines on a foggy day with my back towards possible on coming traffic!!

All that aside, I agree it's a great photo.

HW Hot WaterOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER
Gregg posted:

Maybe it is  staged, ,  As a conductor  / brakeman that's what we  did . And no  he's not going to catch the hoop with a lit  fusee in his hand.  He could be dropping off a train register ticket slip.... Way bill or anything  , don't know.

I must admit that I have NEVER seen a Rear Brakeman, nor Conductor hang THAT far out on the caboose steps, simply to "drop off" a message or any other piece of paper information!

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Gregg posted:

ATSF_caboose brakemanIs that you Rob?  I can't figure out whether he's signalling with a fusee  (kind of foggy)or getting ready to catch orders on the hoop.  Great pic.

As a reply to all:

It isn't me...I worked on the SL-SF and an affiliate.

I couldn't know if this photo was staged by Clyde, but after looking at some of his work I sometimes wonder if he did.

I do know that I have passed signals to an engineer up to 40 carlengths away and had to ensure I was visible.

 And have passed signals with a fusee.

To me, this photo depicts the type of railroading I enjoyed before it morphed into what it is today.  In conclusion, the hat and jacket, the waycar, the cantilever all shout out " Santa Fe...All the Way!".  I think I have posted this photo once before, but it really belongs on this thread.  Here is another repeat of similar content by Clyde Stickley:

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This is the Real Deal.

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Hot Water posted:
Gregg posted:

Maybe it is  staged, ,  As a conductor  / brakeman that's what we  did . And no  he's not going to catch the hoop with a lit  fusee in his hand.  He could be dropping off a train register ticket slip.... Way bill or anything  , don't know.

I must admit that I have NEVER seen a Rear Brakeman, nor Conductor hang THAT far out on the caboose steps, simply to "drop off" a message or any other piece of paper information!

Really... That's what I did for 30 years. Sometimes you had to hang out to pick up orders etc  on the fly....We still don't know exactly what's going on, Signalling , dropping off  something or picking up orders. 

One again nice try...  You're starting to give me HB.

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jvega2jvega2OGR Forum Member
briansilvermustang posted:

The Argentine Diesel Shop in Kansas City Kansas, I grew up in Argentine very close to the shop, saw that view many times. I have a brother who is still working in that building for BNSF. In the background in the picture below, is the same building viewed looking toward the NE, still a busy place.

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Dennis HollerDennis HollerOGR Forum Member
Rob Leese posted:
Dennis Holler posted:

Love the early diesel Santa Fe, especially the Blue and Yellow freight engines.

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Two things:

1. This is the fuel pad area at Clovis, NM.

2. This is a Joe McMillan photograph.

 

 

 

Never said it was mine.  It is clear this is Joe's photo based on the lower left corner.  Be happy to remove it if you think it is inappropriate.  But I suspect there are a few other photos on this forum that would also need to be removed.  Either way is fine by me...

jvega2jvega2OGR Forum Member
Hot Water posted:
briansilvermustang posted:

This is an "official" EMD builder photo, taken by the company photographer on the grounds of the EMD McCook manufacturing plant. All you Santa Fe enthusiasts and modelers please take note that those units were delivered WITHOUT any Mars Signal Light, thus the headlight is still in the top position.

MTH version of as delivered F3 # 26

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c.sam posted:
 

MTH version of as delivered F3 # 26

F3 # 26 [2)

The pilot on this MTH model is quite nice.  Is this recent?

Does this one have the stainless side panels perchance?

C.Sam

MTH came out with these F3's a few years ago so they're not recent. I painted the cut lever brackets silver, they came black when new and added the hoses, they were from Atlas, Yes, these were the first F models with Stainless sides MTH came out with.

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One of our Top Traintastic Customers is Number90 here on the forum and he used to be an engineer on the SF RR! We started his custom Santa Fe themed layout in 2013 and went back to add on a Locomotive Service Elements in 2016. Here are some shots from that add on to his layout:

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Happy Tracks!

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Rusty Traque posted:

The Goose waiting to be "cooked" unfortunately:

4-6-4 ATSF 3460 KCRM

In happier news, by way of this IRM photograph, FP45 #92 has gotten a new prime mover at National Railway Equipment Co. in Silvis, Il in order to be made operational:

EMD FP45 ATSF 92 at Silvis-IRM Photo

Rusty

I'd love to see a model of that "Cooked Goose" in O scale, deskirted just like in this picture...  Nice one Rusty... 

L Lou1985OGR Forum Member

A 1996 set of 2343s has bumped my 1950 2343s from the Super Chief. The old 1950 2343s aren't done for. They'll be pulling a train I'll pick up this weekend. I've got a set of F3s on the Super Chief and a set of PAs on the Chief. I'm missing one Chicago to Los Angeles streamliner, which the old 2343s will pull. I'm sure you can guess what train that is....

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Erik C LindgrenErik C LindgrenOGR Forum Member
Rob Leese posted:
Erik C Lindgren posted:

 

In your Fast Mail consist, the car I enjoy the most is the "shadow lined" RPO.  Could you tell us more about it?

The car you ask about was one of the many that were painted to better match the streamlined cars, you know that already.. Ok the model is a rare very very Santa Fe 6 window RPO from Pecos River Brass a phenomenal model, Wastach Model quality from John’s late 1980’s run. Decals were produced by Microscale. 

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Robert Milner caught the Kansas Cityan with 11L and 11A at Galesburg, Illinois in September 1950 with Shadow Lined #73 the only one painted as such while Jefferson caught the Grand Canyon on the High Plains Route in March of 2017 with 11L and 11A below with Shadow Lined RPO #73 in the same position.

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Rusty Traque posted:
breezinup posted:

That Blue Goose was certainly a curiousity. The MTH Blue Goose cars are make-believe, of course. In real life, the Blue Goose pulled dark green Santa Fe heavyweights.

The Goose was assigned to secondary trains, so whatever cars were in the mix:

Rusty

When nearly new, it was assigned to the 1938 lightweight Chief.*  However, records indicate that the assignment did not last long  The 3460 Class 4-6-4's were too useful to keep one engine assigned to a particular train, and the 3460 was then put back into the pool on the Eastern Lines.  So, actually, both Breezinup and Rusty are correct.

The one and only time I ever saw this engine (1949), it was running very fast on the eastward Grand Canyon, the penultimate secondary train of Santa Fe, far from its usual home.

*The Chief was steam powered until the end of World War II, and then regularly had 4-unit passenger FT's until the F3's arrived at the end of 1946.

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Number 90 posted:

Rob, I like your Rear-End-Only Company work equipment in the train.

Thank you Tom.

I always thought the MTH tank car looked great in photos, but after I bought one I discovered it is hideously oversized.  I sold it and replaced it with a properly sized RailKing model.  The baggage car is one I painted and lettered.  The boxcar is one of the more fascinating plastic models PRB ever made...painted for M-O-W with the old paint scheme ghosting through.ATSF_MoW_boxATSF_MoW3

A block of outfit cars always jazzes up a good freight train. 

I can remember walking a freight train about to leave east out of our Oklahoma City yard, and there was an old coach-turned-outfit car in the wheel report.  I walked around it two or three times before I found the brake wheel inside the vestibule.

Kids, huh?

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COCONUTS posted:

Here’s a fun old time Santa Fe video that will put a smile on your face:

Payday 

Nice layout to the OP👍

https://youtu.be/RO4xn-NJjmU

Our checks would come in to the yard office on afternoon train 537 (from Springfield ,MO) along with all the other company mail.  And they would arrive one day before actual payday.  The 4pm and midnight yard crews would needle the clerks and agents on duty to give them their checks a few hours early so they would not have to come back to the yard office the next morning. (which makes sense, but rules are rules).  The friendly battles and warped lines of reasoning were highly entertaining.

That story has little to do with the video, but my mind wandered back.

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Rob Leese posted:

Headed to Slaton...

Got a kick out of this. Spent some time in Lubbock (in the Air Force) many (many) moons ago, so I know Slaton. Not exactly a tourist destination, to say the least, and I'm glad I'm not headed there. Santa Fe country, though. I'm sure No. 90 (Tom) knows where Slaton is on the map, too! 

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breezinup posted:
Rob Leese posted:

Headed to Slaton...

 

I'm sure No. 90 (Tom) knows where Slaton is on the map, too! 

Yes he does, not only on the map, but he knows his way around the town, too.  He went to Sweetwater as Assistant Superintendent in 1993, and, when that position was eliminated, he chose to stay in Sweetwater as Road Foreman of Engines, rather than go to North Dakota as Superintendent of Operations.  Slaton was thus part of his territory from 1993 until 2007.   He has gone to Sunday mass at St. Joseph's, attended employee funerals at First Baptist, eaten pastries from Slaton Bakery and enjoyed smoked sausage and brisket from Klemke's, as well as Mexican food from Irene's, bought a new Suburban from the Chevrolet house, and watched the ancient -- I mean, ancient -- cable-hung traffic signal struggle to change aspects.  And it really was the traffic signal downtown, now replaced by 4-way stop signs.

For a guy who lived a hundred miles from there, he left a lot of footprints in Slaton. 

But, back to Rob's video . . .

The 800-Class Alco RSD15's were gone almost 20 years before Tom ever set foot in Slaton, so Rob's realistic Slaton Division train was 1959 or '60, probably ignoring speed restrictions on its rear-end outfit cars, making a run for the Slaton yard heading-in switch to get clear of the main track before Number 76 was due.  Harry Briscoe, the Trainmaster, was probably upstairs in the depot, making a visit to the Dispatching Office to be sure the passenger train was on time and staying that way, and he didn't care about the outfit car speed restrictions at that moment, either.

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Johnsgg1Johnsgg1OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Here's a classic from about 1948.  Not much run time.  Very little brush dust.  Probably a second run - after Lionel ran out of nickel plated rear steps.  The pilot shields are nickel plated though.  Probably never serviced.  All the wiring appears to be where the assemblers put it.  Even has the strip of tape to keep the front motor brush tubes from shorting on the relay bracket screws.DSC04002DSC04003DSC04004DSC04005DSC04006

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