What AtlasO F7 did you order

Steve,

 

The price you listed for dummies is $189.96.

 

Santa Fe All The Way!!!! :-)

Finally got around to actually placing my order. Amtrak A and B. I think tomorrow I will update it to include a second A and perhaps an unpowered B. Now I just need to find a train for them to pull. 

 

The first Amtrak train I ever rode as a kid, the Empire Builder in 1974, was powered by these units. I remember them distinctly. They would become the only F7s I ever witnessed in non-tourist/museum, real life operation. Seemed fitting to add to my collection.

Just ordered a Santa Fe F7 #45C Phase I (Early) 3RL TMCC A-unit today now that I finally have room in the budget to purchase one! I can't wait until it arrives later this year (Q4 2015).

EDIT (4/7): Thanks to crunching the numbers and making adjustments to my budget, I was also able to put down a order for a Santa Fe F7 #37C Phase I (Early) 3RL TMCC Unpowered A-unit today prior to the April 8th deadline. Now I will have two fantastic Santa Fe warbonnets in my roster that should look absolutely smashing pulling whatever passenger cars I get down the road once I get my layout going.

 

Our orders are due tomorrow at Atlas. Still way more Santa Fe was ordered than anything else. I'm thinking there wasn't a single Amtrak ordered. A few Milw, EL and PRR. Thasks to all that ordered through us! 

 

Steve..... 

Well I ordered Amtrak A and B units.I don't expect these to be made now.

These are pretty pricey -  I'm just starting out - between the layout and buying freight, these just aren't in the budget.  However, if they ever do Santa Fe in cigar band.....

Have a set of Milwaukee Road ABAs via Mr. Muffin!

I ordered Rio Grande units in 2-rail. 

 

I was thinking of getting the cheaper MTH units, but they have significant deficiencies, including that aweful tether.  The 3rd rail are a lot more investment, especially when you consider the pre-order discount.

 

If money were no object, I would have Key.  Unfortunately I have to draw the line somewhere...

I join Johnny as one of the apparent few in the minority Amtrak camp. Finally got around to moving my order from Atlas to Steve for two powered As and two Bs, one powered and one unpowered. Hopefully the effort involved in ordering, canceling and then re-ordering was not an exercise in futility.

just wish the price was lower, I wanted a amtrak ABB all powered set to pull my 17 car scale train. 13 will be the atlas cars, 3 kline and the mth rpo.

I went with a set of Santa Fe #37 to pull my El Cap set and a Rio Grande set to pull freight, maybe sometimes filling in on the Cal Zephyr.

Milwaukee Road, A & B powered & A not powered.

Too rich for my blood.. er.. budget.  I'd order Amtrak if I could afford them.

We were able to add a few more to our order with Atlas O. If you're still interested in getting in on the $419.96 price I expect I can do that with Atlas through this week. 

So will there be a date when Atlas will tell us the Amtrak units are a go or cancelled? If they are cancelled than I will just order something from the upcoming MTH catalog and pay on that instead.