01-29-2010, 08:48 AM
Southern California can be quite green in the early spring after a wet winter. If I recall soCal and Arizona experienced some very wet winters in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I see nothing about your layout that couldn't pass for a California industrial park - specifically around the Los Angeles area.
I am not a Santa Fe expert, but my understanding is that they started to sell off CF-7s by the mid 1980s, and had sold them all by about 1990. To be believable, you would probably want to pretend your California theme is set between 1978-1983. I know there are several Florida short lines that use them even today. Of course, you would have to repaint that perty locomotive!
edit - I see you already have another CF-7 painted for a florida short line!
I am not a Santa Fe expert, but my understanding is that they started to sell off CF-7s by the mid 1980s, and had sold them all by about 1990. To be believable, you would probably want to pretend your California theme is set between 1978-1983. I know there are several Florida short lines that use them even today. Of course, you would have to repaint that perty locomotive!
edit - I see you already have another CF-7 painted for a florida short line!
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