07-30-2010, 08:40 PM
One thing to keep in mind which might make the ATSF easier to model is that by the time of the BNSF merger all of the CF7's were sold off to short lines, none left in Santa Fe. The only ones left in "Santa Fe" livery were those used by the LAJ. The LAJ pretty much stopped using the CF7's when the Santa Fe sent the cng units over in the 1990's. They just sent the last of the CF7's to Texas to be sold off this year. That is why I'm going to model the LAJ in the 1980's. I don't care for the CNG units, not nearly as much character as the CF7's.