Questions on a Santa Fe F units build
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The yellow & blue Warbonnets on silver were done after Amtrak ('71). They could be used for either pax or freight. The yellow ones showed up alot on Amtrak San Diegans. There was also a freight yellow Warbonnet on blue body after '72. On most Santa Fe locos the yellow was painted on first then the blue. Think this affected how the blue came out. The LAJ painted their ALCOs Santa Fe blue but on previously black painted bodies. So in some pix they almost look black. Have alot of LAJ ALCO pix & most look blue. Saw a builders plate off LAJ #4 that was definitely painted blue! By the late '70s nearly all Santa Fe F units were converted to CF7s.
Andy Jackson
Santa Fe Springs CA
ATSF/LAJ Ry Fan & Modeler
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