Nice, thanks for posting this image ... a paint scheme variation not seen seen very often.
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Great look back. I was lucky enough to shoot some of the ATSF branches around Salina in the '80s, but the Fs were long gone by then. Hope we see more of these.
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I think the track it's on belongs to the K&O Railroad now.
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Thanks for sharing your pic of a Santa Fe Bluebonnet!! I have always enjoyed this color combination and have two such F7 Bluebonnets on my ATSF layout. I believe that most of these originated out of Argentine Yard.
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Cigar band emblem in freight blue, very nice catch. I bet you didn't know at the time that this would be such a big deal 42 years later?
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This paint scheme reminds me VERY much of that which the Delaware & Hudson applied their former Santa Fe Alco PAs. Curious to know WHICH occurred first, and raises the thought WHAT IF D&H had had f-units ?
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