BLW ATSF 1953 Superchief pack on its way...

august1929 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 632

1953 Superchief pack on its way, incorporating;

3 F7A "Warbonnet Red" "38C" "38L" "40"
3 F7B "Warbonnet Red" "38A" "38B" "40B"
2 Baggage car 73' "3432" "3463"
1 RPO car "81"
4 Palm Sleepers "View" "Arch" "Leaf" "Star"
3 Regal Sleepers "Crest" "Manor" "Court"
1 Pine Sleepers "Leaf"
1 Pleasure Dome car "502"
2 Diner car "605"
1 Dormitory/Lounge/BarberShop "1340"
1 Vista Canyon

4 F7 consists including
1 with F7 Helpers + Pleasure Lounge view
2 with F7 Helpers + Pleasure Dome view
3 with Pleasure Lounge view
4 with Pleasure Dome view

+ Bonus

3 F3A "Warbonnet Red" "17C" "17L" "16C"
3 F3B "Warbonnet Red" "17A" "17B" "16B"

4 F3 consists including
1 with F3 Helpers + Pleasure Lounge view
2 with F3 Helpers + Pleasure Dome view
3 with Pleasure Lounge view
4 with Pleasure Dome view

august1929 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 632

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august1929 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 632

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Rod

Prole · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 52

If time travel were possible, and I could go, I wouldn't go back to hear Lincoln's Gettysburg Address or to witness the Wright Bros. First Flight. I would go solely just to ride the Super Chief. Chicago to Kansas City to Los Angeles in 39h 45m. A day a night and a day. The Super Chief was an all-First Class ride.

Gaetan · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:36 am Post subject:

Look this video Wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXfKeJdBVkQ&feature=player_detailpage

CrisGer · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:17 am Post subject:

wow! Those sure bring back memories. I grew up in that era in California, and travelled the rails from Chicago to LA back in the day. What a treat that set will be and a great improvement on what we had before thanks for sharing the pics and the hard work on all that equipment!

I remember when that train was the pinnacle of travel! My what a nice trip down memory lane.

august1929 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 632

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Rod

ejoiner · Joined: 04 Sep 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Acworth Georgia

though I wonder how many Santa Fe Super Chiefs I need. I have the E set, the troop train set, the F7 set all from Valleypass. The only thing I can think of that I would need here is the observation car and perhaps (though not included here) an FTA that was updated to these standards.

These look GREAT, but I think the saturation point is nearly reached unless some corn and blue colors start to appear...

Eric

Gaetan · Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 6:55 am Post subject:

Hello Eric , for now i have no other ATSF projects, next one is BN Alco freight and DRGW passenger set

With this set the F3 is a little bit different paint scheme and real F3 fans

Prole · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 52

One can never have enough war bonnets. Rolling Eyes

Here is a thought for an additional bonus for the set. The El Capitan, which was an all-coach version of the Super Chief. Same route, Chicago-KC-LA. There is a wiki link here, including drumhead picutes and consist info-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan_(train)

I believe most of Santa Fe's chair car stock went to Amtrak. So the cars are already available through those sets.

David

Gaetan · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:42 am Post subject:

I'm not sure for color and wall texture for the OBS end car, very hard to find color pictures