Model Railroading > Livin’ Large on Warbonnet Wednesday

Steam engine mine (was Trainorders.com member TomSTP's engine)
Warbonnets belong to another Texan, who is also track owner here last weekend.

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Classy F units in photo 1.  Their length appears to be 1/2 the train length.

Love the GP60M, but man those F’s look good.

Nathan

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atsf121 Wrote:
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> Love the GP60M, but man those F’s look good.
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> Nathan
>
> Posted from iPhone

My thoughts exactly Nathan. How many of the F's are powered? Fair amount of coin went into that beautiful train.

Eye Candy of the first order.

Those F-units look sharp, especially with the matching train.

I have to wonder how it is running that train, when your power sticks out that far in front of you?  Then again, our track here in suburban Boston is heavily forested (which leads to some blind curves) but that doesn't seem to be the case in the wide-open spaces of Lone Star State.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/26 14:58 by pennsy3750.

pennsy3750 Wrote:
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> Those F-units look sharp, especially with the
> matching train.
>
> I have to wonder how it is running that train,
> when your power sticks out that far in front of
> you?  Then again, our track here in suburban
> Boston is heavily forested (which leaves to some
> blind curves) but that doesn't seem to be the case
> in the wide-open spaces of Lone Star State.
With that set a problem is picking switch points that are not quite open. Have wondered if a cam in the lead unit would help. Have run a PA  PB set and its not too bad can see those ok but if it happens speed is your enemy fast makes a larger mess to re rail.

I know who has built Santa Fe F and B units.  They run and pull well. and ride well.  Vision is good from them.  Ridining in the rear car is really a kick as you get to watch the whole train in front of you snake through curves.  The operating mars light is great to see in operation.The owner loves them and runs them a lot.
 

eastlandt Wrote:
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> I know who has built Santa Fe F and B units. 
> They run and pull well. and ride well.  Vision is
> good from them.  Ridining in the rear car is
> really a kick as you get to watch the whole train
> in front of you snake through curves.  The
> operating mars light is great to see in
> operation.The owner loves them and runs them a
> lot.

Yes the mars light is wonderful at night.  I am building one for my F unit.
His track is darn near perfect so derailments are extremely rare.

 

Shane, I want one!