Does any manufacturer made the cf7 diesel loco?
I’ve seen it in brass, not sure otherwise.
In HO Athearn does, go to www.athearn.com and search on “CF7”.
Athearn has an HO scale CF7 in their RTR line. They offer both rounded roof and squared roof versions.
Howdy doc. Even though I don’t model the Santa Fe, I always have sorta liked the CF7. And, they are now finding homes on shortlines, leading to some interesting paint jobs.
I have an Athearn CF7 SF #2600 with the rounded roof. It’s in Athearn’s “Ready to Roll line” but is still a very good looking model about on par with my P2K GP30’s for detail. This means you will have to add a few details if you are particular about those things. It’s runs very well at low speeds. I put a sound decoder in it and it seemed to run even better. It does make a little more noise than my P2Ks but not that much. Decoders pop right in no fuss. It has operated alot on my Timesaver over the last year and I’ve had no problems with it other than the Athearn wheels need cleaning once in awhile where my orther locomotives hardly ever do. There are quite a few paint scheams and roads available along with rounded or angled cab roof versions. Over all Athearns CF7 is a very nice, inexpencive, dependable model you probably would very happy with. Bruce
Thanks, everybody. Bruce, the Athearn has the 8 pin socket? and what DCC&sound decoder fit? Thanks you, doc
Yep kinda had to have a CF7 myself , painted it in my own roadname colors. Runs really well, smooth and quiet.
GAP - hey man, that looks sharp! I personally like the CF7’s painted in the Chatooga & Chicamagua scheme.
Doc,
I’ll have to find the sheet that came with the CF7 about the socket pins and get back to you on that. On the box it says “DCC Quick Plug Equipped”. Whatever that means. I took it to mean that all I had to do was plug in a decoder and it would work. And it did. The decoder is a Soundtraxx Diesel DSD-100 LC. I used one of Tony’s Train Exchange small oval speakers with an enclosure. The only thing I really had to do was the soldering of the speaker wires and resistor and then mount the speaker inside of the cab area. This all fit in quite well. I’m very new to DCC and mostly clueless about it. All I know is that every thing worked right off and has since. I did adjust the speed and lowered the sound but that’s it. So far this DCC stuff has been all plug and play so I haven’t learned a darn thing about it, other than that I enjoy operating with it and blowing the horn. Bruce