Santa Fe FP45 Details

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I recently bought an athearn FP45 in Santa Fe Superfleet colurs off Ebay and I plan to detail it as it appeared in the late ninties just before retirement. The problem is I can’t find any good rooftop photos from this period so I’m not really sure what details were up there. I know they had airconditioners but what type? What other detail parts am I going to need. I’m not looking to build a contest model, just one that’s reasonably accurate.

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http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/atsf/atsf-00.html

Several views FP45’s mid to late 90’s from various angles.

Bob Miller

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Here’s a shot of #90’s roof. If you download it, you can zoom in with your computer’s picture viewer: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=53049&nseq=97

During the Super Fleet phase, the Big Jacks went back to 3-chime horns (Leslie S-3BJ) after having had 5 chimers following the 1971 renumbering into the 5000 series. You’d have to check, but either Soundtraxx or QSI has that horn sound available now.

Pastor Bob,

Thanks for that link. I’ve downloaded some FP45 shots that I’d never seen before. I especially liked the shots of #108 (w/ passenger train) and #105 (cool shadowing effect) [8D][tup]