What year was it built ?

Model Railroader Prototype information for the modeler
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My layout is a loose prototype of the Santa Fe set in Northern New Mexico into Colorado. The time is set in the 50’s. Two questions! Which F Series loco’s were built in this period? Secondly Did any other railroad use these tracks such as UP or SP. Thanking you in advance for your answers.

Harold Wolf

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Harold,

Here’s a handy site that should at least answer your first question:

http://www.thedieselshop.us

In particular:

http://community-1.webtv.net/ajkristopans/FREIGHTCABUNITS

There are several pages so make sure you scroll to the bottom for the link to the next page. Hope that helps…

Tom

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Here’s a site you may want to bookmark – it’s a very accurate list of all the diesels Santa Fe ran, with the numbers and years of service: http://rosters.gcrossett.com/atsf/

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Or an easy answer, the F9 was built from '54, and all the other old style Fs were in service then. (Not F40s…)
Matthew