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F Unit Shots

Some views of the set of Santa Fe F units I made from Highliner shells on highly modified Genesis drives. The underframes have been modified with full underbody detail using some parts made by Hi-Tech Details, and a bunch of scratch built parts. The layout pictures are on the La Mesa Club's Tehachappi layout in San Diego.

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Calente.JPG
Calente.JPG		 264C at Calente.JPG
264C at Calente.JPG		 280 at Calente.JPG
280 at Calente.JPG		 Set of F's.JPG
Set of F's.JPG
264C.JPG
264C.JPG		 280 Front.JPG
280 Front.JPG		 Full Underframe with Hi-Tech Brackets, and Battery Box/Air Tank, with scratch built extended standard tank.
Full Underframe with Hi-Tech Brackets, and Battery Box/Air Tank, with scratch built extended standard tank.		 Full Underframe with Hi-Tech Brackets, and Battery Box/Air Tank, with scratch built extended standard tank.
Full Underframe with Hi-Tech Brackets, and Battery Box/Air Tank, with scratch built extended standard tank.
Full Underframe with Hi-Tech Brackets, and Battery Box/Air Tank, with scratch built extended standard tank.
Full Underframe with Hi-Tech Brackets, and Battery Box/Air Tank, with scratch built extended standard tank.		 Squared opening for coupler in pilot.
Squared opening for coupler in pilot.		 A piece of Evergreen styrene was shaped to fit the radius of the opening, and glued in place.
A piece of Evergreen styrene was shaped to fit the radius of the opening, and glued in place.		 After glue set up, the styrene piece was carved to the shape of the pilot.
After glue set up, the styrene piece was carved to the shape of the pilot.
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David 15-Feb-2009 08:24
Dave,

Not sure when you will get this, but what did you make your footsteps on the pilot from? I don't think any commercially parts are available.

Thanks!
Sean 23-Sep-2006 02:33
Absolutely EXCELLENT!!! This is the best example of why this is called, AMERICA'S GREATEST HOBBY. Very enspiring. Thanks!
nieuweboer 16-Dec-2004 16:09
if I had only seen the first 4 pictures and ignored the rest I would have said that you had found a way to shrink the prototype to HO size. What a beauties!
Bob Miller 23-Apr-2004 23:13
Your workbench looks like mine does most of the time. Glad to see I'm not the only one. Beautiful engines!
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