ATSF to return to the rails

[TrainWatcher]

one word: GARBAGE...

[Y@]

one word: GARBAGE...

Quit crying and be happy somebody took the time to even do it! They may not be fully accurate, but WHO THE HELL CARES. You fark foamers and your constant female dog about little BS are astounding. Get over it James.

[heartlandguy]

I think they look great. IMO, the only thing that should be changed is the number boards. I really don't care that there is ATSF paint on an ex-SP F, I'm just happy to see that scheme on the rails...

[Clay320]

I'm just not seeing the catastrophe here. They are absolutely beautiful units portraying perhaps the most iconic railroad road in North America, the mighty ATSF.

No preservation effort is ever going to be 100% accurate, even less so when the thing being preserved is not necessarily the original, and has to function and operate in the real world and not sit stuffed and mounted in a car barn of some museum.


Are the Strasburg Steam engines and coaches garbage because they all say Strasburg on them and not in their historical paint? Serious question, why do some places like Strasburg (and the WM/LS&I engine as mentioned, along with others) get a free pass while the locomotives like in this thread don't?

[SD80MAC]

I'm just not seeing the catastrophe here. They are absolutely beautiful units portraying perhaps the most iconic railroad road in North America, the mighty ATSF.

No preservation effort is ever going to be 100% accurate, even less so when the thing being preserved is not necessarily the original, and has to function and operate in the real world and not sit stuffed and mounted in a car barn of some museum.


Are the Strasburg Steam engines and coaches garbage because they all say Strasburg on them and not in their historical paint? Serious question, why do some places like Strasburg (and the WM/LS&I engine as mentioned, along with others) get a free pass while the locomotives like in this thread don't?

I know, I don't get it. We should be getting crucified at C&M because 7014 doesn't say GTW on it, by that logic.

[Y@]

I know, I don't get it. We should be getting crucified at C&M because 7014 doesn't say GTW on it, by that logic.

It's just a few special foamers running their mouths and whining because they have nothing better to do.

[Saturnalia]

Aside from the horn placement, looks like a ATSF unit to me!

[Racer]

I like the ATSF units. Railfans have zero control over what happens to locomotives such as these ATSF F units. People arguing about it is certainly not going to do change anything about it. I think these units are cool and gives me another rare gem to catch on America's railroad network.

[legostudios34]

I like them alright. They capture the general look of ATSF F7s. The only things I have a problem with are the horn placement, the ditch lights, and the number boards.

[CERY]

It's funny to me because I see real ATSF and BN units every day. Nothing like switching with a ATSF patched SD40-2, oh the turbo sounds great.

[DT&I]

Exactly, there are still BN and ATSF units out there in original paint, If you want to see that scheme, its on C44-9W's and C40-8W's. But yes still looks like a warbonnet to me.