This page documents cases of pilots that do or do not match their class "standard"---freight pilots on passenger units or passenger pilots on freight units. I developed these charts in collaboration with another Santa Fe modeler, Paul Brown of Indianapolis, IN, who started these tables. Please e-mail any inputs you may have to me for additions or corrections here.
| This is passenger unit 40C with the "Standard" Passenger Pilot where there is a step cut into the sloping side. |
This is passenger
unit 28C with the "Odd" Freight Pilot. |
This is Freight Unit 224L with a
standard freight pilot; the platform is clearly visible next to the smooth sloped side. |
This is freight unit 275C's odd passenger pilot. Note the slightly different position of the grab iron. |
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Since many of the unit numbers had multiple incarnations, or were found in different configurations at different times, there may be occasions where any particular number appears with either type of pilot. We have tried to cover these as completely as the existing documentation permits, based on the following source references:
| Code | Refers to this reference source: |
| #1 | The Santa Fe Diesel Vol. 1, Dr. Cinthia Priest (Paired Rail Railroad Publications, 1998) |
| #2 | Santa Fe-all the way, Bill Marvel (Morning Sun Books, 1998) |
| #3 | Santa Fe 1940-1971 In Color (Volume noted), Lloyd E. Stagner (Morning Sun Books, 1992-93-94) |
| #4 | Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, JoeMcMillan (Chatham Publishing Co., 1975) |
| #5 | photos in "Santa Fe Modeler" 3rd Quarter 1991 [F unit issue], SFRH&MS |
| #6 | Santa Fe Trackside with Bill Gibson, Lloyd E. Stagner (Morning Sun Books, 1999) |
| #7 | Iron Horses of the SF Trail, E. D. Worley (Southwest Railroad Historical Society, 1965 ) |
| #8 | Santa Fe's Early Diesel Daze, John B. McCall (Kachina Press, 1980) |
| #9 | text only in "Santa Fe Modeler" 3rd Quarter 1991 [F unit issue], SFRH&MS |
| #10 | Route of the Warbonnets, JoeMcMillan (McMillan Publications, 1977) |
| #11 | The Surfliners, Dick Stephenson (Trans-Anglo Books, 1988) |
| #12 | Valley Division Vignettes, J.L.Krieger (Valley Rail Press, 1983) |
| #13 | Warbonnets from Super Chief to Super Fleet, Dan Pope & Mark Lynn (Pentrex, 1994) |
| #14 | Santa Fe-1988 Motive Power Pictorial, Joseph W. Shine (Four Ways West Publications, 1989) |
| #15 | Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, SteveAllen Goen (Four Ways West Publications, 2000) |
| #16 | Cajon - Rail Passage to the Pacific, Chard Walker (Trans-Anglo Books - 1985) |
| ABPR | photo linked from www ATSF Index of
ABPR
part of Qstation, James
Czarnecki, as posted on "Railfan.net ABPR Archive" |
| FFLG | photo linked from www Fallen Flag Railroad Photos, George Elwood |
| RTPC | photo linked from www Ricks Train Picture Collection, Rick |
16-class and
37-class passenger units:
ABPR postings with passenger pilots:
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| unit # | pilot | reference |
| 18L | p | FFLG w/phase 2 upgrade |
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p | #5 p27
(as delivered and as modified to phase 2 & 19C as modified later) |
| 28L | p | FFLG |
| 28C | f | #1 p 60 (steam door); #10 p153 1971; ABPR; (=>301C) |
| 29L | p | #12 p92 |
| 34L? | f | ABPR; (=>302C) |
| 37C | p | #12 p93; (=>312L[3rd]) |
| 38L | f | #3 vol3 p40; #10 p146 2-70; #12 p95; #16 p 62 Feb '61 ABPR; (=>304C) |
| 42C | p | #4 p45; (=>310C) |
| 43C | p | #4 p44; #3 vol2 p53; #3 vol3 p18 |
| 43C | f | #6 p59; #3 vol4 p95; #14 p64; ABPR, (=>307C) |
| 44L | p | #3 vol2 p54 |
| 44L | ? | #3 vol4 p96 (unsure-hard to see) |
| 44L | f | #3 vol 1 p127; #1 p84 (=>310(3rd)) |
| 44C | p | #3 vol4 p102; #6 p57 |
| 46L | p | #6 p43 |
| 46C | p | #12 p91; (=>300C) |
| 47C | f | #6 p46; #10 p51 5-19-65; ABPR (=>303C) |
| 47L | p | #8 p230 circa 1952; ABPR (good top view) |
200-class
freight units:
Note: These units are more
difficult
to trace. I suppose the photographers of the time were more
focused
on those flashy passenger units, so there are fewer resources available
regarding
the freight units.
ABPR postings with regular freight pilots-
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| unit # | pilot | reference |
| 200 | f | #9; #8 p201 |
| 200 | p | #5 p17 |
| 202 | f | #5 p24 |
| 202C | f | #10 p61 5-65 |
| 209 | p | #3 vol3 p16 |
| 210 | p | #9 |
| 210C | f | #15 p60 (steam door) |
| 212 | p | #9; #8 p210 |
| 216 | p | |
| 216 | f | |
| 220 | p | #9 |
| 222 | p | #9 |
| 225 | p | #9, #16 p70 catwhisker ca. 1950 |
| 227 | p | #9 |
| 228 | p | |
| 237 | p | #9, #5 p24 |
| 245 | p | #9 |
| 245C | f | #10 p61 5-65 |
| 275C |
p |
FFLG |
| unit # | pilot | reference |
| 300C | p | see 46C |
| 301L | f | #1 p87; ABPR |
| 301C | f | see 28C |
| 302 | p | ABPR Cajon Summit 1966 |
| 302 | f | #10 p135 8-13-71 |
| 302C? | f | see 34L |
| 302C | p | ABPR? |
| 303C | p | see 47C in f, redone when renumbered |
| 304 | p | #10 p135 8-27-72; #12 pp94-95 yes this ABPR is 304; ABPR |
| 304yb | p | #1 p90 |
| 304C | f | see 38L |
| 306 | p | ABPR |
| 306C | f | #14 p68 |
| 307C | f | see 43C; ABPR Chicago, IL 4-9-72 |
| 310 | p | ABPR |
| 310(3rd) | f | #13 p10; see 44L |
| 310C | p | see 42C |
| 311 | p | ABPR |
| 313 | p | RTPC |
| 315yb | p | #5 inside back cover |
325-class
dual-service units:
bb = blue bonnet livery
(click
here for more info);
yb = yellow bonnet livery
(click
here for more info);
otherwise it's red &
silver;
and ? = we still don't know.
| unit # | pilot | reference |
| 325bb | p | #1 p94 |
| 326 | f | #5 p43; #10 p33 5-1-65; #11 p57 7-24-53; #3 vol 1 pp 15 & 19; #14 p 50; #15 p8 |
| 326yb | f | #1 p90, # 5 |
| 327 | f | #7 p443; #15 p103; ABPR Corwith 5-64 |
| 328 | f | #3 vol 1 p62; #4 p37; #13 p 43 |
| 328yb | f | ABPR |
| 329 | f | #3 vol 3 p20; vol 2 p118 (red w/b); #11 p35 9-69; #12 p98 |
| 329bb | f | #1 P94 1972(Split Grille) & 1975 |
| 330 | f | #6 p51; #10 p 31 (red w/b) 4-65; #10 p155 1970; #15 p73 |
| 330 | p | #3 vol 2 p100; RTPC |
| 330yb | p | #1 p90 |
| 331 | f | #6 p50 |
| 332 | f | #2 p61; #8 p223; #15 p83 |
| 332 | p | #4 p42 |
| 332bb | p | #5 p43; #1 p95, #5 inside back cover |
| 333 | f | #7 p443; #15 p18 |
| 334 | f | #3 vol 1 p107; #6 p49 |
| 334yb | p | 1972 J Stephen Foster Photo |
| 335 | p | #1 p84; #3 vol 1 p61; #6 p44 |
| 335 | f | #15 p121; ABPR |
| 335bb | f | #1 p94, RTPC |
| 336 | p | #3 vol 1 p108 |
| 336 | f | #3 vol 1 p27; p69; Jun '85 Trains p29 2-27-54 |
| 337 | p | #4 p42 |
| 337 | f | #2 p76; #15 p81 |
| 338 | p | #3 vol 1 pp 73 & 76 + vol 3 pp 60& 61; #2 pp 50 & 127; #6 pp48 & 51; #15 p83 |
| 338 | f | ABPR Joliet, IL 1970 |
| 338bb | f | #1 p94 |
| 339 | f | #5 pp 34 & 38; #11 p58 7-70; #14 p50; #15 p78, RTPC |
| 339yb | f | ABPR Cleburne, TX 6-14-75 (slit or missing dynamic?) |
| 340 | f | #11 p58 late '60s; #11 p68 1960 |
| 341 | p | #4 p43 |
| 341yb | p | #1 p90 |
| 342 | p | #3 vol 3 p22; #15 p82; ABPR |
| 342 | f | #7 p443 |
| 343 | p | #2 p125 |
| 343 | p | #1 pp 85,87(silver FP45-style DB fan); #13 p 44 |
| 343bb | p | #1 p94 (silver FP45-style DB fan) |
| 344 | f | Eastern Archives |
| 344yb | f | #1 p91 (steam door); ABPR Pauline, KS 9-27-72 |
| 345 | ? | |
| 346yb | p | #4 pp 49 & 58, RTPC |
| 347Cyb | p | #1 p91 |
| 347C | p | many many photos (at Cal State Rwy Museum) an example on ABPR |
