Santa Fe F-unit 'bonnets
Santa Fe's
300- & 325-class
Yellowbonnets
and 325-class Bluebonnets.
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Yellowbonnets:
The yellowbonnet is based on not painting the red warbonnet after
painting the yellow. It still retains the black stripe separating
the yellow from the stainless/aluminum, and the silver understripe that
runs along the
bottom rivet strip. Check out Ralph Back's article, A Yellowbonnet in Texas for
more information and photos.
Passenger-flavored units (based on the silver trucks and ends).
[yb1] silver trucks, underframe, ends & pilot, all-yellow nose
with full, solid blue cigar band.
| cabs: |
boosters: |
| 304 |
315 |
319B/345B |
Freight-flavored units (based on the black trucks and blue [or
black?] ends.
[yb]Freight-flavored yellowbonnet units all have black trucks,
underframe & pilot, and blue [or black] ends.
These are units with unknown additional details:
| [yb] Cabs: |
| 331(2nd) |
345 |
345C |
If you have documentation on any of these, or any to add to the lists
here, email me so I can
update this page.
[yb2] Cabs with all-yellow
nose & hollow cigar band: |
| 330[a] |
346 |
347C[a] |
[yb3] Cabs with partial nose
stripe & hollow cigar band: |
| 326[a] |
328 |
339[a,d] |
| [yb4] Cabs with full cigar band: |
| 333[b] |
334[c] |
340[c] |
341[a][c] |
344[c] |
Notes:
[a] Yellow understripe between anticlimber and cab steps.
[b] No nose stripe.
[c] Full nose stripe.
[d] Where's the dynamic?
Boosters in this class are pretty much the same as far as paint is
concerned--black trucks & underframe, blue [or black?] ends.
| [yb] Boosters: |
| 345A |
348A |
349A |
362B[e] |
Notes:
[e]Sure looks like black ends in this photo.
Bluebonnets:
[bb] The bluebonnet is based on painting Santa Fe blue where the red
&
silver warbonnets have the red. Most units have the yellow and
its
black stripe the same as the red warbonnet units. An exception is the
343,
which is missing the black stripe. These units have black trucks,
underframe
& pilot, blue ends & anticlimber, full silver understripe, full
yellow
nose stripe with two vertical blue stripes between headlights &
full
cigar band, except as noted.
| cabs: |
boosters: |
| 325[1,2] |
327 |
329 |
332 |
335[3] |
338 |
343[1,2,4,5] |
326A |
329B |
331A |
341A |
Notes:
[1] Blue understripe between anticlimber and cab steps.
[2] No blue stripes between headlights.
[3] Yellow anticlimber & rooftop grabs.
[4] Nose stripe missing below cigar band.
[5] No black stripe.
Click here
for more photos of 335 (listed as 235 weed sprayer), including cab
interior shots, but no rear end.
Click here
and scroll down for a b&w photo of 329.
