Welcome to Rebuilding the Santa Fe! This is a collaborative project by the Society, its members, and Santa Fe modelers to “rebuild” the Santa Fe in model form! The goal of this initiative is to represent each class of Santa Fe locomotive, rolling stock, and many of its structures. We welcome all to review the modeling work of Santa Fe fans and to recapture the feel for the diverse mix of locomotives, cars and equipment that made the Santa Fe distinctive! Where locomotives and rolling stock underwent iterations in paint scheme, we will endeavor to show each one as modelers submit their work to us.
The photos are organized by steam locomotive wheel type, then class; diesel locomotive manufacturer class, then number series; passenger equipment by type; rolling stock by class; and structures alphabetically by location or type. Click on the album image to view individual models. Depending upon your computer, this may take you back to the top of the page – just scroll down again to see the images. Once in the images, you can click on the individual image that also allows you to eliminate the caption. You can return to album view by returning to the top of the images and clicking the “return” arrow. Enjoy!
Santa motive power
SAnta Fe Passenger EQuipment
Santa Fe Freight Equipment
ATSF Covered Hoppers
![ATSF #181574 is a 1957 cu.ft. capacity Ga-67 class covered hopper built in 1949 by American Car & Foundry. This model and photo are from Chris_Vanko exhibited at an RPM meet. ATSF Ga-67 #181575 (model)](https://sfrhms.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/08/Chris_Vanko-Ga-67_181574/3986483198.jpg)
![ATSF #310147 is a Ga-124 class airslide hopper built in 1961 by GAT and used for transporting powders and granular products such as flour or sugar. This is a Walther’s model with all the ladders and grabs cut off and replaced with wire grabs fabricated by the modeler. A-Line steps, the Plano roof walk, and the airlines including the train air line from one end to the other were also added. Model and photo by Thomas Cain. HO scale. ATSF Ga-124 #310147 (model)](https://sfrhms.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/08/Cain_Ga-124_310147-web/3393886447.jpg)
![ATSF #317531 is a Ga-907 class grain car. It was made from an undecorated Intermountain kit. I added a Plano etched metal roof walk and Athearn working roller bearing trucks. Microscale decals were used to finish the model. Thomas Cain model and photo. ATSF Ga-907 #317531 grain car (model)](https://sfrhms.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/08/Cain_Ga-907_317531_web/1311542691.jpg)
![ATSF #101431 is a Ga-178 class "as built" painting Conditionaire car. The base kit is by Accurail/Digital Fox with refrigeration machinery, ductwork, generator and related details scratchbuilt per article in Model Railroader. Roof hatches corrected and end framing revised per article. These cars were quickly converted back to conventional covered hoppers when the concept was disproved. Model and photo by Jim Witmer. ATSF Ga-178 #101431 (model)](https://sfrhms.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/James-Witmer-ATSF-101431-web/2140289.png)
Santa Fe Company Service Equipment
Santa Fe Structures and places
If you have an image of one or more of your models that you would like to share as part of this project, please upload a digital jpg image file of each model (at least 1 MB size) and in a separate Word document or email a description of what is represented (for example, locomotive class and number, rolling stock class and number, structure location), the model manufacturer, if any, and the approximate date represented, plus the name of the modeler and photographer. The image files and Word document should be uploaded to https://www.dropbox.com/request/TzIAEG5EdOT70RFyyVtN. Emails should be sent to . All submitted materials are considered donated to the Society with the right to use them in promoting the modeling of the Santa Fe.
Thank you for contributing!