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The Introduction of the Warbonnet Paint Scheme

The warbonnet paint scheme was introduced on EMC E1 diesel locomotives 2
and 2A, the first of the Santa Fe's 2 class, delivered in June 1937 for the
first streamlined "Super Chief."  With minor variations, the same paint
scheme was also used on the prewar E3, E6, and DL-109/110 locomotives.  In
1946 the warbonnet was first applied to F units, including 100-class FTs
converted to passenger duty and new 16-class F3s delivered by EMD.  That
year also saw the introduction of the Alco 51 class, PA-1s and PB-1s, in
warbonnet paint.

by Andy Sperandeo of MODEL RAILROADER Magazine.

	First Generation
Model	Number	Date	Notes	Total
Boxcab	1L	1938	Rebuilt from 1A, rebuilt to 83A (1953)	1
	10L	1938	Rebuilt from 1B; renumbered to 1A (1941), 2611 (1948; rebuilt to 84A (1953)	1
E1A/B	2A	1937	Renumbered 2L; Rebuilt to 80L (1952)	1
	2B	1937	B-unit; renumbered 2A; rebuilt to 81L (1952)	1
	3L	1938	Rebuilt to 82L (1953)	1
	3A	1938	Rebuilt to 82A (1953)	1
	4L	1938	Rebuilt to 80A (1953)	1
	4A	1938	Rebuilt to 81A (1952)	1
	5L	1938	Rebuilt to 83L (1953)	1
	6L	1938	Rebuilt to 84L (1953)	1
	7L	1938	Rebuilt to 85L (1953)	1
	8L	1938	Rebuilt to 86L (1953)	1
	9L	1938	Rebuilt to 87L (1953)	1
E3A/B	11L,A	1939		2
E6A/B	12L,A	1940		2
	13A	1941		1
	14L	1940		1
	15L, A	1941		2
F3A/B	16LABC-36LABC	1946-1948	32A wrecked 1949, rebuilt to 48A 1952	84
	32A (2nd)	1949	bought to replace 32A (1st)	1
F7A/B	37LABC-41LABC	1949		20
	42LABC-47LABC	1952		24
	48A	1952	Rebuilt from 32A(1st)	1
DL-109/DL-110	50L/A	1940		2
PA1-/PB-1	51LAB-52LAB	1946	51B-62B renumbered 63L-78L (1949)	6
	53LAB-58LAB	1947		18
	59LAB-62LAB	1948		12
	70LA-73LA	1948		8
E8m	80L	1952	Rebuilt from 2B	1
	80A	1953	Rebuilt from 4L	1
	81L	1953	Rebuilt from 2A	1
	81A	1952	Rebuilt from 4A	1
	82L	1953	Rebuilt from 3L	1
	82A	1953	Rebuilt from 3A	1
	83L	1953	Rebuilt from 5L	1
	83A	1953	Rebuilt from 1L	1
	84L	1953	Rebuilt from 6L	1
	84A	1953	Rebuilt from 2611	1
	85L	1953	Rebuilt from 7L	1
	86L	1953	Rebuilt from 8L	1
	87L	1953	Rebuilt from 9L	1
Fairbanks-Morse	90ABC	1947		3
FT A/B	158LABC-168LABC	1944-45	Note 1	3
F3 A/B	200LABC-201LABC	1948		8
F7 A/B	300LAB-305LAB	1949		18
	306LAB-312LAB	1950	Renumbered 325LAB-331LAB	21
	306LAB(2nd)-309LAB(2nd)	1952		12
	310LAB(2nd)-314LAB(2nd)	1953		15
	313LAB-316LAB	1951	Renumbered 332LAB-335LAB	12
	336LAB-340LAB	1953		15
	341LA-344LA	1953		8
	Second Generation
FP45	100-108	1967	Note 2	9
U28CG	350-359	1966	Renumber 7900-7909	10
U30CG	400-405	1967	Renumbered 8000-8005	6
GP60M	100-162	1990	Note 3	6
GP60B	325-347	1991		23
Dash 8-40BW	500-559	1990		60
	560-582	1992		23
Dash 8-40CW	800-866	1992		67
	867-926	1993	Note 4	60
Dash 8-41CW	927-951	1993	Note 5	25
Dash 9-44CW	600-649	1994		50
	650-699	1994		50
SD75M	200-250	1995		51

FOOTNOTES:

 1. 167LABC delivered in freight paint, passenger gearing 1945. In 1946,
    158LABC-166LABC and 168LABC were converted to passenger gearing.
    All sets were painted in Warbonnet scheme at this time.

 2. FP45 Renumberings:

Original Number	2nd Number	3rd Number	4th Number	5th Number	Current Number
100	5940	5990	100	5990	90
101	5941	5991	104	5991	91
102	5942	5992	101	-	92
103	5943	5993	101	5993	93
104	5944	(wrecked and scrapped)
105	5945	5995	107	5995	95
106	5946	5996	103	-	96
107	5947	5997	105	5997	97
108	5948	5998	102	5998	98


 3. Nos. 148, 152 wrecked at Corona, Calif., November 1990, scrapped January 1991.

 4. No. 925 equipped with split cooling and electronic fuel injection.

 5. Similar to Dash 8-40CW but all equipped with split cooling and 
    delivered rated at 4,135 h.p.

REFERENCES

Santa Fe 1992 Annual - Kevin EuDaly
Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet - Joe McMillan
Santa Fe's Early Diesel Daze - John B. McCall [Top of Page]