Santa Fe 1480 Class Atlantic

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Worley's "Iron Horses of the Santa F Trail" discusses the Baldwin built 4-4-0 1480 class (1480-1502) on pages 248-249. They went thru a few changes in their history on the Santa Fe. Worley calls this type of loco an "Atlantic" (no "s" except when talking about more than one). There were 7 other Atlantic types in Santa Fe's fleet (pages 233-249). Since all the 1480 class were scrapped by 1943, you're going to have to use "modeler's license" to use them into 1950s. Alot of Santa Fe fans & modelers consider Worley's book the "bible" on Santa Fe steam & diesel locos (thru 1964).

A very good info source on steam & diesel model repairs & upgrades is the Yahoo Group. "REPOWER and REGEAR" forum by Kenneth Clark:
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Went to his clinics at the 2014 PSR NRA convention in San Diego last week & learned alot. And you can ask any & all kinds of questions on the forum AND get good answers!