My 44 year old son is finally interested in model trains and has asked for the HO set I built for him when he was 5, about 1978. He thought it was boring then so it's been tucked away since. Fortunately, a Lionel HO engine and several cars are still in original boxes so easy to find info. about. But I'm having trouble with identifying a second engine so I can tell him what he's getting, to match up with tracks & couplings, etc., since none of that stuff is simple anymore.
The mystery engine is in a Bachmann HO box, the easy part, but the box has no labeling, just pictures of other engine models. According to the engine's markings, it is a Santa Fe. However, it does NOT match the image of a "307" on other sites. It has a red front and silver rest of the body, with 4 OPEN holes near the center (1 in the red section) and a small (yellow cross) Santa Fe decal under 3 of the holes. The"Santa Fe" is in SMALL block lettering at the lower back, near the rear and just above the red & yellow strips extending back from the red portion. There is also a Santa Fe decal across the lower front of the engine, with 3 vertical yellow stripes extending up from the name decal and onto the top toward the window. Thanks for any help or suggestions. B
The mystery engine is in a Bachmann HO box, the easy part, but the box has no labeling, just pictures of other engine models. According to the engine's markings, it is a Santa Fe. However, it does NOT match the image of a "307" on other sites. It has a red front and silver rest of the body, with 4 OPEN holes near the center (1 in the red section) and a small (yellow cross) Santa Fe decal under 3 of the holes. The"Santa Fe" is in SMALL block lettering at the lower back, near the rear and just above the red & yellow strips extending back from the red portion. There is also a Santa Fe decal across the lower front of the engine, with 3 vertical yellow stripes extending up from the name decal and onto the top toward the window. Thanks for any help or suggestions. B