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detail parts list:
Parts shown in bold blue are hyperlinked to that category in the catalog section.
antenna, communications,
  can-type
Details West RA-276
antenna ground plane not available, see modeling
  note below

body and power:
  SRW warbonnet paint
  undecorated
body only:
  SRW warbonnet paint
  undecorated
 
Athearn 3305
Athearn 3301
 
Athearn 3325
Athearn 3321
decals Microscale 87-12
fuel filler Precision Scale 39080
grab irons Detail Associates 6210
grab irons, "eyebrow" Detail Associates 6602
grille, exhaust Detail Associates 2702
grilles, air intake Detail Associates 2712
horns:
  Wabco twin E-2
  Leslie twin A-200-156
  Nathan Airchime M5R24
  Leslie S5TR
  see note below for dates
    used

 
lights, headlight, upper  
lights, headlight, lower  
lights, warning / signal on
rear
 
 
MU hoses Detail Associates 1508
MU receptacles Detail Associates 1507
Precision Scale 39039
paint, aluminum:
DuPont Duco 259-3935
carbody ends and top
side panels
 
paint, aluminum:
DuPont Dulux 166-220
trucks
 
paint, black:
DuPont Duco 259-2039
separation vertical nose
stripes
 
paint, red:
DuPont Duco 259-9089-R
warbonnet nose and
stripes
 
paint, yellow:
DuPont Duco 259-31423
separation vertical nose
stripes
 
speed recorder,
  front truck
Detail Associates 2807
speed recorder,
  rear truck
Detail Associates 2808
windshield, wipers Cal Scale 419
Precison Scale 3968
Proto Power West

modeling notes:
  antenna ground plane:
      The antenna is mounted on an elevated 36in square metal plate.
 
sources and publications:
Louis A. Marre, "American Locomotive Company (ALCO) PA-1 as Santa Fe Railway No. 58," Railmodel Journal, September 1989,
Volume 1, Number 4, pp. 6-7.
Lee Berglund, "Antennas:  E-Units and the PAs," High Iron, November / December 1972, Volume 6, Number 3, p. 20.
Ron Chamberlain and Paul Brown, "Horns Used by the Santa Fe," SFRH&MS website
Stephen M. Priest, Santa Fe Railway Diesel Painting & Lettering Guide for Model Railroaders, Paired Rail Railroad Publications, Ltd., 2014.
 
notes:
Last upgraded 6 November 2019.

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