Product Overview
Condition: 8 Original Box: Var Year: 1953
15 photos available above
Up for sale is a beautiful and all-original set of 2353 Santa Fe F3 AA diesels from the early to mid-1950's along with their original boxes and inserts. These Santa Fe locomotives are decorated with the popular war-bonnet Santa Fe paint scheme most modelers and collectors enjoy seeing on their layout or in a display case. Both units have a vibrant and clean silver exterior, nice red and yellow accents plus crisp side lettering and graphics. Additionally, the shells are complete, not damaged nor cracked and the front decals look great -- although there is a crack and slightly mis-aligned section on the trailer unit as seen in one of the photos above.
Each locomotive has been thoroughly cleaned, serviced, tested and operate perfectly. The e-unit cycles correctly, the horn has been battery tested and is fully functional, the front couplers and interior lights work properly and both sets of magne-traction trucks are clean and complete. Additionally, the interior of each diesel is as clean as the exterior. Lastly, there is no rust nor oxidation on either locomotive.
Finally, each diesel is its original box and insert. The power unit box and insert are nice and clean and the exterior box is solid however the insert is missing one coupler tab at one end. The power unit box has all interior and exterior flaps and graded at an 8+. The trailer unit box and insert are in poor condition. The exterior box is missing all flaps on each end and has many small tears and missing sections of the box. The insert is in better condition but still missing one coupler flap. Condition of the trailer unit box is only a 4.
