Along with the passenger warbonnet painted Santa Fe model, this Deluxe Baltimore & Ohio F-7 is the other Deluxe F-7 offering from Revell.  The B&O example appears first in the 1958-59 Revell catalog.  See the description of the Santa Fe (Passenger) Deluxe F-7 (No.T3504) for details on the model's features and pricing.  The B&O F-7 is not among Revell's 1959-60 separate locomotives, but is listed as one of the roadnames available for Revell's Complete Railroad Empire (No.T7067) train set.  This would mean that Revell should have also produced a non-powered example of the B&O F-7 for use in that train set.

 

The Canadian Pacific F7 is one of the variations provided for the F7 Road Diesel And 3 Cars With Railroad Bridge train set.  Found in the 1959-60 and the 1961 catalog, the CP F7 is listed along with the New Haven, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific as options for roadnames on that train set. 

 

Revell's 1957-59 catalog featured only a freight blue and yellow example of the F-7 Diesel.  The 1958-59 catalog included three additional roadnames (New Haven, Rock Island, and Union Pacific).  The New Haven F-7 retailed for $7.95 as a separate offering and was included in Revell's T7061 New Have F-7 Road Diesel And 3 Cars Train Set in '58.  The New Haven F-7 returns in train sets and as a separate loco offering in Revell's 1959-60 catalog.

 

Dressed in Rock Island's black and red Rocket Freight scheme, this is the only Revell loco that according to catalog availability did not have a matching Caboose model.  The Rock Island F-7 arrives with the addition of the New Haven and Union Pacific F-7 models in 1958-59.  Like those F-7's, the Rock Island retailed for $7.95 in '58. 

 

An early Revell fold out catalog that is undated, but may be 1956 shows a Santa Fe f-unit with the cat whisker freight paint and states the Revell model is a blueprint-perfect F-9 and not an F-7.  This catalog lists the same original T3500 stock number, but shows a retail price of $14.95 for the model.  Revell lists the blue and yellow Santa Fe F-7 Road Diesel (No.T3500)in the 1957-58 catalog with a retail of $19.98.  The Santa Fe example returns in 1958-59 with a new stock number of 3510 and a retail of $7.95.  The same stock number and $7.95 retail are also correct for this model in Revell's 1959-60 catalog.  It is possible the 1957 example was similar to the Deluxe F-7's offered beginning in 1958, but that is not confirmed. 

 

This model is one of Revell's Deluxe examples.  The difference between the standard F-7 and this Deluxe model appears to the inclusion of engineer and fireman figures; illuminated numberboards; windshield; and possibly the addition of Revell's Dyna-Glide motor.  This red and silver Santa Fe Deluxe F-7 is first seen in Revell's 1958-59 catalog and had a retail price of $12.98.  The deluxe models are not found among separate Revell loco offerings in the 1959-60 catalog.  The Santa Fe Passenger F-7 models do appear in the 1959-60 Revell catalog however, powering the Complete Railroad Empire (No.T7068) train set.  This would suggest that Revell produced not only the powered Santa Fe Deluxe F-7, but a non-powered Santa Fe red and silver Revell F-7 should also exist.

 

The third new roadname added to the standard Revell rostered F-7 Diesels in 1958 was this Union Pacific example.  It sold for $7.95 when new in '58.  The UP F-7 is listed again in Revell's 1959-60 catalog as a separate loco release and again that year is selling for $7.95.