Favorite loco

[pennsy_fan]

I like the Pennsy K-4 the best, thats my favorite.

[Anonymous]

I have to vote for the modern era diesels. I also enjoy being a rail fan as my work takes me around the midwest. Watching a string of 4 or 5 Dash 9's moving across the prairie with a line of double stacks is a thrill. However, I just spent a day chasing Union Pacific's #3985 Challenger across eastern Kansas and it was amazing to see this huge engine billowing smoke and steam into the winter sky. My goal of the month is to find one of the Lionel Challengers with that number and add it to my roster.
Bob

[Anonymous]

More partial to diesels, but if the wheels have flanges, and it follows two rails spiked to wood ties, it's ok in my book!!!

[Anonymous]

Steam and early diesel, such as the F-7 A & B and for steam the mountain class.

[Anonymous]

American Standard 4-4-0 is my fav. But dang it... really haven't found a loco that I didn't like. Toy, real, steam, diesel... it don't matter.

[daan]

F3's.. I must say I love everything which has flanged wheels, but the postwar F3's from Lionel are my favourite. Simply the whole 3 rail 0 gauge thing started with a pair of those giants for me.
Since then I'm hooked on the big chuffing and growling machines in 0 gauge..

[Anonymous]

Tough call, this one. The guy at the trains shop says my taste is eclectic. If only he knew, my head swims given the variety of motive power out there. It's like, "do I want a Porter or a GS4? Budd RDC's or a Shay? A Lionel 381or a MTH Premier GG1? Brill trolley or RS3?"
When push comes to shove, if I was stuck on a desert island with an empty layout I'd want my E6 Atlantic for amusement.

Bruce Webster