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Posted by Kelly Shaw on Friday, January 16, 2004 9:59 AM
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Posted by artyoung on Friday, January 16, 2004 10:27 AM
How can I choose? I've always been fascinated by Mallets, yet the first real steamer I ever saw was B&O's docksider when I was a kid in Baltimore. PRR's GG-1 flew past a playground just a couple of blocks from my home, and streetcars and trackless trolley buses still ran into the early sixties.And then, of course, there was the Lionel F-3 (in all those roadnames in the fifties). I'm sorry, I just can't do it! I really do "love them all".
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 11:26 AM
I really do love them all! Anything that runs on rails I'm a fan of! I do, however like steam a bit better than the others. First generation diesels and early electrics would come in a close second.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 1:21 PM
I still love the old sd40-2's. I have fond memories of being put in the hole for hours while waiting for opposing traffic to clear and eating lunch on those spacious porches. I always wondered why EMD made them that way but I'm glad they did. The steam era was over by the time I came along so I never really developed a great appreciation for them.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 3:35 PM
i love the motion of the steamers...they have such weight and a feel of history
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 5:09 PM
Diesel.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:55 AM
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 18, 2004 3:43 PM
How can you beat steam? Steam engines just have character (the sound, the smoke); diesels seem to bland to me. Although I do enjoy electric engines. The larger the engine the better.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 8:29 PM
I like steam, because they where not running on the rails when I was growing up.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 8:40 PM
I love Steam, & Electric locos, and my wife loves Electric, especially the GG-1, & some Diesels are OK. Also MY Father & Her Father worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. We also share the Love for O-Gage Trains. Ray Eichert
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Posted by clinchfieldfan on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:32 PM
The N & W Class J has everything you want in an engine. Good looks and built for running! The EMD "E" and "F" units run a close second, what great looking engines. The railroads did a great job on those early paint schemes.
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Posted by superwarp1 on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:33 PM
All NYC and Sub's steamers.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:13 PM
I love Steam beacuse I used to watch and enjoy the New York (Empire) State Express (Hudson) when it came to the Syracuse station. I got to ride in the engine for about 30 Feet (maybe more), but being only 8, I can remember it. I walked with the oiler who checked/filled the journals and shoveled coal. What an engine. You do NOT see these day unless you goto a train museum. Also, had a chance to see the "Big-boy" on steam. Massive....
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Posted by dougdagrump on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:45 PM
My criteria:
#1. It runs
#2. I can afford it.
In real life STEAM.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:15 PM
I love them all!! [banghead]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:23 PM
I love 'em all, but GG-1 rules![2c]
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Posted by bowlerp on Thursday, January 29, 2004 3:26 PM
If it has a whistle instead of a horn, I like it better! I like steam first, both in model railroad life and in real life, but am starting to appreciate diesel more as time goes by. I particularly like streamline looks and am fond of early streamliner diesel, especially Santa Fe warbonnets, MoPac Eagles, Olypian Hiawathas, and Rock Island Line Rockets.

I, too like SD40's, as there is something about their blocky lines that work for aesthetic appeal, especially in old SP livery or UP livery.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 10:05 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by shaw

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 10:15 AM
The Lionel #675 is my favorite for its smooth running and stubby looks. It was my childhood engine and therefore is nostalgic. I must admit that it is a pain to disassemble. But it will always be number one in my book.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 2, 2004 9:01 PM
my favorite is the triplex
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:39 PM
Steam!!! The guy who got me started on trians runs nothing but them.
I think the early diesels would be secod on my list.
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Posted by pbjwilson on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 10:31 PM
Lionel 736 Berkshire - Runs on 0-27 and up. Pulls just about any consist. Dependable, simple, MECHANICAL! No silly circuit boards.


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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 5:16 PM
Steamers are cool. [:D] Smoke, moving rods, lots o' smoke, and the sounds, they have it all[:)][^][:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 6:52 PM
they're all GREAT! that is what makes our hobby one of the longest lasting hobbies there is. The choice to do anything any way you want in that world you are building. Steam tonight-first gen diesel last night-tomorrow pre-war tin.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 11:05 PM
I love Diesels F-3's from the post war to new ones from MTH with railsounds what more could you ask for so realistic & Subway sets with railsounds would be equal
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 4:01 PM
The NYC HUDSON had a personality of its own. There is nothing in its class. Not one was saved so future generations could see the beauty and might that men could invent. Alas, we still have VHS videos and photos of this magnificent locomotive.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:26 PM

THERE IS NO CONTEST! THE CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIA RR GG1 IS THE ULTIMATE ENGINE PERIOD!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:12 AM
These machines symbolize the early American history, from the civil war up until the late 50's these wonderful machines lead the way in the way our country grew as a nation
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:38 PM
STEAM, STEAM, AND MORE STEAM........AND THE EARLY F-7'S. THEY WERE BOTH REAL POWER IN THEIR DAY. ALSO NOTHING COMPARES TO A STEAM WHISTLE, TALK ABOUT SOUND!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:35 PM
Since I operate on a 4 x 8 layout my favorite depends on what I'm in the mood for. If I just want to kick back and watch an engine pulling a string of cars then steam wins hands down. A diesel or electric just can't compete with the sound and mechanical activity of a steam engine.

But, if I'm in the mood to operate. Working the turn outs , making up strings of cars, making cuts of cars for the sidings then I choose a small diesel switcher. With the restricted space of a 4 x 8 layout I just find the work more satisfing with the smaller engine. Of course that may change when I get a 0-4-0 Docksider. [:D]

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