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Survey Time! What's Your Favorite Type of Locomotive?

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Posted by BowmensBeachRR on Sunday, January 1, 2012 5:42 PM

Mine is probably my vintage Lionel Santa Fe f-3 that I inherited.

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Posted by RRaddict on Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:09 AM

These are my favorites too along with all Fand E locomotives.  I love the war bonnet paint schemes and they make a smoother design look even smother.

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Posted by Penny Trains on Monday, December 26, 2011 6:19 PM

Electrics: P1a in Cleveland Union Terminal high voltage catenary configuration and brunswick green GG-1's.

Steam Freight engines: Lima Berkshires in Nickel Plate Road livery.

Steam Passenger loco: Dreyfuss Hudson in early 20th Century Limited gray.

Diesel:  F40PH Amtrak Phase 1, F3's and early Geeps.

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Posted by Bob.M on Monday, December 26, 2011 8:43 AM

AF53

traindaddy1 - You are correct, I did say type.

OK, I missed that. My favorite type is electrics, mainly from the 20s & 30s using catenaries. This includes  boxcabs, tunnel rats etc.

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Posted by Texas Pete on Monday, December 26, 2011 8:11 AM

Ahem.  My favorite type of locomotive is one that runs both forward and backward.  HTH.

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Posted by AF53 on Sunday, December 25, 2011 11:22 PM

traindaddy1 - You are correct, I did say type. And that's what my initial intention was. As his thread progressed I noticed many mentioned thier favorite loco by make. And aside from wallyworld nobody mention Marx.

Like you I also prefer steamers.

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Posted by traindaddy1 on Sunday, December 25, 2011 3:57 PM

Ray:  You did say "type"!     For me, it is any Postwar Steam.  (Like my 2046  4-6-4 and my 2035  2-6-4)

Other type favorites:  2350 Electric and 2353 Diesel             Thanks for asking.

 

 

 

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Posted by balidas on Sunday, December 25, 2011 3:44 PM

I'm with you there.

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I would be remiss if I didn't give my Marx Wells Fargo loco an honorable mention here as it was my first train set I got for Christmas in 1959 or 1960. I still have it and it runs like a top. Those Marx lococ's will run right off the track if you let them, they are so fast.

Where are all the Marx fans??????

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Posted by Bob.M on Sunday, December 25, 2011 9:58 AM

Can you tell from my avatar? It is the GG1 hands down.

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Posted by KRM on Saturday, December 24, 2011 6:25 PM

AF53

I would be remiss if I didn't give my Marx Wells Fargo loco an honorable mention here as it was my first train set I got for Christmas in 1959 or 1960. I still have it and it runs like a top. Those Marx lococ's will run right off the track if you let them, they are so fast.

Where are all the Marx fans??????

Ray

Hey I am here. Love mine too, Ray, i only run mine now ant then up on the wall most of the time.

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Posted by SantaFe158 on Saturday, December 24, 2011 2:26 PM

I like all of my engines, but my two favorites when it comes to style are the EMD F units and the N&W J class 4-8-4's.  I also love the Conrail SD80MAC (at least my model).

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Posted by AF53 on Saturday, December 24, 2011 2:19 PM

Ok everyone, thanks for your responses. If anyone else wants to chime in please do so.

Have a Merry Christmas!

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Posted by KEVINK22 on Thursday, December 22, 2011 6:46 PM

Mine would probably be the SP GS4 Northern Daylight. I have the MTH rtr set that i bought for myself. I am also fond of any of the Pennsylvania locos, such as the 4-6-2, Torpedo, and the K4's. Diesel's i kind of like the F3's; but i'm more of a steam engine fan anyway though.

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Posted by runtime on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:33 PM

Any early postwar early screentop F3s.

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Posted by LittleTommy on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 7:21 PM

My AF Santa Fe Alco PA 360-364 with the horn, the solid pilot and that wonderful, colorful "Warbonet" paint scheme.  I received it for my 1st Christmas and it has been my favorite ever since. 

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Posted by Crabby44 on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 3:59 PM

Any of my postwar steam like the 2025, 2046, 736 are my favorites. I am also partial to the Santa Fe 2353 that I just acquired. Williams makes the odd shaped BL-2 and I love it.

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Posted by arkady on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:01 PM

My favorite prototype locomotives are the PRR and NYC electrics.  Electric locomotives have always fascinated me.

In O gauge, it's a tie between the second-run Lionel 2026 that Santa brought me in 1951 (my first locomotive) and the Lionel 252 with passenger cars, that was my father's first locomotive in 1929.  Both of them are still alive and well and running happily today.

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:24 AM

Lionel C&O Ten Wheeler - love the paint scheme
MTH C&O Yellowbelly Hudson
Lionel B&O scale Mikado

Lionel Chessie GP30s (have three of them tripple headed)
Lionel CSX Heritage series B&O AC6000 - paint scheme may not be prototypical but it is a beaut!

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Posted by AF53 on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:31 AM

I would be remiss if I didn't give my Marx Wells Fargo loco an honorable mention here as it was my first train set I got for Christmas in 1959 or 1960. I still have it and it runs like a top. Those Marx lococ's will run right off the track if you let them, they are so fast.

Where are all the Marx fans??????

Ray

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:13 PM

Well I don't know if my opinion counts here as I'm an HO guy. I actually have three favorites. Each of them are permanently mu'd pairs. A pair of Bachmann GP7's, a Pair of Atlas FP7's(one is a 70'sera model and the other is an 80's era model) and a pair of SDP40F's (one is all Athearn and the other is a  Proto 2000 E6 chassis wearing an Athearn body).

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Posted by rtraincollector on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:49 PM

Presently I would have to say it's my NYC A-B-B-A PA's/PB's I bought a PA-1 missing the number boards and number board holders I thought no problem I can order those parts Well 1/2 right can't order the number board holders as lionel only sold them as part of the shell. So what happened to the original who knows. anyway so I set out to get another PA-1 thinking if I could get one I could make the holder by seeing what it looks like well wrong again to a point I kinda can as I can't get them out as there glued and kinda looks like melted in there from the back so you can't do that. but I have an idea what it looks like so its a project coming down the road. Well since the original PA didn't have a PB-1 and Lionel's were selling for over $200 ( thats the unit that has the rail sound in it) I figured I could buy a Williams and do it my self for about the same money and get some knowledge at the same time well Yes thats correct this time but I didn't put rail sounds in it yet anyway. I have put coil couplers in it and lights in it and have learned some things too but by the way both my PA-1 now have coil couplers front and back seeing they didn't come with them from the factory and when I bought the second PA-1 well it had a PB-1 with it with rail sounds and I actually got the set A&B for about what the B's were selling for so I got lucky on that but they are a nice set of diesels on my shelf layout I'm building heres a pic to give you an idea how nice they are.

 

Yes the original Pa-1 needs to have its fuel tank and trucks painted black to match the rest. Some one had the PA-1 and the PB-1 by lionel custom painted so it matched the Passenger cars they had and the Williams came black so its just logical to paint the other one to match. But thats another down the road prodject also.

So thats my favorite at this time. I have always been a fan of diesels but I like steam also.

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Posted by LL675 on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:57 PM

My Uncle's 2020 Turblne always got my attentlon. the keystone cemented my lnterest n the PRR.

my 675 ls the flrst steamer l bought for myself.

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Posted by phillyreading on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:53 AM
My favorite type of locomotive is the 4-8-4 steam engine. My second favorite is the SD-45 diesel, third is the GP-30.
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Posted by wallyworld on Monday, December 19, 2011 10:37 PM

The four pound Marx 333 , a petite lead boat anchor of a Hudson  that pulls without complaint even with a driver slip or two as it powers up ..all business, no fancy gimmicks  a rock solid half century old reliable loco that requires minimal attention..no heart stopping electronic quirks ..just a pleasure to run. From the folks who had the stones to number a loco 666..and create the Great Garoo along with Power Wheels, what else could I ask for?  Don't ask. Politically correct  Lionel or Flyer could never top a twelve year olds demented and cultivated appetite for mayhem.

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Posted by dougdagrump on Monday, December 19, 2011 5:21 PM

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Posted by Major on Monday, December 19, 2011 3:27 PM

As a kid My dad had five American Flyer Locomotives.  A 312 Pensy K5 pacific a 336 UP Northern, a Santa Fe Alco PA/PB the Rocket Alco PA1 AA set and a 370 GP7.  I always like the looks of the Penny K-5 so I choose that as my favorite.  In fact I was running a 312 K-5 SIT version  last night as I now have multiple copies of this engine in my roster.

Real Locos: I like any articulated steam loco's the bigger the better! 

 

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Posted by balidas on Monday, December 19, 2011 3:09 PM

I like steamers, the bigger the better, but my favs are the cab forward and the Shays.

Diesela are cool too. I have a Preamble Express A-B-A  that I love.

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Posted by KRM on Monday, December 19, 2011 2:42 PM

For me,

As far as LOCOs it has to be my Lionel Santa Fe ALCO FA # 218 ABBA set.

As for the steamers, even though they never made it in real lift it would be the Lionel 681  S-2 Turbine, a great puller and smoker.

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Posted by Otis B. Drinkwater on Monday, December 19, 2011 2:04 PM

It would have to be this, the American Flyer 9915 engine from 1935

 

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