Your Favourite Locomotive or Train

[Anonymous]

--I'll go with GG-1 for both prototype and Lionel
--I'll go with all my Weaver and Williams engines for simple smooth reliable power (poo on my fancy MTH and Lionels...constant headaches and $$$$$)
--Penn Central/Early Conrail for the great dog-pack lash-ups, LV for many reasons including Cornell Red, helpers, Alcos, "pups" and "bombers"

[Anonymous]

I don't have one, but I've stood by a real one. A Nickle Plate Road Berkshire, I don't know why, they just look so cool to me. Favorite railroad.....Conrail, it's the only one I knew growing up, [alien][oX)]

[palallin]

QUOTE: Originally posted by alfred3rd

My favorite toy train loco is the Lionel #675. My favorite real rr is the BN (BNSF, GN, NP, SP&S but not really the Frisco (I'm just a NW rr kind of guy)). As far as paint jobs go, I love SP's Daylight and the Black Widow schemes.

BNSF = "Been Nuthin' Since Frisco"

[:D][}:)][:D][8D]

[Anonymous]

anything 19th Century but if I had to pick one it would be "The General" as it was when it was captured.

it just kills me that i cant afford the brass version being produced in the spring.... but a grand is a grand is a grand [;)]

[Anonymous]

I've got a lot of them (steam) but when I stop and think you can;t beat the GN S2 4-8-4 in Glacier color scheme. Dave Roxin

[Anonymous]

My favorite toy train loco is the Lionel #675. My favorite real rr is the BN (BNSF, GN, NP, SP&S but not really the Frisco (I'm just a NW rr kind of guy)). As far as paint jobs go, I love SP's Daylight and the Black Widow schemes.

[Anonymous]

Ya gotta love the Challenger

[johnnyc]

Favorite road is the EL. Favorite loco is the H-8. Favorite model is the new Atlas EL C-424 on order .

[espeefoamer]

Favorite railroad: Southern Pacific
Favorite Train: San Joaquin Daylight
Favorite Steam Engine: SP GS4
Favorite Diesel: FP7
Favorite Electric: GG1
Favorite Model Engine: ATSF F3 Set,or GG1.

[Anonymous]

MY favs are as follows
Up's Big boyz, real or models, UP's DD's, the UP FEF's, and ALL coal or oil or steam powered Loco's they are POwer from coupler to coupler and POWER !!!

as far the rest UP<WP<NP>SP<DRGW<MKT<MoPac<BN<SF<Utah Railway<Heber Creeper and the Rock are My favorite railroads past present future from the old iron horses to the latest engines I cant pick fav accepr the BIG Boyz will remian MY all time favorites iron horse Rail Power giants the steel horses of today no favs yet but I love them all

[mersenne6]

Favorite prototype locomotive : The Erie "Peter Sweeney" - you can't beat an engine painted white and gray with a maroon, red, and gold tender, natural wood finished cab, and bright two-tone red drive wheel centers.

Favorite toy train: American Flyer Prarie State Set - bright red clockwork set based on the Chicago and Alton Passenger consist

[pennsy_fan]

My favorite railroad is the "standard of the world" or, so nicknamed before bankruptsy[:I]The Pennsylvania Railroad. My favorite locomotive is the K-4 Pacific. (with the GG1 following a close second). I also run models of both on my layout.[8D] The railking K-4 and a williams GG1.

[AntonioFP45]

[:D]Well, I'm split between two scenarios:

A pair of EMD FP45s in the Red, Silver, Yellow Warbonnet scheme hauling the 1968 Super Chief / El Capitan.
(That cowl body styling was definetly a winner in the "sharp looking" department!) [8D]

A New Haven Railroad EP-5 electric hauling The Yankee Clipper at 80 m.p.h. [:D]

[Anonymous]

Favorite Railroad (prototype) was the PRR, with the terrific GG-1's that were everywhere when I was growing up.

and favorite prototypical locomotive (because I saw little steam) was again, the gorgeous GG-1. Favorites I have not seen are the GS-4 and Dreyfuss Hudson.

Favorite toy locomotive the Lionel 675 and my MTH GS-4. Beautiful locomotives that stop traffic!

[bogaziddy]

My favorite Railroads:

Central of New Jersey - A way cool logo
The Milwaukee Road - especially the electrified portion through the Rockies and the Saddle Mountains
SP & Santa Fe a logical since I live here out West

Favorite Toy train locomotives:
My Western Pacific F-3 AA lashup from Lionel.
The SP AC-9 2-8-8-4 by Lionel and which, if I am not mistaken, has yet to be delivered by Lionel.

Also on my wish list;
Lionel post war C&O NW-2 switcher
Erie-Lackawanna FM Trainmaster
Pennsy K-4 Pacific

[laz 57]

My favorite for conventional 0-27 would have to be NYC baby Hudson Lionel #6-18606. It can pull about 25 cars like nothing but doesn't have any bells whistles or fancy stuff just a good workhorse.
As far as TMCC I have to go with my Lionmaster Big Boy Lionel # 6-38075 great puller with fantastic sound run her on 054 track looks great!!!!![:D][:D]

[RI Jim]

My favorite RR is the Boston and Maine. My favorite locomotive is the R-1-d Mountain:

[railfanespee4449]

Chalk up a vote for Lionel's 1666!

[Anonymous]

Favorite (prototype) locomotive..........NYC Hudson
Favorite (prototype) train.....................1938 Dreyfuss NYC 20th Century Ltd.
Favorite (model) locomotive...............3rd Rail B&O S-1a (Big Six)
Favorite (model) train............................Aforementioned S-1a w/2 dozen "high cars" or coal hoppers on its drawbar and a "wagontop" bringing up the markers.....pure B&O!

[pbjwilson]

My 249E. Just got it the other day. Runs real smooth and looks like an old Cadillac.
SWEET!

[daan]

Besides ETS there is another manufacturer which makes an awesome and even more expensive crocodile. Fulgurex. Their crocodile is completely metal, nowhere diecast, everything made with lathes and other metalwork machinery..
Maerklin also is a master in building crocodile-models. I've seen the 0 rauge and 1 gauge crocodiles from the postwar and prewar erea in a museum.. Very nice.
Besides that, Switserland has the only official Lionel shop in Europe..
I'll check at the adress you mentionned, I'll be around sooner or later next year.

[lionelsoni]

Dann, the crocodiles are very interesting locomotives. Have you seen the O-scale models made by ETS? They do very good work, but their stuff is a little expensive.

I got to see the crocodile that is on display in Erstfeld. If you should happen to go there, be sure to stay in the Frohsinn (http://www.frohsinn-erstfeld.ch/) and get a room overlooking the train yard. The guy that owns it is a train buff (and the mayor).

[daan]

If asked what real lokomotive I like the best, I must say it is a swiss one. Since I'm born and raised in Switserland, those machines have had the deepest inpact. The best ones I guess where the Ae 6/6 and Re 6/6 both designed in the seventies for the gotthard-line. The most beautifull ones are the narrow gauge FO-bahn rack steam loco's which operate on a museum track there. The most impressive ones are the Ae6/8, the crocodiles.
The challengers, F3's etc are all impressive too, but I've never seen one in reality and therefore will not count with this postings..

[brianel027]

Doug, my favorite loco is actually a K-Line: the long discontinued Alco S-2 switcher, which I add many details to in addition to new paint schemes. I also prefer the K-Line Alco FA to the Lionel version because of the front apron, additional detail and metal frame, which Lionel deleted some years ago for a plastic one.

Of the Lionel locos, I like the 14 inch U36B, the version tooled up by MPC. Though I don't like that the recent offerings from Lionel have only one motorized truck. I had really wanted the Conrail one too. The one thing I don't like about the U-boat is the high height of the shell, but I can shorten the height of the shell to make it actually appear like a larger engine. It also has the "look" of a more modern locomotive. Though Railking has made some modern locos, they also suffer from poor proportioning and a "shoebox on wheels" appearance - and because the walkway is part of the shell, the body can't be easily shortened.

I have several Lionel Industrial Switchers which I also like, but not as is as out of the box. I make major modifications to the Industrial Switchers, so when I'm done they easily pull 10 cars with no trouble.

Of course I have other K-line and Lionel locos. Actually I like them all. Disclaimer: I have tended to buy lower end lesser detailed locos that are NOT scale because of my 027 curves and smaller layout (and rolling stock). I don't mind making changes, revisions and adding details which I have done to all locomotives.

I like running engines that look at home on a detail and size perspective with the kinds of cars I run. I can't see the logic of running some beautiful scale sized and detailed steam locomotive with 6464 box cars... but I have seen photos in the train mags of guys that do this very thing.

Then again, I'm sure they may not see the logic in the things I do. I guess that's the beauty of the hobby... and the curse sometimes as witnessed on the forums!

[cnw1995]

Brianel, what's your favorite Lionel engine?

[brianel027]

Hard to narrow it down to just one...
- I like the Penn Central for their insight and innovation against near impossible odds.
- The Lehigh Valley for their tenacity, spirit, colorful variety and quirkiness.
- The CNJ for being the underdog and for that Coastguard scheme.
- The New Haven for all that color during the McGinnis era - that and another underdog.
- The Reading for their fighting spirit and devotion to equipment upkeep.
- Conrail for making it against all odds (though at a tremendous workforce cost)... talk about variety with "Big Blue" inheriting the best and worst of the EL, CNJ, LV, RDG and the PC. Lots of paint scheme exceptions especially in the early days. Many things the Penn Central had wanted to do, but were denied permission to do were quickly done once the government took over under the banner of Conrail.
- Sure it's all black, but the Norfolk Southern has the horse logo and kids sure recognize that. I like the new revised italicized logo typeface.
- And the CSX who may a leading contender for the changing paint scheme award... really love the new deep blue scheme. Did it on a K-Line S-2 which looks great!!

I've custom painted every road above on my motive power, with paint scheme variations included such as the yellow jacket, snowbird, cigarband and Cornell red variations of the Lehigh Valley.

[02hawk21]

My favorite rr has to be the Pennsy.

My favorite train to run is my postwar electronic set with the 671R and all the electronic cars.

[nitroboy]

All my trains are my favorites!!! If I had to narrow it down, I would say my Williams FM Virginian. It looks great and is a super runner. I now own 3 Williams engines and they are by-far the best runners for me. As for sentimental, I would say my Lionel 2353 Santa fe F3's. I played with them when I was little, and still play with them today.

[Back2Trains]

My favorite railroad is the C&O and my favorite real engine is the Allegheny, specifically the one preserved in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. I never saw one in operation that I know of, but I remember reading the article in the Detroit News in the '50s when C&O donated this magnificent piece to the museum and how much trouble they went through to get this monster inside the musem. Although it has not been in steam for about a half century it is well preserved because it has been kept inside since about 1956, which has kept it from deteriorating from the weather. Even as a static display it is a truly remarkable piece of history and I have spent a lot of time looking it over and being greatful for the opportunity.
My favorite Lionel engine(s) are the Lionel 2023 set from 1950. The Golden Anniversary freight set was under the Christmas tree that year and I have been in love with Lionel trains ever since. Actually, I like all of the high-end Lionel engines of the postwar period, but not those terrible redesigned Alcos after 1955.

Jim