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[ValorStorm]

SD40-2 "Snoots" on the UP were my favorites back in the 70s. Now it's C44ACs. Sure, they look a lot like DASH-9s. But AC technology puts 'em over the edge.

Now can I just go on record as saying that the new GEVOs don't look proportionally correct? They're a BIG improvement over the AC6000s. But they're not nearly as good-looking as the C44.

[Ham549]

What about the F40PH?

[Anonymous]

It is simply what a freight loco should look like. F/FP45's have a good look, but look a lot better at the front of a passenger consist.

[brilondon]

I chose the SD 40-2 because it is the classsic loco with style. I would have voted for the PA -2 but you obviously felt it was not worthy of this poll.

[AC6000CW]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brilondon

I chose the SD 40-2 because it is the classsic loco with style. I would have voted for the PA -2 but you obviously felt it was not worthy of this poll.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT LOCOMOTIVE.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AC6000CW

QUOTE: Originally posted by brilondon

I chose the SD 40-2 because it is the classsic loco with style. I would have voted for the PA -2 but you obviously felt it was not worthy of this poll.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT LOCOMOTIVE.

PA-2's are ALCO's -

[BNSF_GP60M]

I chose the GP38-2. It's a great little locomotive for all the right jobs.

[Anonymous]

[8]
Okay, you didn't specify "no legacies," and other members have listed motive power from the past.

My favorite American locomotive is Raymond Loewy's GG-1, which I'm sure practically all of you are familiar with, both from our hobby and from the many movies (like Strangers on a Train and The [1961] Manchurian Candidate.

I first rode behind one when I was still in high school, in 1969, and my father and I took the train from southwestern Virginia to New York. We changed at Union Station in D.C. So beautiful, and I even love the horn. Moop Moop!

A great way to see a display of one is at the RR museum in Baltimore. And Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 film, the aforementioned Strangers on a Train, has some good toss-off shot and some very realistic-looking interiors. Great movie, too TRIVIA NOTE: The film was based on Patricia Highsmith's first novel of the same name.

Moop Moop! [:D] [:p][^]

[Anonymous]

Where's the ALCO love? Is this a choice of favorites in last 10 years? Where's the GP30? All these choices seem the same. I voted for GP38 just to see the results.

[BN U30C]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

QUOTE: Originally posted by glcole61

The SD80MAC is the King of the Road ! [bow]

your a sick sick person...get help while you still can...lol
csx engineer

The ES44DC is the King of the Road!!

[CSXrules4eva]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

QUOTE: Originally posted by glcole61

The SD80MAC is the King of the Road ! [bow]

your a sick sick person...get help while you still can...lol
csx engineer

Ok I had to vote for the SD80MAC. I love that locomtive even though it doen't have my favorit diesel engine in it of all time the 16V265H it still preforms wonderfully. So to glcole61 your righ bow down to the king of the road [bow][bow][bow]
To csxengineer what's worng with you??/ huh?? CSX has 13 80MACs you ought to be proud!!! I see you've been spending way to much time in the Philadelphia area seeing nothing but GE AC44CWs and Dash-9s 24/7, it starts to get to your brain after a while. lol