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What would be your favorite engin of all time

  • I have a few:

    Diesel:

    SD40-2
    SD60M
    SD70M
    SD75I
    GP38
    SD90
    anything Alco
    F7
    E9

    Steam:

    Hudsons
    Bigboy
    Challenger
  • Engines name are with numbers and letters why dont they have a plane name?
  • QUOTE: Originally posted by farraris

    Engines name are with numbers and letters why dont they have a plane name?


    First; favorite locomtive;
    particular locomtive SP 255 (AC4400W), Drove it in Glennwood Yard to it's train
    locomitve model; SD80MAC, by far has the most personality of any engine on NS/CSX

    Second, farraris question;
    the letter and numbers are given by the locomotive makers so that railraod companies can tell the apart. The letter stand for the type of engine and the numbers either for want production model (on GMs) or the the engine's horsepower (modern GEs).

    Sreach the forum, there has already been a very indepth thread about this.
  • GE U23B or SD 40-2 [:D]
  • U30CG AND U28CG ON SANTA FE'S SUPER-C THROTTLING UP IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE,OFF TO THE RACES!!!
  • In no particular order:
    DRGW "mudhens"
    DRGW & SP "Tunnel Motors"
    First generation SP diesels in Black Widow paint
    SP Cab Forwards[bow]
  • in no order:

    Chicago and Northwestern Geeps and SD units
    Wisconsin Central SD45 units
    Southern Pacific standard cab units
    Burlington Northern SD units

    Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.

  • Monon J-1A's
    Union Pacific Big-Boy's (felt them before you heard or saw them)
    Monon F-3's/RS-2's
  • I like the Big Boys and the Mallets[:-^]
  • The old Willamate locomotives are top on my list and the new green goat locomotives.
    Yes we call it the Dinky. Why? Well cause it's dinky! Proud to be the official train geek of Princeton University!
  • CB&Q O5-A/B
    UP FEF's
    PRR Q2
    PRR J1
    Rio Grande Narrow K-27
    NYC J3a Dreyfuss Streamlined
    and just about any small Baldwin steam (Consolidations, Prairies, etc.)

    If I had to pick some diesels, I guess they would be:

    GP30
    RS3
    U50
    C424
    SD45
    E5 (especially the Stainless E5's on the CB&Q)
    FT

    -Chris
    West Chicago, IL
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  • I'M ESPECIALLY PARTIAL TO THE ALCO RS-1, BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF THE SEVERAL YEARS SPENT INVOLVED IN THE TIOGA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM AT FLEMINGVILLE, NY, IN THE EARLY 1980'S. WHEN WE STARTED EXCURSIONS ON THE "MAINLINE" (THE FORMER LEHIGH VALLEY BETWEEN OWEGO AND NORTH HARFORD, NY), WE FIRST PICKED UP AN ALCO S-2 (THE FORMER BUFFALO CENTRAL #46---NOW TIOGA CENTRAL #14), AND THEN SOME RS-1'S FROM THE WASHINGTON TERMINAL RR. AND ONE FROM THE NYS&W. WTRR #61 CAME IN FADED BLUE, WTRR #59 IN BLUE ALSO---SHE'S RUSTING AWAY SOMEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY (I MISS HER, BUT NO ROOM IN THE OLD BACK YARD OR NEW APT.)---WTRR #47 CAME IN AMTRAK PLATINUM MIST AND RED-BLUE STRIPING. I HAVE TWO N-SCALE RS-1'S, ONE IN THE PLATNUM MIST AND ONE ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO THE TUSCAN RED AND GOLD THAT TCRR #61 WEARS NOW...PLUS SEVERAL OF MY FAVORITE ROADS HAVE/HAD RS-1'S, INCLUDING THE NEW HAVEN RR; THE LAVONIA, AVON AND LAKEVILLE (SPELLING.?), THE BAY COLONY RR., CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TRACTION, ETC.
  • my all time favorite locomotive is the ATSF topeka style CF7. I even hope to add one of Athearn's HO scale versions of it to my model railroad.
  • SW1500 not to be out switched. Evil [}:)]
    Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!
  • SD40,SD45,F45,SD60,GP30, and C40-8s!

    Alec
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