Whats your favorite loco?

Posted by Anonymous

on Sat, Apr 23 2005 4:53 PM

BNSF SD-75MAC bumkin heritage ll paint scheme

Posted by Anonymous

on Sun, Apr 24 2005 1:35 PM

Diesel: SD40

Steam: Challenger

No electric[:)]

Posted by AC6000CW

on Tue, Apr 26 2005 12:59 PM

DIESEL:AC4400CW,DASH9-44CW,AC6000CW,DASH 8-32BWH, DASH 8-40BW,SD80MAC,SD90MAC,DDA40X
STEAM:N&W 2-8-8-2,CHALLENGER,BIG BOY,DAYLIGHT
ELECTRIC:GG1 ACELEA,P42DC{WHICH IS DIESEL AND ELECTRIC FROM 3 RAIL PICK UP.}

http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5025

Posted by Texas Zepher

on Wed, Feb 14 2007 6:49 PM

That would have to be an NP 4-6-6-4 Z6 Challenger.

Posted by Railfan1

on Thu, Feb 15 2007 6:38 PM

SD70ACe or any of the "GEVO"s.

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by PBenham

on Fri, Feb 16 2007 4:35 PM

Lehigh Valley's PA1s, all others second.

Posted by Anonymous

on Fri, Feb 16 2007 11:29 PM

GE Dash 8's and 9's (in Santa Fe Warbonnet livery:)!)

Roger

Posted by Trainmaster.Curt

on Sat, Feb 17 2007 10:24 AM

CN's GMD1's are my #1 fav loco, especially the A1A-A1A ones the 1000's and 1600's, the B-B 1400's are ok too. Second would be the GP9, one of the best built diesel loco's ever, so much so that Central Manitoba Railway's main power are 4 GP9rm's, still with the 567c engines. Third would be the M420W's and HR412's, gotta love them smoky ALCO's. And for new power i like the ES44AC's on the CPR and the SD70M-2's on the CN, those engines are massive.

TMC (CNR Mixed train GMD1 1063 with combine coach)

(Remember always at Railway X-ing's, (Stop, Look and Listen!)

Posted by al-in-chgo

on Sun, Feb 18 2007 1:02 AM

RE: Whats your favorite loco?

That's easy. Raymond Loewy's magnificent GG-1 electric. It's so beautiful. And, it's so OVER-engineered, like the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, that it outperformed and outlasted original expectations. Makes some of the so-called HST's look like planned obsolescence by comparison.
Maybe if the coolant system hadn't been so chock-full of PCB's, Amtrak and NJT could have kept the GG-1's running a few years longer.

al

al-in-chgo

Posted by snagletooth

on Sun, Feb 18 2007 1:26 AM

And at the opposite end of grace, the Paducah GP10 For that matter, the GP8 or even the GP11. It don't matter. Get five of 'em pulling west out of Dubuque and it sounds like an orchestra playing $Headphones [{(-_-)}]$

. Long Live Paducah!

Snagletooth

Posted by Ham549
on Sun, Feb 18 2007 7:21 PM

F40PH it's a real locomotive unlike the Genesh!+$

Save the F40PH!

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Posted by alexweiihman

on Tue, Feb 20 2007 4:09 PM

The PRR K-4 (streamlined or not)

The B&O Pacifics (Blue presidental)

The F 3s

K-Line The Difference is in the Details

Posted by zzwheelz

on Wed, Feb 21 2007 7:34 AM

Diesels--1st-SD45T...2nd-SD70MAC...3rd-GP30...

Steam--1st-FEFs...2nd-Big Boy...3rd-Heavy Mtns

Overall favourite is ............UP FEF Overland Grey

Posted by vsmith

on Wed, Feb 21 2007 5:37 PM

Always been a fan of the 8-ton Porter

Have fun with your trains

Posted by Trainmaster.Curt

on Fri, Feb 23 2007 11:19 AM

Ham549, i take it that cause your such a F40PH fan, that you must've made a trip to Canada to see our VIA F40's

Ham549 here's a treat for you, an F40PH-2 triple header VIA Rail "Canadian" on the "High Line" Eastbound for Ontario

TMC (CNR Mixed train GMD1 1063 with combine coach)

(Remember always at Railway X-ing's, (Stop, Look and Listen!)