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I had several favorites. B&O had a batch of SW1's built in the early 40's; you could overload them, but if they couldn't pull the load, there was no drama with wheels spinning and such; they'd just sit there and hum. I also liked the Alco S2's and S4's. But the S2 was really special. I had a regular industrial job at the time. We'd get an S2 for three or four days straight. All the sudden, we'd be assigned an EMD SW9 for a night; we wouldn't realize how crummy the track was! We got so used to gliding over it with the Blunt trucks on the S2's, and now we're rocking on the same track with AAR trucks. Sorry, boys, I didn't care for the F7...I worked B&O as well as WM F7's; they were okay for travelling up the road, but if you had any work to do en route, they were lousy to switch from. I liked working the coal jobs with SD7/9's. They sounded like nothing else EMD ever made. All this new stuff I couldn't care less about; as long as they have all their fingers and toes, they're just something to do my job with.
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