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Hi, Being new to this illustrious group I though I'd stick my oar in. I don't think there is a "Best steam locomotive" except in certain very limited senses. Here in the UK there have been engineers who were employed by railway companies throughout the age of steam and some have used the best international practice (George Jackson Churchward, for example) while others have been great innovators (O. V. S. Bulleid). The two men designed very different locomotives for much the same purposes and one wasn't better than the other, just different. But there are favorite locomotives. The Vermont had some charming locos, the Reading too, as have many railways the world over. Amongst my favorites are the delightful Manning-Wardles, used for railroad construction and light railways and the Fairlies (there were some in Mexico as well as Venezuela and on the Denver and Rio Grande). But my favorites are the engines (all extant and working) built for the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, UK. At 14 miles long it is the biggest toy train set in the world!
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