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I voted for the GG1, but nobody's mentioned the box-cab siderod engines used by the Norfolk and Western and the Virginian in the Appalachians. Some of the N&W engines (two-unit, phase converter AC engines) worked for 35 years hauling coal tonnage on 2% Elkhorn Mountain, as tough a duty as any locomotive ever had to deal with anywhere. The Virginian engines (three-unit, phase converter) were more modern (N&W had four two-unit sets that were almost duplicates of these to go with their 12 earlier sets) from about ten years later, and had to do the same thing on Clark's Gap, VGN's own 2% climb out of the hole at Mullens, W. Va. Ugly things, but were fascinating to watch and were never found wanting. They made real money for their owners. Old Timer
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