Favorite Diesel?

[Anonymous]

Santa Fe's "6-motor F unit," the FP45 in red and silver warbonnet paint, pulling the Super Chief! [:D]

Other favs: L&N's E6 locos as they didn't have the built out headlight on their noses, like other railroad's E6's have.
SP/ Rio Grande SD40T-2. Are there any plans to save one?

[Anonymous]

Favorate locomotives
1. SD80MAC
2. SD40-2
3.GP40-2

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emddd40x

I'd have to go with my favorite diesel of all time being my ID. :-) the EMD DD40X. Being of an engineering background (as in mechanical engineer, not locomotive driver), I just gotta love the simple, brute force solution that the DD40X shows. Ok, so it couldn't corner worth a darn (hates tight radii), but just one of them could do the work of a few of its peers.

I would love to see a modern rendition of the DD created with an articulated truck set...or one of the new self steering trucks....and a modern traction control system. Hmm...maybe it should be an AC unit too? :-) a man can dream. :-)

Ooooo... I like that idea...

I would have to say my favoriote diesel all-time would be the FM H24-66 "Train Master". The most powerful single-engine diesel of its time. Plus, they were built in Wisconsin [;)]. Too bad the engine was of an unusual (read: hard to maintain) design. [:(]

Of "modern" EMDs, my favorites are the GP15-1, the SD45 and 45-2, and the Tunnel Motors.

-Mark
Milwaukee, WI
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

[emddd40x]

I'd have to go with my favorite diesel of all time being my ID. :-) the EMD DD40X. Being of an engineering background (as in mechanical engineer, not locomotive driver), I just gotta love the simple, brute force solution that the DD40X shows. Ok, so it couldn't corner worth a darn (hates tight radii), but just one of them could do the work of a few of its peers.

I would love to see a modern rendition of the DD created with an articulated truck set...or one of the new self steering trucks....and a modern traction control system. Hmm...maybe it should be an AC unit too? :-) a man can dream. :-)

[UPTRAIN]

SD70M

[Anonymous]

SP SD40T-2, the "tunnel motors"

[Anonymous]

ALCO PA by a wide margin

[Train Guy 3]

GE's that catch fire.

[cprs8622]

The NS Dash 9-40CW, because of there standard standing Cabs. I hate those desk top control cabs!!

[Anonymous]

Dear Sirs,


In the YARD, Alco-GE 539 S2 on Blunt Trucks.


THE Only Nomination for 'Honorary Steam Yard Goat' Status from DPM.

[ValleyX]

SD-45, running long hood forward, just looked like they meant business, let those 20 cylinders howl!

[WDGF]

EMD (or was it EMC then?) E2, as on the UP City of Los Angeles. What a beauty!

[broncoman]

SD70 non M and C40-9 non W (Norfolk Southern style) --- old school charm with brutish power a close third would be a SD90MAC-H close to equal power as a centennial with one engine. Know its not to realiable but sounds and looks cool.[8D]

[Randy Stahl]

Just spent the day on SD-45s , gotta admit I'm rather fond of them.
Randy

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

1.FP7
2.E8/9
3. F40C
[8D][8D][8D][8D]

At last,Somebody with SENSE![:D]

[espeefoamer]

1.FP7
2.E8/9
3. F40C
[8D][8D][8D][8D]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Puckdropper

QUOTE:
What is you favorite diesel loco and why?

LC

I was gonna vote for Rudolph Diesel, and not Vin Diesel here!

That IS a good one![:D]

My personal favorites,are GP-7s-9s&BL-2s

For the why[?] I can't,just do!
BTW Vin Diesel does not get a good review in THIS household!

[tomnoy3]

For GE: C44ACCTE and for EMD: SD70M. Both in UP Building America paint. Although Im not really a patriot or a Republican by all means, the flag looks nice and it fills up the side alot better than "Union Pacific." I used to like the C44-9W's but I like the AC inverter cabinets behind the cab on the C44AC's better than the Dash 9's AirConditoner. As for the SD70M, its just a good looking locomotive.

[TrainFreak409]

Hmmm, tough choice, tough choice.

I would have to say the Baldwin Centipede. It was big, it was powerful, and ultimately unsuccessful. It must have been breathtaking to see in person.


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[ozzy01]

The SD40-2 and GP40-2 Very dependable locomotives , could haul any train.

[adrianspeeder]

Lehigh Valley Alco c-628. One bad mother ... alco.

Adrianspeeder

[JoeKoh]

gp 38-2 pushes cars like there is no tommorow.
stay safe
Joe

[wabash1]

SD-60s and gp 50s and 60s. the Sd 70s are good also but the 60s seem to be better

[mvlandsw]

GP 40-2 Hook enough of them together and they would do anything.

[jabrown1971]

SD 39
GP 28
F 40 C
Dash 8 32 BWH-Kentucky Cardinal had em frquently, look better than a Genesis, and with only 25, the odds of one leading are rare

[Anonymous]

Alcos [;)]

The Century line was very good. Some are still around and working short lines. Find me a 40 year old GE still running.

The RS - 1, RS - 2, and the RS - 3s are classic.

[Puckdropper]

QUOTE:
What is you favorite diesel loco and why?

LC

I was gonna vote for Rudolph Diesel, and not Vin Diesel here!

[Anonymous]

Small SW or Geep, simple... run forever...

Although the heaters SUCK

[enr2099]

The GMD1 has to be my personal favorite. It was the first locomotive I can remember seeing. I remember seeing GMD1 1070 heading across the Trans-Canada hiway on the now abandoned CN Cowichan Subdivision in Victoria, near the Town and Country strip mall.