What's your favorite Streamline Engine ??

[New Haven I-5]

[cprted]

Hands down, Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson.

[al-in-chgo]

The one that hauled the Twentieth Century Limited.

 

[DMUinCT]

You named it, the I-5

A.C. Gilbert Catalog photo, 1939

[edbenton]

Actually the J-3A hauled the 20th Century Limted.

[DMUinCT]

  To Edbenton,

  The person who started this link called himself  "New Haven I-5".  and yes I aggree with him, the big Baldwins had the look of power.  As a kid I watched the New Haven's top Name Trains thunder by pulled by the I-5s.   Lesser trains got the slower accelerating Diesels.

 

[edbenton]

My answer was for Al-in chicago question no the thread starters.  For me though it was the Blue Goose the 3450 of the Santa Fe the only Streamlined Hudson on the Roster.

[al-in-chgo]

My answer was for Al-in chicago question no the thread starters.  For me though it was the Blue Goose the 3450 of the Santa Fe the only Streamlined Hudson on the Roster.

al-in-chgo by syntax or typo above confused.  Elucidate pls? 

 

[edbenton]

typo

 

[Kurn]

The B&O P7d 5301-5304.They pulled the Cincinnatian.

[J. Edgar]

 nuff said   

[fluff]

norfolk and western.....beauty and power

new haven's    4-6-4's....very nice... 

[daveklepper]

Said so before and repeat:

Looks:     1.   NYNH&H I-5

              2.   N&W J

              3.   SP  Daylight

 

Overall      1.   N&W J     Best steam locomotive ever

               2.   SP   Daylight

               3.    NYNH&H  I-5    Needed new boilers and better driver counterbalancing with lightweight rods.  Never got them.

Best looking non-streamlined power:

                1.   DL&W and NKP and C&O 4-6-4's

                 2.  NKP-C&O-WM-PM 2-8-4's

                 3.  UP 844 and its 4-8-4 sisters

                 4.   NYC Niagra

                 5.   NYC J3A

                 6.   ACL and RF&P   4-8-4's

                 7.    Southern Green and Gold Pacifics

                  8.    Challengers, UP's and others

 

Obvously I don't much care for inverted bathtubs or hemispherical smokebox shrouds.

[selector]

Funny, but I have developed no fondness for any of the streamlined steamers except for the Pennsy Duplex.  I like them without their clothes on, I guess. 

 

edit....Nope, I had to come right back after I had posted and recall that a somewhat distant second is the U series Northerns from CN.  I like the high air inlets in front of the stack and the rest of the draped shroud....quite fetching.

[lonewoof]

No contest! N&W J!!

/Bill

 

 

[Train Guy 3]

N&W J Class No questions asked.

Still think the J1's durring WWII were just funny looking without the streamlinning cowl.

[al-in-chgo]

Do motors count too?  In which case:

  -  GG-1

  -  Espee Daylight

  -  N&W Class J  

 

[wjstix]

CNW's yellow streamlined Pacifics used on the "Minnesota 400" in the forties.

Although I do like the N&W "J" class engines too !!

[chatanuga]

N&W Class J #611

Kevin

http://chatanuga.org/RailPage.html

http://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html

[switch7frg]

 nuff said   

  DITTO ~~~ even with the dimple on ( her ) right cheek

[Snoq. Pass RR]

Mine has to be the Milwaukee Road class EP-2 "Bi-polar" locomotive.

[IRONHORSE77]

The Blue Goose was a 3460 class not a 3450 class.

CHUCK

[tomikawaTT]

Steam:  N&W J 4-8-4

Electric:  JNR EF58 2-Co+Co-2

Diesel:  say WHAT???  The only diesels I can tolerate aren't streamlined.

Chuck

[daveklepper]

Again, N&W J ----and NH I-5 for looks only.   But electric:  NH EF-3.   Diesel:  "Q" E-5.

[EJE818]

CB&Q E5 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr train at IRM! That is one nice looking trainset. Too bad the cars were damaged in a derailment, but hopefully they will be back soon! Do EJ&E's green over orange painted sharks account for anything? I know they weren't with EJ&E very long. I wish I could've been around to see those things! One nice paint scheme they used to wear.

[oltmannd]

I'm partial to the 1941 Empire State Express Hudson

http://www.railroad.net/photos/empiresteam/media/hkvese5.jpg

I think it's nicer than the 20th Century version.

[espeefoamer]

1. SP Daylight GS4

2.GG1

3.FP7

[Virginian]

N&W Class J

Close second

Milwaukee F-7 Baltic.  "Fleet of foot was Hiawatha !"  Was ever a phrase more foretelling?

[SD90MAC]

 

This is my favorite streamline engine. A J3A hudson with scullin whells

[selector]

Hey, folks, the question pertains to streamlined steamers.