What's your favorite Streamline Engine ??

[passengerfan]

How about the final production CPR 2-10-4 Selkirks?

[Eddie_walters]

The Milwaukee F-7, one of which may hold the world steam speed record (there being some doubts about LNER 4468 Mallard's speed tape.)

I think that is a little wide of the mark - the official record is 126 mph, which was measured on the loco's speedometer AND in the dynamometer car that the loco was hauling - the 126 was a momentary maximum, but the loco was running at 120+ mph for several miles.

Another interesting point was that the LNER only ever made one serious attempt at the record and Mallard was (from what I have read) not the most free running loco of the A4 class. Also the run was interrupted by a permanent way speed limit, so I wonder what the class was actually capable of?

[Berk765]

 Without a doubt, the awsome N&W J-class 4-8-4 #611.

[BaltACD]

The original streamlining of Pacific 5304 for the B&O's Royal Blue Limited.  The streamlining of this engine and its mates 5301-5302 & 5303 for the Cincinnatian are a close 2nd.

[CNCharlie]

 My pick would have to be the CPR Jubilee F2a which for those unfamiliar with this engine was a 4-4-4, a very unusual combination. CP built 5 of them in 1936 and 25 slightly different F1a's. The F2 holds the Canadian official speed record for steam at 112.5 mph. It had 80" drivers.

As a runner-up it would be the CNR U-4-a and also the GTW U-4-b which was the same design only built by Lima instead of MLW. They were Northerns.

CN Charlie

[Big Ugly Waz]

Hey Mark,

Glad someone from OZ put up some images of the finest looking engine to work the NSWGR !

I was lucky enough as a 5 year old to be on the last triple header of the 38s ( 3801 , 3813 & 3820 ) and I still remember it. We got on the train at Liverpool station and I'll never forget 3801 running light through the station at speed ! An absolutely AWESOME sight ! 

I believe they wouldn't allow the 3 38s to run over the bridge out of Liverpool hooked up due to weight concerns / limits. 

After a long day of swapping lead engines they were running late on the return trip and I remember hanging out the window on the curves and watching the steam standing straight up out of the stacks as they really opened them up for the run home. 

I know that this trip formed my passion / facination with steam so 3801 will always be my favorite engine.

Cheers,

Warren

[marknewton]

G'day, Steve, glad to hear you like 38ers!

If you're looking for NSW passenger cars, your choices are a bit limited at the moment. Lima used to make a range of the 72'6" wooden cars, but I believe these are currently out of production. Powerline made the FS & BS steel cars, but I'm not sure of their current status.

Otherwise you're looking at kits from local cottage manufacturers like L&C, Lloyds, Casula and Bergs. Let me know if you need help tracking something down, and I 'll try to assist if I can.

All the best,

Mark.

[sgseward]

Mark,

My enthusiasm for Streamlined Steam doens't stop here in the US. I get down to Australia a bit and I am quite a fan of the Class 38's. I have Model of one on order from Eureka, and I guarantee I'll be the only one within several states running the 3801 around on their layout! Now, if I could just find some nice NSGWR carriages!

 Steve

[marknewton]

This is. New South Wales Government Railways 3801. Built by Clyde Enginneering in 1943.







I was part of the team that returned the engine to service in 1987, and I then stayed with it as a boilermaker and fireman until 2006.

I've been all around Australia with it, and met my wife when working on it, so it's my all-time favourite engine, streamlined or otherwise!

Cheers,

Mark.

[sgseward]

Tough to pick, cause I'm a Streamline enthusiast! But, seeing as I'm and N&W and Southern modeler, I'd have to go with the J , and second, the Southern #1380. I also like the Milw F-7's, and the LV "John Wilkes".

 

Steve

[Nataraj]

SP Daylight! (GS-4) Best looking engine EVER!

[SHKarlson]

The Milwaukee F-7, one of which may hold the world steam speed record (there being some doubts about LNER 4468 Mallard's speed tape.)  I have a model-a-building. http://coldspringshops.blogspot.com/search?q=a+visit+to+the+test+plant.

The New Haven I-5 is also pretty.  Baldwin and the New Haven did a better job of coming up with British-style streamlining than the British did (that funnel and cod-mouth firebox door on the Gresley Streaks detracts, the streamlined Duchesses had that inverted-bathtub look about them, and the less said about the two Great Westerns the better.)

[Dayliner]

The LNER's A4s.

[Carbarn O]

 

Does anyone remember the streamlined 4-4-0' s of the Lakawanna Railroad ?

They might have been odd but they were unique.

[railfanespee4449]

I may be biased, because I have recieved models of the two, including an MTH J with sound in O gauge yesterday, but the Daylight in first and the J in second.

[lattasnip9]

i'd have to say the ones that pulled the hiawatha.

[AlcoRS11Nut]

I don't know if this really counts because it was a special paint scheme for a excursion train, but the black scheme for the 4449 when it pulled that BNSF Employee Apreciation Train a while ago. The all black and white pin-stripe on the shrouding by the drivers looked sharp. But if it has to be a steam era one...I don't know...not a big fan of streamlined engines. The UP Northerns in the 2-tone gray scheme were one of the best out there in my opinion.

[VAPEURCHAPELON]

Some photos of the unshrouded J's here:

http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=NW;action=display;num=1183506669;start=0

 --Reed

 

I wonder if anyone has ever modeled these.  I have seen the shrouded Js but not the unshrouded ones.   

Yes. OVERLAND did them in the late 1990s, and SUNSET in the mid 1980s. 

[dale8chevyss]

Some photos of the unshrouded J's here:

http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=NW;action=display;num=1183506669;start=0

 --Reed

 

I wonder if anyone has ever modeled these.  I have seen the shrouded Js but not the unshrouded ones.   

[tomikawaTT]

Some photos of the unshrouded J's here:

http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=NW;action=display;num=1183506669;start=0

 --Reed

Gorgeous photos!  Thank you.

That square-cornered sand box gave them a distinctly IC look, even though the IC never had a loco that even came close to the J's capabilities.

Chuck

[dale8chevyss]

Wow- looks crazy.

 

Thanks for the link.  I figured there was a site that had some decent pictures of them.  

[Redwards]

Some photos of the unshrouded J's here:

http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=NW;action=display;num=1183506669;start=0

 --Reed

[dale8chevyss]

N&W J Class No questions asked.

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

 

 

 

Do you know where I can find pictures of that?  I've never seen one and would like to. 

[ValorStorm]

Yeah, I've gotta go with Pennsy's T-1 and GTW's 4-8-4s. No N&W J for me. They just scream "smokebox reduction surgery."

[selector]

Hey, folks, the question pertains to streamlined steamers.

[SD90MAC]

 

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

[Virginian]

N&W Class J

Close second

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

[espeefoamer]

1. SP Daylight GS4

2.GG1

3.FP7

[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.