favorite loco

[WSOR 4025]

Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine's an SD20.

[WCfan]

Here are a few.(Sorry I can't pickThere all my favorite.)

SD60M

SD60

SD45-2

SD45

SDP45

SD40B

SD40-2

SDL39

SD35

SD24

SD9

SD7

GP40X

GP40

GP38-2

GP38C

GP30C

GP9

GP7

SW1500

SW1200

SW7

U30C

I have many

[espeefoamer]

My favorite loco is the FP7.

Favorite second generation diesel,SD45.

Favorite electric,GG1.

Favorite steam,SP GS4.

 

[rrboomer]

From an engineer's point of view, my hands down favorite is the SD9. The FP7 also rates high as that extra four feet between truck centers made them ride great compared to the freight F units.

Other favorites are:

     SW-1     great for light industry work, bad track, coachyard, depot switching

     SW-8     another great industry unit

     GP-9      go anywhere, do anything unit

     RS-3      ran circles around the GP7

     SD40-2   EMD's crowning moment

     B32-8     these three units made me a believer that GE was going to win the war!

     

[traintownofcowee]

My favorites would have to be...

Southern Pacific GS Class 4-8-4s

Union Pacific FEF-3s

Union Pacific Challengers

[Railfan1]

Anything diesel

[trainfan1221]

Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine's an SD20.

I am guessing we are supposed to pick up on the fact that except for railroad rebuilds there is no such thing as an SD20.

[WSOR 4025]

Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine's an SD20.

I am guessing we are supposed to pick up on the fact that except for railroad rebuilds there is no such thing as an SD20.

Um...  yes... he he he

Also I like center cabs! (I don't know why) 

[WSOR 3801]

Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine's an SD20.

I am guessing we are supposed to pick up on the fact that except for railroad rebuilds there is no such thing as an SD20.

Um...  yes... he he he

Also I like center cabs! (I don't know why) 

 

Sure there are SD20s.  I've run a number of them.

 

The blue card in the cab lists it as a SD20, built 1980. 

[EJE818]

May favorite engines are SD38-2s. The EJ&E SD38-2s sound very unique. I also like the DM&IR rebuilt SDMs. They make a neat growling noise when they throttle up. Unfortunatly, the SDMs on EJ&E are usually confined to Gary. 

[Anonymous]

RS-1 in Tidewater Southern green and Orange

GP7 in SF zebra stripes

SD9s (cadillacs) inSP Black Widow

ANy E unit or F unit in Warbonnet or Daylight colors

Any steam engine

I like all the UP heritage locos, saw the Espee heritage heading north out of Eugene Yard the other day, paced it for miles

 

[WCfan]

RS-1 in Tidewater Southern green and Orange

GP7 in SF tiger stripes

SD9s (cadillacs) inSP Black Widow

ANy E unit or F unit in Warbonnet or Daylight colors

Any steam engine

I like all the UP heritage locos, saw the Espee heritage heading north out of Eugene Yard the other day, paced it for miles

 

You mean Zebra Stripes? I've never seen a ATSF tiger stripes.

[B.Erdmann]

heres mine

 

SD 45 of all types

SD 40-2

SD35

SD 20

SDl 39

F45 & FP 45

 GP7

GP 9

GP 40,GP40-2

GP 38-2

SW 1500

SW 1200

CP's AC4400's

 GE c44-9w

i got more but cant think of them

[Anonymous]

Youre right--zebra stripes.

I was thinking Espee. Shoulda known better, Espee didn't have any GP7s (Yes I know about the Cotton Belt one in Daylight colors)

[trainfan1221]

Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine's an SD20.

I am guessing we are supposed to pick up on the fact that except for railroad rebuilds there is no such thing as an SD20.

Um...  yes... he he he

Also I like center cabs! (I don't know why) 

My point was that there was never a model designated SD20  directly built by a manufacturer.  EMD had the SD24.  An SD20 is a railroad rebuild though it is kind of a neat engine.  Now an SD30...that would have been interesting.

 

Sure there are SD20s.  I've run a number of them.

 

The blue card in the cab lists it as a SD20, built 1980. 

[WSOR 3801]

The SD20 were dang near new after Paducah got done remanufacturing them. 

They added/changed:

Prime mover (2000 hp 645 engine, removing 567 engine)

All new electrical wiring

Paper air filter for the engine

Pressurized electrical cabinet

Modernized traction motor blower system (note the blower duct on the fireman's side, like a newer EMD)

New cab (some of the base engine were SD24Bs)

Chopped nose on most

Rebuilt fuel tank, with the main air reservoirs moved below the walkway, from on top.

They were the equivalent of a SD38, for a lot less money. 

The blue card lists the engine as a SD20, not a SD24.  After doing that much work to it, They can call it what they want.  

[wctransfer]

I like a lot of units, but my favorite units are:

1.SD45

2.SD40

3.F45

The people out there that like new power are lucky people, It sucks liking the stuff that is getting retired all the time...

Alec

[Anonymous]

I can never decide, it's always a tie between the SD80MAC, SD50, and FP45 for diesels. But for steam, 2-8-4 Berkshires win hands down.

[blade]

as far as steam engines go my favorite locomotive is the 4-8-4 northern ,as far as diesel locomotives go i like the es4400cw,dash 9cw,sd70ace,sd40-2,sd38-2,and ge hybrid.

[yougottawanta]

Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine's an SD20.

NW J ,Almost any thing steam,F units........How can you have a favorite with SO MANY locos to like ? 

[Anonymous]

Mine is a Sd 45-2t.  The one I wish I could buy would be the CEFX 9373. 

[tomikawaTT]

Since locomotives come in several flavors and nationalities:

US locos:

• Electric - PRR GG-1
• Steam - N&W J
• Diesel - say WHAT???

JNR locos:

• Electric - ED16 class 1-Bo+Bo-1 1500vdc catenary boxcab.
• Steam - C58 class dual-service 2-6-2.
• Diesel - DD50 class B-2-B diesel-hydraulic.

Check out the C58 at:

http://www.kurogane-rail.jp/sl/ec58.html

 

Very favorite, with one foot in each camp:

Kiso Forest Railway 0-4-2T, Baldwin-built, modified with an industrial cyclone stack bigger than the boiler!  KFR #6, now at the California Railroad Museum, is an example, but has some American modifications (cowcatcher pilot, classification lights) never seen in Japan.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - owns models of all of the above)

[bnsfkline]

SD28

SD70

SD80MAC

C415

C420

C424

NO GE's make the list

[WICT613]

 

  Favorite Locomotive??????

  Nothing beats a good high nose GP9

[chefjavier]

I like a lot of units, but my favorite units are:

1.SD45

2.SD40

3.F45

The people out there that like new power are lucky people, It sucks liking the stuff that is getting retired all the time...

Alec

You need to tag those locomotives to CONRAIL...

[EJE818]

I know I already said SD38-2s and SDM for my favorites, but that is far from all I like. Some more I like are SD45s, IC rebuilt GP10s (I really miss Iowa Interstate's GP10s), F45s/FP45s, SD40-2s and just about any EMD from SD7 to SD70 standard cab.