favorite steam engine

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what is your all time favorite steam engine?

[J. Daddy]

That's easy it would be the Northern Pacific A-4 4-8-4 Northern... a close tie would be the NP Z-7 or Z-8 challenger 4-6-6-4" border="0" />

 

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[Lord Atmo]

hmmm.... well i dont like steam in general, but i must say the big boy is quite impressive. and 261 isnt that bad either

[GDRMCo]

2-10-4 Texas, on my freelance RR they're called Burdekins. The Burdekin River is a major river on the line they're used on.

[chefjavier]

I would say the "BIG BOYS" 4-8-8-4 Union Pacific.

[Nataraj]

SP GS-4

[bobbo]

My favourite engine could be described as a "Little Boy", see picture on left. It is a British 1924 Hudswell Clark 0-6-0 and was one of two delivered to operate the private Slough industrial estate railway. It interchanged with the Great Western Railway then British Railways after 1948. I must admit to being biased as I am involved with the Slough & Windsor Railway Society who have restored this loco. Bobbo.