What would be your favorite engin of all time???

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Switch8frg

Hello glennbob; I don't know if you knew that there were 39 2 6 8 0 engines made .36 by B L W , the other 3 were homebuilt , from 1909 to 1911.They were B&O , GN and Erie . Switch8frg

Thank you for the info ;saw some video last night of a 4-12-2 don't see many of those either glennbob

[Anonymous]

Based upon my experiences as a railroader, the old SD40-2 is my favorite.

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by glennbob
[i did not know there was a 2-6-8-0

The GN had a lot of strange locomotives. They didn't like to put any weight on non-driving wheels. They didn't want to throw away anything so many of their articulated were home built from older fixed frames. Even many of their "standard" wheel arrangements locomotives weren't like any other locomotive with that same wheel arrangment. That is actually the reason I stopped modeling the GN. To hard, to expensive, too much research for even the easiest details.

My favorite locomotive has to be one I've seen for real so .... AT&SF Zebra Stripe RS-4 that used to switch the passenger trains at Pueblo Colorado.

[Anonymous]

Ah yes .pueblo colorado; they have a big old steam engin on static display next to the old depot that has been turned into a restraunt and banquit e hall

[Anonymous]

steam Burlington S-4 Hudson 4-6-4's
diesel Burlington E-5's
electric PRR GG1's

[artpeterson]

Steam: CNW D 4-4-2
Diesel: PRR passenger "sharks"

[Streamline10]

This is hard. PA-1's, E-6's, FM switchers (ugly in a good way) F's, GP's, SD's. The SD-7's and 9's and the GP's with dynamics are pretty imbedded in my mind's eye. I like your smilie lash-ups, glennbob. [(-D][bow][bow][bow][(-D]

[gabe]

I think I am going to go with the SP&S 700. I think it is about as classic looking as a 4x8x4 gets. I am also fond of the NYC Niagra. Diesel wise, I think I like the SD-40-2 with the extended porch. I know that none of my choices are very unique, but I think there are reasons why classics are classics.

I really prefer the classic EMD, SD-40 nose compared to modern noses.

Gabe

[Anonymous]

Steam..NYC J-1 Hudson
D...Baldwin RF16 Sharks
E...GG1

[Anonymous]

SP 4449

[joseph2]

My favorite is the 35 Ton GE we use at work,built in 1958,ex-Hamm's Brewery.Roughly once a week I get to be an engineer or switchman. Joe

[Anonymous]

EMD E-8's. A big locomotive that did a big job here in the South. Painted up right, they were beautiful. Come to think of it, I miss the bulldog noses, even though they were a visibility nightmare.

Erik

[Anonymous]

Pennsy K4s Pacific....Specifically the first K4 of the last production build at Juniata..... #5475.....100+ MPH on the "Spirit of St. Louis"
John.

[Anonymous]

D&RGW's K-28 Mikado's. #470 - 479

[vsmith]

Any of the early shovelnose Zephyr trainsets

[Anonymous]

CB&Q E-5 # 9911A This engine is just plain sexy
Armco Steel Lima-Hamilton E-110, Looks plain jane but pulls real nice.

[Anonymous]

Long live the Alco.
And best wishes to the last railroad that runs them. Definitly the ALCO RSD15

[red p]

I would have to say "bulldogs" F/E units. I also thought the RS3 was cool too.

[Anonymous]

I have to say that my favorite engine of all times is the great GG1 and then comes the F7.

[poppyl]

Steam -- H-9 Consolidation

Diesel -- F-7 -- road
NW-2 -- yard

[Anonymous]

Steam: locomotive type 150.000 (Romania, Germany, Austria)
Diesel: the one the pulled those '30-40's streamliners
Electric: ?

[Anonymous]

Im gonna go with the Metra F-40PH. The 1979 model

[Anonymous]

GG1
Any Santa Fe E
NYC Hudson

[cnw4001]

Impossible for me to answer, I like dozens of different types.

[LehighValleyman]

Well, i do luv the LEHIGH VALLEY streamlined pacifics and hudsons but my all time fav would be the Nickle Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshires, I just love them![:D] Here are some other favs

Steam: SP Gs-1 4-8-4 Daylight engine [^] LV 4-6-2 and 4-6-4 streamlined Black Diamond Express Pacifics and Hudsons[8D], Pennsys 6-8-6 turbines, 4-6-2 K4 Pacifics[:D]
Diesel: SD-40-T2, SD-40-2, SD-45-T2, SD-45-2, SD-70-MAC, GE EVO Loco, C44-9W,DD40AX[:D],LV GP-38-2s
Electric,Pennsy's GG1 !!![:p]

[Anonymous]

Only 1 possibility here--The Pennsylvania Baldwin S-2 Turbine.

PS--Does anybody know the serial number that was on the builders plate of the S-2 Turbine? I'm such a fanatic about the S-2 that I want to have a repro builders plate made.

[PennsyHoosier]

ARGH! Too many great locos! Okay, how about:

Steam - Pennsy K4s
Electric - Pennsy GG1

Still thinking about diesel...

And then, what about:

[Anonymous]

My favorite engine is Pennsylvania RR's GG1. Next I will say F7 and E7 and E8.

[Anonymous]

diesel- GP38-2 or GP7 or F3[;)]


steam- Chicago Great Western 2-10-4s[:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

My choice would be the Pennsylvania J-1 2-10-4, partially because of the circumstances of its creation.

The J-1 was a product of the War Production Board, which exercised strong authority over the production of capital goods during the years of World War II. New designs were outlawed, so the Pennsy was forced to choose between a near-copy of an N&W A 2-6-6-4, or a C&O T-1 2-10-4. This is also the reason behind the J's lack of a classic Belpaire firebox.

It's a pity J's weren't allowed on the Harrisburg-Altoona Middle Division due to curvature restrictions near Union Furnace, but they could be found on just about any main line west of Altoona. Reportedly, a few were dispatched to Newberry yard in Williamsport, via the Bald Eagle Branch, for a short time.

Their perfect stamping ground, however, was probably the East Slope helper grade. I've always been tempted to think that the combination of this new power, plus the new set of crossovers at MG tower halfway up the grade, was one of the most productive investments Pennsy, or the nation, ever made.

The J's spent the rest of their too-brief lives in main line freight and helper service, including a stint on the Sandusky line in partnership with some leased Santa Fe 2-10-4's in the summer of 1956. When the end came in the fall of 1957, many were reportedly cut up within the familiar confines of the East Altoona roundhouse, and made their final trip to the steel mills in gondolas. Regrettably, none of the class were preserved, a fate shared with NYC's magnificent Hudsons.

Every once in a while, it crosses my mind that one of those classic '57 Fords or Chevys might include a slight contribution from a Pennsy J -- poetic justice!