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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:36 AM
Gotta go with John and the Pennsy M-1s.
And (guilty pleasure) the same railroad's T-1s.
Also like the N & W Js and the Espee GS-4s for the combination of design features and color.
The B & O EM-1s.
Any Mogul.
Most of the later Beyer-Garratts. (And the Algerian greyhound Garratts.)
South African Railways Class 25 4-8-4s.

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Posted by jefelectric on Monday, June 19, 2006 9:52 PM
PRR M1
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 18, 2006 4:00 PM
From the U.S.A : Big Boy
From Europe: "Mallard" (U.K.), 142.000 (Germany, Romania).
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Posted by Francine Serratore on Monday, June 12, 2006 1:57 PM
Reading T1 without a doubt
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 8, 2006 10:46 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Snoq. Pass RR

Any logging style locomotive is good enough for me.
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like USP 11
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:10 AM
Norfolk and Western's #611
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Posted by Snoq. Pass RR on Saturday, June 3, 2006 12:21 PM
Any logging style locomotive is good enough for me.
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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, June 1, 2006 11:03 PM
C & O class G-9 (2-8-0) with a Vandy tender. Then the H-8s (2-6-6-6)

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 1, 2006 9:59 PM
One favorite?! I could not possibly narrow it down to one. Here's my list of some favorites that come to mind.

UP 844, N&W Classes A & J, CB&Q S-4 Hudsons, C&NW Class E4 Streamlined Hudsons, SP&S #700, NYC J3a Hudsons, Sweden's Class F 4-6-2s, Switzerland's Class A3/5 4-6-0s, England's Duchess Class 4-6-2s
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:10 AM
The H-8 Allegheny 2-6-6-6 of Chessie and Virginian, the Royal Hudson Class 4-6-4 of Canadian Pacific and the Class 59 4-8-2+2-8-4 of EAR. However I've enjoyed immensely my collection of wonderful DVD's showing me UP's Big Boys 4-8-8-4 and Challengers 4-6-6-4, SP's Cab Forwards 4-8-8-2, N&W's Y6bs 2-8-8-2, A's 2-6-6-2 and J's 4-8-4, not to forget European steam engines as the German 01 4-6-2, the British A4 4-6-2, holder of the world's steam record and the mightily impressive French A1 4-8-4. I remember as a child looking for hours and hours at an old railway book of my grandparents including my then favorite steam engine, the German record breaking streamlined Class 05 4-6-4.
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Posted by penncentral2002 on Friday, May 12, 2006 3:53 PM
I'd say the N&W Class J like on my license plate.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:39 PM
Anything geared! Shay, Climax, Heisler, etc.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:42 PM
The B&O Grasshoppers!
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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:28 AM
This is actually an old topic. However, again, N&W J, New Haven I-5, SP Daylight, NYC Niagra, PRR E-6, DL&W and NKP Hudsons, then NYC J-3a, unstreamlined, then K-4, also unstreamlined, NKP-W&LE-C&O 2-8-4 (only minor differences), AT&SF and CB&Q and UP 4-8-4's, PRR D-16 (4-4-0), and then articulates starting with N&W A's then Y's, then the Yellowstones and similar 2-8-8-4's. Then the UP big jobs.
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Posted by Tim Burton on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 11:59 PM
T-1
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Posted by 464484 on Monday, May 8, 2006 8:56 PM
NH I-5, NYC J3, PRR T1, DSP&P 2-6-0's
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 8, 2006 6:09 PM
Union Pacific's heavy hualers all kick butt! However, the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy was the biggest and best of the lot.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 8, 2006 12:42 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by West Coast S

I still contend that the Southern 4501 is still the best, small and light enough to go anywhere, I hope she returns from retirement once again during my liftime.

Dave


I was sitting in her cab this time last year in the back shops of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, TN, and from the way they were talking, it will be quite a while before they take on the job of replacing those main bearings that kept going out on the old girl. She's pretty well buried back in the back shops too, but it was nice to see her again.

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Posted by ragnar on Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:05 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

Currently operating: SP&S 700
Historical-much harder question, but Great Northern's R-2 class 2-8-8-2s
are right up there and so are their M-2 class 2-6-8-0s.
The P-2 class is also a favorite-and two of them still exist-non operational,
2507 and 2523.


I'm right there with you Rick, Although my favorite currently running locomotive has to be Milwaukee Road 261.
Ain't it a shame the GN didn't set aside a R2 ,N3 AND a M2 for prosparity!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:34 AM
Suothern Pacific GS-4 4-8-4 black & deskirted, followed by Texas & Pacific I-1b 2-10-4 followed by Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4
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Posted by wallyworld on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:51 PM
PRR Q2

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Posted by artpeterson on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:53 PM
C&NW Class D Atlantic
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Posted by wjstix on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:54 PM
I guess I'll go for one of the C&NW's streamlined 4-6-2's as used on the "MInnesota 400". However DMIR 2-8-8-4's are pretty neat too !!

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Posted by Oconomowoc on Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:36 PM
Nickle Plate Berks were the finest, smoothest running, nicest looking locomotives, in my opinion.
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Posted by PBenham on Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:04 PM
Of those I've seen, N&W 2-6-6-4 1218,with Nickel Plate 2-8-4 765 a very close second. I wish i'd been able to see a Lehigh Valley Wyoming 4-8-4 or a Seneca 4-8-2 after they were modernized prior to WWII. But, as a sage once said "If I had seen them, i'd be an old geezer, now!" I also would have loved to have seen B&Ms R-1s, NYO&Ws Y-1s Rutland's L-1 4-8-2s, Central's Niagaras and.....The list will be too long If I keep this up!
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Posted by West Coast S on Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:39 PM
I still contend that the Southern 4501 is still the best, small and light enough to go anywhere, I hope she returns from retirement once again during my liftime.

Dave
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Posted by JanOlov on Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:58 PM
Too many to mention I'm afraid..... but if I have to choose, it will be Milwaukee Road's class A 4-4-2's and F-7 4-6-4's.
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Posted by poppyl on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:31 PM
H-9 Consolidations
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Posted by Philcal on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:59 PM
Southern Pacific's GS 4's

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