favorite old EMD

signmasters24

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March 2005
From: Michigan
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Posted by signmasters24 on Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:07 PM

EMD DDA40X Centennial Locomotives, sorry I love over kill, more power.

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oldline1

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July 2006
From: Huntsville, AR
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Posted by oldline1 on Friday, July 14, 2006 10:43 AM

My favorite old EMD is the BL-2. Kinda grows on you!

Roger

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David_Telesha

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November 2005
From: NYNH&H Norwich & Worcester MP21.7
774 posts

Posted by David_Telesha on Monday, July 3, 2006 4:43 PM

Where's the FL-9?

Bad poll...

David Telesha New Haven Railroad - www.NHRHTA.org

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espeefoamer

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November 2003
From: West Coast
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, July 3, 2006 4:41 PM

I voted F7.My favorite diesel is actually the FP7.My favorite second generation unit is the SD45.

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

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daveklepper

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June 2002
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Posted by daveklepper on Monday, July 3, 2006 2:48 PM

I voted for the GP-7/9 because I got to run a GP-7 on a B&M frieght and did some minor preliminary design work for the GP-9. (EMD summer employment between MIT Junnior and Senior years, 1952) But the most beatiful diesel locomotive ever built was clear the Burlington Route's E-5. I'd love to see Union's (Illinois Railway Museum's) Nebraska Zephyr take to the main lines again.

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GN-Rick

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May 2003
From: Robe Valley, Wa.
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Posted by GN-Rick on Sunday, July 2, 2006 9:47 PM

I am partial first to the F3 series. Then F7s. I'd vote for the NW5 as well due
to it's uniqueness except for the fact that it's scarcity prevented much impact
on railroading in general. Even though my railway, GN, owned the majority
of NW5s, they didn't have the impact. GP9s are also a favorite, and they DID
have a huge impact. I do like the SD7/9 series, but there's just something
about covered wagons.

Rick Bolger Great Northern Railway Cascade Division-Lines West

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AltonFan

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April 2003
From: US
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Posted by AltonFan on Sunday, July 2, 2006 1:09 PM

The early C-C road switchers look really powerful.

Dan

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 1, 2006 3:11 PM

the SD9 has made a comeback

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PBenham

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July 2005
From: In the New York Soviet Socialist Republic!
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Posted by PBenham on Friday, June 30, 2006 8:58 PM

E7s were not as fancy as the pre-war slant nose units E3,4,5,6. However, the E7 performed well up to the end of private passenger service in 1971. I had a lot of favorite E7s,New York Central's were the only ones I recall seeing in their classic "lightning stripe" scheme. The paint on nearly all of the ones I recall were pretty worn out. But NYC wasn't going to paint E7s in 1967, what with Penn Central being fought over in court. I missed the Boston & Maine's, Pennsylvania's (in the five stripe scheme, in Tuscan or Brunswick Green.) For some reason the E7s had a more powerful sound than the E8s. It may have something to do with the E7 having more carbody openings. I doubt the engine change, from 567 or 567A on the E7 to the E8's 567B had anything to do with it.