Favorite modern Diesel

[hubbabubba2]

I like the C40-9W.

It's big and impressive, especially with that big cab up front. Even though it's not the only diesel with those characteristics, what I think really gives it the edge over the others is the big rear radiators. They give the whole engine a nice balance.

[douginut]

LRC. Bombardier.

[Sunset Limited]

Most modern that I like is SP SD-40T2 long nose'Snout' and SD-40-2. (These are not modern diesels, but the era that I model these would be considered modern)

[Anonymous]

The SD-90

[METRO]

Personally I don't like most "modern" diesels. In my oppinion they lack the style and character of the first-generation models (especially the Alcos) in favor of brute utility and functionality. So much for industrial design. LOL but that's pretty much exactly what was said by steam fans when diesels first came into use haha.

That being said, I like the SD40-2 most out of all those on the list, it may not be the most modern locomotive out there, but it is still the backbone of freight hauling in North America. I also like the newest passenger power a lot, the F-59PHI and DE-30 are beautiful locomotives that have finally broken the hard boxy look of the F-40s that dominated commuter rail for years.

~METRO

[gvdobler]

I was at a location in Las Vegas at 2:30 in the morning, where the UP track runs along the lot line of the parking lot I was in. I am amazed at how quiet the new diesels are.
I was standing maybe 100' from the tracks and having a conversation, we did not have to talk louder as the train passed with, I believe 3 locos, and I did not notice what they were. The train was traveling about 25 mph in town.

Jon - Las Vegas

[Anonymous]

I gotta say, it's the SD90MAC (of course in UP yellow and grey and red)
TrainsRMe

[ATSFCLIFF]

I would choose the SD90MAC as my first choice and the GE C44-9W as my next favorite.

Cliff