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Whats your favorite diesel?

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Anonymous
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Whats your favorite diesel?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:40 PM
Greetings,

What is your favorite diesel type?

I really enjoyed seeing on the old BN the F-45.

It was a little different and looked really sharp pulling those freights down to

Houston all those years ago.

Mark in Texas
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Posted by AggroJones on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:07 PM
Black widow F7s and ATSF PA-1s.

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:28 PM
Blondjocktx,

Looks like we're not to far off in having common ground. We like EMD "Cowl" units!


One good consolation in your case. A number of the BN F45 bodies survived in "cannabilized" rebuilt form and work in commuter rail. Tri-Rail F40s in Miami, Flordia. Chassis and machinery are ex-Conrail while the body came from the F45. Metro North and New Jersey Transit GP40FH-2. Cabs are conventional EMD, but behind the cabs the sheetmetal is BN F45. Chassis is also supposedly ex-Conrail Geeps.

My favorite's of course: Santa Fe FP45 in "Super Fleet" Warbonnet scheme. Gorgeous scheme, big, and fast.



"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"

 


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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:43 AM
Great Northern Empire builder F units
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GDRMCo
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Posted by GDRMCo on Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:39 AM
Queensland Rail 4000 Class narrow gauge diesel-electric locomotives the most powerful narrow gauge locomotives.

ML

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Posted by nfmisso on Thursday, February 12, 2004 5:45 AM
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Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California
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ClinchValleySD40
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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:35 AM
SD40/SD40-2 hands down. Nothing even in the same ballpark. (My opinion is jaded by the years I spent running them. Best engine ever made, any era.)


Larry

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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:19 AM
Montreal Locomotive Works RS18. Purty, hardworking, ran for a looooong time. Bunches of 'em still working for a living 50 years on.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:49 PM
Any EMD second generation diesel (exception: Kennecott Copper GP39-2)
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:52 PM
E's and F's are cool, but the SD9 gets my vote.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:55 PM
Whats your favourtie diesel ?
My favourtie diesel is SD60-90MAC BNSF, DASH 8-40B, GP60M and also TRANZ RAIL (New Zealand ) DXR ,DFT too
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Posted by CP5415 on Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:35 PM
My favourite?

Freight would have to be the SD40-2
Passenger would have to be the ALCO PA.

Gordon

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K1a - all the way

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 5:01 PM
E Units. Love the UP E9's

RMax
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Thursday, February 12, 2004 5:44 PM
Paraphrasing Frank Lloyd Wright . . . my next one.
[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:24 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by RMaxfield

E Units. Love the UP E9's

RMax
Right on![:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:27 PM
Just about anything with NYC on it, but especially the e-units.
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Posted by areibel on Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:41 PM
nfmisso has the right idea! Trainmasters, they were light years ahead of anyone else at the time.
But lots of runners up- Any Alco, but especially the RS's and Centurys, Plain ole GP7's, 9's and 35's, SDP 45's. Oh yeah, Baldwins too!! And F units, E units, aw heck, ANY OF 'EM!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:51 PM
B & O F-units
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