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Favorite Diesel Locomotive to Model?

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:26 PM
Burlington Northern sd40-2
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:13 PM
E Units E7/8/9's .

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:13 PM
E Units E7/8/9's .

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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:34 PM
Split between the PA-1 and F7.

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:34 PM
Split between the PA-1 and F7.

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION

http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588

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Posted by swknox on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:07 PM
I love Gp 7 and Gp 9's. Anything thats a Alco Diesel and Also CF 7's. I am currently modeling a ex Santa Fe CF 7 now belonging to the Maryland And Delaware RR. To see some real pictures of them and some Alcos goto the site marked local below and click on the Maryland and Delaware RR link.
Cool site to visit http://www.trainweb.org/peninsularailfan/index.html - local site, very cool http://crcyc.railfan.net/ - Conrail site, also cool http://www.thedieselshop.us/MPR.html
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Posted by swknox on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:07 PM
I love Gp 7 and Gp 9's. Anything thats a Alco Diesel and Also CF 7's. I am currently modeling a ex Santa Fe CF 7 now belonging to the Maryland And Delaware RR. To see some real pictures of them and some Alcos goto the site marked local below and click on the Maryland and Delaware RR link.
Cool site to visit http://www.trainweb.org/peninsularailfan/index.html - local site, very cool http://crcyc.railfan.net/ - Conrail site, also cool http://www.thedieselshop.us/MPR.html
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:54 PM
UP DDA40X
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:54 PM
UP DDA40X
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:40 AM
Second Generation six-axle power.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:40 AM
Second Generation six-axle power.
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Posted by GDRMCo on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:27 AM
SD70ACe

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Posted by GDRMCo on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:27 AM
SD70ACe

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Posted by Jetrock on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:16 AM
Sign me up with the Geep fans--I own two, an SP "bloody nose" GP9 I got from my father, and a WP "Zephyr" schemed GP7 based on a prototype that was later sold to Sacramento Northern, the line I model, but was still owned by WP during the era I model.

Grew up watching Geeps putter around Sacramento and Roseville and have a big, big fondness for them. Part of me really wants an HO narrow-gauge Porter, and am generally fond of small diesels--the Geep is about the biggest engine I like!
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Posted by Jetrock on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:16 AM
Sign me up with the Geep fans--I own two, an SP "bloody nose" GP9 I got from my father, and a WP "Zephyr" schemed GP7 based on a prototype that was later sold to Sacramento Northern, the line I model, but was still owned by WP during the era I model.

Grew up watching Geeps putter around Sacramento and Roseville and have a big, big fondness for them. Part of me really wants an HO narrow-gauge Porter, and am generally fond of small diesels--the Geep is about the biggest engine I like!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 26, 2004 11:33 PM
I have a hard time deciding berween my 3 favorites:

GP-30
BL-2
Train-Master
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 26, 2004 11:33 PM
I have a hard time deciding berween my 3 favorites:

GP-30
BL-2
Train-Master
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 4:00 AM
I mostly model the EMD's GP-38,dash 2 very fond of the 2nd generation diesel 4 axel motive power still get to see then on the roads today.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 4:00 AM
I mostly model the EMD's GP-38,dash 2 very fond of the 2nd generation diesel 4 axel motive power still get to see then on the roads today.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 2:13 AM
GP60s and GP59s, very cool locomotives to model! But I do wi***hat there was a M420W and GP39 High Cab in HO scale.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 2:13 AM
GP60s and GP59s, very cool locomotives to model! But I do wi***hat there was a M420W and GP39 High Cab in HO scale.
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Favorite 'Locomotive" to Model?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:14 PM
Just about any SLUG...
Atlas Nscale C628 and miscellaneous parts already on order for a SP1001 bash....
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Favorite 'Locomotive" to Model?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:14 PM
Just about any SLUG...
Atlas Nscale C628 and miscellaneous parts already on order for a SP1001 bash....
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 16, 2003 4:57 PM
SD 45's

Comes in many variations: Long nose, tunnel motors, passenger, etc. Used by many lines where I grew up.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 16, 2003 4:57 PM
SD 45's

Comes in many variations: Long nose, tunnel motors, passenger, etc. Used by many lines where I grew up.
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Posted by CP5415 on Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:29 AM
SD40-2's

CP has lots of different paint schemes for these.

Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!

 K1a - all the way

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Posted by CP5415 on Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:29 AM
SD40-2's

CP has lots of different paint schemes for these.

Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!

 K1a - all the way

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 9:40 AM
I'd love to see an Alco C-415 in Ho, if Kato or the people at LLP2K would do one, it is such an ugly duckling, I would buy several.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 9:40 AM
I'd love to see an Alco C-415 in Ho, if Kato or the people at LLP2K would do one, it is such an ugly duckling, I would buy several.
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Posted by douginut on Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:30 PM
Not a diesel,
but I would love to see the new Bombardier turbine locomotive produced. It looks enough like an accella that it might be fun to run a trainset with an accella like consist in fantasy colors or Amtrack. without having to build an entire catenary infrastructure.

Doug, in Utah
Doug, in UtaH

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