Favorite steam loco

[Anonymous]

BIG BOY ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][;)][8D][:)][:p][:p][:D][:)][;)][8D][:I][:p][^]

[Anonymous]

I am a fan of all Challengers. The ones owned by the NP, SP&S, D&H, CLINCH, D&RGW, as well as both the 3700 and 3900 Class on UP

My favorites though are the four 3900s painted in Union Pacific's Grayhound Scheme. 3977-3980

[Anonymous]

I guess that explains your user name, too. I'm a challenger fan also. The grayhound paint scheme is way cool, especialy with the yellow word lettering. I'm just not sure about the ones with the smoke deflectors, though.

[Anonymous]

The Almighty Most Powerful 7,500 HP Beast from the East.

[Jacktal]

I'm a "Big Boy" fan also,although I find the "Challenger" and the "Allegheny"very impressive.My dream is to set my hands on one of these some day,but being in "N" scale my chances are pretty dim.I don't know if any manufacturer does produce any of them in this scale and if so,it must call for a quite hefty price.

[vw-bug]

The great articulated are no the less something to marvels at but where are the 0-6-0's, 0-4-0's, shays, heislers, and climaxes?. There is just something about their small "great" power that seems to get me. I guess that is why I'm looking at modeling a mine and timber line on my next layout.

[Jetrock]

Hear, hear--I'm a fan of small logging engines and switchers (must be my fetish for sub-15" curves!) and geared locomotives. I am training to be a volunteer docent at the California State Railroad Museum and did a "practice" presentation tonight--while lots of people wanted to do their presentation on the giant articulated cab-forward that graces the entryway to the museum, I interpreted a 3' gauge 0-4-2 tank engine that hauled tanbark on a 2-mile short line in Humboldt County. Big bad powerful locos are nice but I have a weak spot for the tiny teapots that operated in the big steamers' shadows--the Little Engines that Could!

[AltonFan]

For some reason I feel drawn to twelve wheelers (4-8-0).

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomotive3

The Almighty Most Powerful 7,500 HP Beast from the East.

What locomotive is "The Beast from the east"?[?][|)]

[Anonymous]

Santa Fe guy here...

The 4-8-4 manufactured by Baldwin in 1928-29 was originally a coal burnner and converted to oil in 1936. Road number 3751 is currently on display in Williams AZ.

Here's a link for more info on the ATSF 4-8-4. http://atsf.railfan.net/atsfpres/atsf3751.html

[Gunneral]

Has to be the Santa Fe Northern!

[AggroJones]

Yeah. It is for sure. ATSF 2900 class 4-8-4. No other steam locomotive looks this excellent from every angle.

[Anonymous]

When money falls from the Heavens I will be purchasing the Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-4 Northern, road number 3780. The 3780 was the last ATSF steamer to operate and was taken out of service 8/27/57.

Wheels Museum information on Santa Fe Steam Power, by Lloyd E. Stagner: http://www.wheelsmuseum.org/stagner.html

[bluepuma]

Streamlined like the Southern, or train on the Night Train Wine Bottle! That is one I want on my layout! I count 4-6-2 so Pacific instead of Hudson. The steam loco I remember most is a 4-4-0 that ran at Knott's Berry Farm, perhaps similar in old westerns. Would like to have a Daylight GS4, but glad I got my Amtrak train with P42s MRCs and Superliners.

[Anonymous]

Bluepuma,

My uncle was one of the engineers of the Knott's Berry Farm 4-4-0, can't remember when. In the '60s he ran the Disneyland train. Free Rides whenever we visited!

[Anonymous]

I know it wasn't a very sophisticated piece of machinery, but my heart will always belong to the American 4-4-0. After all, this lady and her sisters really helped build this country and everytime I see one in a cowboy movie or like, I feel really good that somewhere there is still one in operation.

[karmakreations]

I am a fan of anything Streamlined! I especially love the John Wilkes 4-6-2 Lehigh Valley engine. That is one B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L engine!!!! The train as awhole is really great looking too!! Love almost any streamlined Hudson! It is amazing that not one survived.
Steamer Streamers Forever!!!!!

[ddechamp71]

My choice:
1-Big Boy
2-Cab Forward
3-Challenger
4-Santa Fe 2-10-2 class 3800 / 3900
Cheers
Dominique

[GDRMCo]

2-10-4s especially the PRR J-1s and J-1as and the fast Santa Fe 2-10-4s

[Anonymous]

There's nothing fancy about a Hudson, but to me, there's just something about it...

[Anonymous]

If the Hudson is streamlined it looks semi fancy.....

[Anonymous]

How about some of those "not mentioned much steamers"? Like the santa fe blue goose, or the southerns cresents. And lets not foget the best looking of them all, the N&W J type.[:)][:D][8D][^][:p][;)]

[Anonymous]

I like Ten-wheelers, particulary Northern Pacific "S" classes, but British 4-6-0s moreso (such as Great Western Railway's Hall, County, King, Castle classes). And at the top of the list are the London, Midland & Scottish Black Fives, in my opinion the best looking and most versatile 4-6-0s ever designed. They were adept in passenger or "goods trains" service, crews loved 'em, and they lasted into the 1960s.

Paul Schmidt

Paul Schmidt

[Rene Luethi]

I have a Big Boy, two Challengers, a 4-12-2 and a 4-10-2. These are impressive and technically interesting engines who where constructed to move astonishing amounts of freight across the divisions. But the engine who delivered the goods to the nearest depot and who brought the passengers away, and back home again, was the 2-8-0. This is my favorite engine. If it is possible, I would like to have on ore two of them - with a Vanderbilt Tender.
Rene.

[andrechapelon]

I'm a bit eclectic when it comes to steam locomotives. Favorites include SP Mt-1/3/4/5 (with skyline casing), UP FEF-3, British Railways ex LMS (London Midland & Scottish) "Black 5" 4-6-0's, rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2's, Chinese Railways QJ 2-10-2, NSWR AD-60 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt, NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) J, Ja and Jb 4-8-2.

Andre

[Anonymous]

They make garratts?![:0] What scale? I've never seen one. That'd be fun to run.[:)]

[Anonymous]

Do they make any live steam HO?

[Anonymous]

Dear 4884bigboy,
About the live steam locomotives in HO, I have started a thread all about it on the Prototype information page under (amazingly) the title "Live Steam."
I too am a Union Pacific fan, but perhaps not as adamant as some. I also like Espee, Santa Fe, Rio Grande, and a long, long list of short lines. I guess I can't make up my mind. But generally, if its a train, I'll appreciate it (there is, however, an ever growing list of exceptions to this).
As such, I like many different classes of 4-8-4s. FEF-2s are truly magnificent, but I also like GS-4s, 2900s, and I certainly can't complain about N&W's J class. I think that 4-8-2s are some of the best looking non-streamlined locomotives ever. From what I can learn about Uncle Pete's 7000 class 4-8-2s, they are truly worthy of esteem (no pun intended), but growing up in the SD-90MAC/Dash-9 generation, I sadly won't be able to see one. I also love mikados of many different types, especially UP's MK types and the D&RGW's Ks.
Like most Union Pacific fans, I hold the Big Boys in very high regard, and I see one somewhat frequently. When I tell non-railfans that the 4000 class weighed in at over a million pounds, the most common response is a unique mixture of "wow" and a dropped jaw. They were, and still are, truly amazing.
Of course, the short lines which I admire had some smaller, but still respectable equipment, so I really can't answer with one locomotive.

Incapable of of answering a simple question with less than five paragraphs,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

I agree. The FEF-2's are really something[^]. I like them with a white smoke box, white fire box, and "white wall" wheels.[8D]

[AggroJones]

Some more beast I find impressive:

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 [:p]
D&RGW class M-78
ATSF #3751 4-8-4 [:)] seen her in person
N&W A 2-6-6-4 [8D]
The beast from the east, C&O H-8
C&O H-7, big piped up monster [:)]
Southern Pacific GS-4 [^] also saw in person
USRA heavy 2-10-2
PRR I-1Decapod, the hippo [:o)]