Favorite steam loco

[Anonymous]

I like Mikes for their all around uses,Mainline,branchline,local,or fast freight.Can't way to see Broadway Limities model comeout.

[rf16a]

I like the steam engines the Pennsylvania Railroad had.
I voted for the 4-8-2 mountain in the poll because of the PRR M-1s.
Wish I could have seen them in action!

[RedLeader]

Pennsy's 6-8-6 steam turbine, you can see the power just by looking at it. Raymond Loewy's 6-4-4-6 s1 duplex is just beautiful; it epitamized art-decco and steam streamlining... and I just have a thing for those 3rd reich red-wheelers with smoke deflectors and that glossy black paint. Allegheny and Challenger are two beautiful dames, with all those tubes and valves showing off, like muscles on a roman gladiator (I'm not gay, just an aesthetic appreciation). Well, I could describe every darn loco there is, 'cause I just love 'em all!! ... and don't get me strated with airplanes.. ;)

[Anonymous]

My fav is the 4-6-2 C Class 3801 from here in OZ

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by neilmunck

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

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

DJH here in the UK make kits for them in HO scale. Go to http://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/acatalog/DJH_Model_Locomotive__South_Africa_HO_Scale_Kits_14.html

they als make an Austrailian one which is even bigger http://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/acatalog/DJH_Model_Locomotive_Australian_HO_Scale_Kits_75.html !

Neil

Cool model. I live in the U.S., so I probably can't get one anyway. I didn't really want one, I just surprised that they made them.[:)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

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

DJH here in the UK make kits for them in HO scale. Go to http://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/acatalog/DJH_Model_Locomotive__South_Africa_HO_Scale_Kits_14.html

they als make an Austrailian one which is even bigger http://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/acatalog/DJH_Model_Locomotive_Australian_HO_Scale_Kits_75.html !

Neil

[Anonymous]

I'm kinda partial to ten-wheelers. CNW 1385 I have seen thru here, on the old CNW line west of Grand Ave. SOO 2645 used to sit at Grand Ave, at the restaurant. Both are now at Mid-Continent, North Freedom, WI. And CMStP&P 1004 was the last in steam, in 1957. Until 261 was fired up.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Scottydog

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.

While I find the lines in the Ten Wheelers clean, I concur with Scottydog that my heart lies with the 4-4-0. She might not have been as sophisticated or fast, she got the job done.

RoN

[Anonymous]

My favorite is the 4-8-4, but don't dare call it a mountain!
To me, the Western Maryland's Potomacs were the pinnacle of the breed. I've got one in HO (PFM import) and wish I could have 10!
Pure poetry in motion!
ooOOOOoo ooo ooo

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

The C&O H-7 is a 2-8-8-2 that ressembles the Allegheny a bit.

Oh. Hmm, I thought only the N&W rostered those. But I'm probably wrong.....as usual.......[;)]

[AggroJones]

The C&O H-7 is a 2-8-8-2 that ressembles the Allegheny a bit.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones


The beast from the east, C&O H-8
C&O H-7, big piped up monster [:)]

By that do you mean a steam turbine?[:0

[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)]

[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]

[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]

Do they make any live steam HO?

[Anonymous]

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

[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

[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.

[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

[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]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[GDRMCo]

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

[ddechamp71]

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

[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!!!!!

[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.

[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!

[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]

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