Favorite steam loco

[AggroJones]

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

[Gunneral]

Has to be the Santa Fe Northern!

[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

[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"?[?][|)]

[AltonFan]

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

[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!

[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.

[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.

[Anonymous]

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

[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]

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]

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