Favorite Locomotive

[NSlover92]

There are tons of favorite railroad threads well there wouldnt be railroads with out locomotives so lets do a thread of your favorite locomotives. For me I have to say either the GG-1 or F-M H16-44

[scubaterry]

Well I guess my favorite Diesel would be the GP-7 or 9.  I have
a bunch of them.  They just look nice and squared away rolling
down the track.  As far as Steam every since I ran my neighbors
Big Boy around my layout I have been wanting an articulated steam
loco.  So when my b-day rolled around I got a PCM 2-8-8-2. 
Awesome looking loco and heavy too.  It can pull a stump i'm
sure.  And the cool thing is that it is Decaled for the NYC? 
Who Knew???

Terry 

[tstage]

Michael,

Clarification: Are you confining the "favorite" preference to the prototype, the model, or both?

Tom 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

My favorite locos?

The EMD E series, the ALCO PA's,  the EMD FT, F3, F7, F9, the GP40, the SD40-2.

[NSlover92]

Tom,

I was refering more to the prototype I guess.

[selector]

Steam, toss-up between Northern Class and Texas type.  Specifically, S1b Niagara and the PRR J1.

Diesel, SD70/90 MAC and similar style, or the wonderful F7.

[cudaken]

 My favorite that I have.

 M1a, BLI has a great look and sounds great. Pulls very well for a smaller engine.

 

 My first steam engines, GS-4's. Cheap Bachmann's but with a little work pull 21 hand picked cars.

 My Monon BL2's, to date run them more than any of my other diesals. Funny think I bought the first one and was going to use it for parts. I now have 4 BL2's

 

 E-6, have 3 of them and pull like a bear.

 If any of you folks have PIC it great to add a face's to the name of the engine.

 Want list, BIG BOY, but after I up grade the DCC unit.

 

                         Cuda Ken

                   

[Railfan1]

The SD70ACe or any of the GEVO series

[Bapou]

My favorite electric is ALP 44 or 46, diesel is F40PH

[Anonymous]

Diesel: SD80MAC, FP45, SD50, 8-32PHW and P42DC. Gotta love problematic, less common diesels!

Steam: Pere Marquette N1a 2-8-4 Berkshire, UP Big Boy and C&O J3a 4-8-4 Greenbriar.

[bandmjim]

 

  RS3

GP7 & 9

F2/3

[aloco]

Alco switchers.

[MOJAX]

Mine would be:

EMD F3 

Alco RS3

GE U33C

EMD SD45 

[Nataraj]

For steam -- GS-4
For diesel -- GE AC4400CW, C44-9w, GEVOs, P42DC, F59PHI, F3's.

[Darth Santa Fe]

One of my most favorites has to be the UP Big Boy. I've really got to get an AHM one for my layout soon.

Other favorites include the Warbonnet F units, U50B, 2-6-6-6 Allegheny, modern wide cab SDs, and the T-1 4-4-4-4. There are still many more I really like, but these are some of my absolute favorites.

[tomikawaTT]

Since locomotives come in several flavors, I'll name the various headings - and then surprise you

Steam - JNR C58 class 2-6-2, a fine example of modern dual-service power, Japanese style.

Diesel - hydraulic, not electric - JNR DD13 B-B, Japan's equivalent of the GP7/9.

Electric - 1500vdc catenary - JNR ED16, the ugly old box cab that could (move tonnage on a mountain branch.)

AND NOW, THE WINNAH!!!

Kiso Forest Railway's last steam, Baldwin 0-4-2T, industrial cyclone stack and all!

http://trains.nute.ws/0-4-2/KFR6.htm

Maybe it's because I have an un-reproduceable photo of my wife and kids with #1 when they were young and it was retired.  Agematsu, Japan, 1964.  Maybe it's the model in my display case, patiently waiting for a stretch of track it can call home.

(The loco in the photos has been widened from 2'6" gauge to 3' gauge, and the bell, headlight and classification lights are American-owner add-ons, not original.  Originally a wood burner, it has been modified to burn oil.)

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - forest railway included)

[Driline]

Its gotta be my railroad namesake.... Any of the SW series of switchers....

 

[jblackwelljr]

Reading P-7sa 4-4-2 Atlantic

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire (check out page 282 in George Drury's Guide to North American Steam Locomotives)

NYC J-1a 4-6-4 Hudson

EMD F-anything

 

[Anonymous]

I have a soft spot for the oddball EMD locos that didn't sell well. GP/SD28, SD38/38-2, GP/SD39, SD45-2, etc.

[Virginian]

My favorite locomotive, in prototype or model, is the Norfolk and Western Class J 4-8-4.  The prototypes were incomparable.  It was the first model I got, in brass, all those years ago now, and boy did she and I have to learn a lot about laying track and switches in a hurry.

[BRAKIE]

My favorite..Let's see then.

EMD

SW1500

Gp7/9

GP35

GP38,GP38-2

GP40,GP40-2

Alco

S2

RS1

RS11

Steam

C&0 G9 2-8-0

 N&W M1 4-8-0

NKP 765

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

EMD E5 !

[vtCSX]

Simple choice for me...

AC6000 (in CSX 'diversity in Motion' paint).  Big, loud, and gotta love the radiator hanging out over the rear platform.  So what if they don't run well, sell well.....

Marc

[krs]

My 2 favorites are:

1) proto 2000 Pennsy 2-8-8-2

2) BLI Pennsy M1A 4-8-2

[JonathanS]

C-630, RS-3, AS-16 and VO-1000 for diesels

For electrics they are all GE  the E2B, E40 and E44

[Anonymous]

Steam: NYC J3a Hudson

Diesel: F-M CPA-24-5 and EMD E6

Hudsons were a beautiful locomotive and when they put the shrouding on them, they looked even better. So futuristic. The E6 was the last with a "slant" nose. Embodied what a passenger diesel should be and then EMD screwed it up. And what can you say about a locomotive that looked like someone hot-rodded it. That was the CPA-24-5 with its BB-A1A truck arrangement. Maybe F-M should have painted them black and put flames on the front and they would have sold better!

Just my opinion. Enjoy.

[stocksj]

EMD E and F series A units

[Anonymous]

I am only 2 months into the hobby, so I only have 4 engines so far. My current favourite is my 4-6-4 Class K-5-a Hudson

[Pathfinder]

For me, RS 18, notably BC Rail's chop nose (well CP's chop noses look good too), even the Cat re-power units.

Steam, 3 truck Climax as used by Hillcrest Lumber on Vancouver Island.

[SunsetLimited]

Steam is the T-1 Duplex

Diesel is the P42