Favorite Locomotive

[DVPorter]

Steam - has to be the B&O EM-1 2-8-8-4.

Diesel - The Baldwin Sharks.

[Anonymous]

my favorite locos would have to be Kato's SD90/43MAC ,Athearn's P42 and the BLI sound-equipped Heavy Mikado

[revhack]

My favorites have to be the SD40-2 and MP15AC in Milwaukee Road colors.

                                                                        REV

[GP&B_RR]

This is a good idea;

Well our favorite Loco's are the EMD SW1200 & EMD B30-7

We're Modeling CSX in Palatka, Florida 2005

[ACLMark]

My favorites:  For steam power, the ACL R-1 4-8-4's with their 80" drivers.....last of the ACL's steam orders.  Wish there were some preserved.  For diesel power, the ACL's E3's in the original royal purple and aluminum- what elegance whether in the lead of a string of purple heavyweights or streamlined stainless.

 

mvh

[NSlover92]

Baldwin Shark, now that is a sweet loco

[santaferailroad]

I just love all the RS-RSD &S Units From ALCO.  santaferailroad   For Steam I like the Shays- Heislers- Climax Engines.

[mmartian22]

steam power any type will do

[NW in the Midwest]

GG-1

NYC  Hudsons

Norfolk & Western Class J 484

[uprr]

MUST BE SD40-2 AND SD 70 -M'S  BUT GUESS WHAT ROAD?!?!

[NSlover92]

Hmmm...let me guess the worst railroad on the planet (no guys not guilford i dont see what ya'll got against them) UP? The font didnt give me the hint lol

[Anonymous]

ALCo RS-11, EMD GP30, Covered Wagons... Steamers...

Who am I kidding, I love 'em all!

 

[dxr8007nz]

Diesel

SD40-2 BNSF/ATSF

SD40T-2 SP

SD45T-2 SP

SD70,80,90MAC BNSF ( I dislike UP or other )

Only I like EMD and there are no GE

[chessiecat]

The C&O Allegheny in steam.

The SD-40-2 in Chessie colors in Diesel.

[Anonymous]

Steam?  Why can I only have one fave?  Albion's SAMSON 0-6-0, Baltimore & Ohio's ATLANTIC 0-4-0 and #7 ANDREW JACKSON 0-4-0, any of the smaller Beyer-Garratts [2-6-2+2-6-2], Bridgeton & Saco River's #5 2-4-4-T, Camden & Amboy's JOHN BULL 4-2-0 and #30 JOHN STEVEN 6-2-0 [my most favorite], Cdn National's J-4-e 4-6-2 Pacifics, Cdn Pacific's D-4-g 4-6-0 Ten Wheelers, Darjeeling Hamalayan's 0-4-0-STs, Denver & Rio Grande's #3 SHOU-WA-NO 2-4-0 and K-27 2-8-0s, Denver & Salt Lake's 2-6-6-0 class 76s, Denver South Park & Pacific's Mason Bogies 2-6-6-Ts, Great Northern's #1 4-2-2 Stirling Single of Great Britain, Little River's #126 2-4-4-2, Liverpool & Manchester's ROCKET 0-2-2, London & North Eastern's #4468 MALLARD, Montreal & Champlain's JOHN MOLSON 2-2-2, New York Central's J-3-a 4-6-4 Hudson's, Thousand Islands' #44 4-4-2-T, Richard Trevithick's Pen'Y'Daren, Union Pacific's #105 2-8-0, the Wabash 2-6-0 [modeled by Kemtron], Western & Atlantic's 3 GENERAL 4-4-0 and most of the smaller geared locos.

Diesels?  Anything w/ connecting rods on the drivers, ALCO FAs, PAs, S switchers and RS road switchers, Baldwin's  Centipede, Bombardier's LRC, Fairbanks-Morse's CPA-16-5 5-axle hood units and their H-16-44s and H-24-66 Trainmasters, General Motors' FTs, GM-T-1 Aerotrain, GP-7, GP-9, GP-30, NW-2, SD-7, SD-9, SW-1, SW-7 and SW-1200 and the McKeen passenger interurbans.

Believe me, this IS the short list.

Of course, w/ steam it can be a favorite loco, but w/ diesels, paint schemes are a factor.  And it's hard to beat the D&H's PAs in that Santa Fe war bonnet style.

 

Graham.

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[Anonymous]

favorite RR -- PRR

For diesel -- GE AC4400CW, C44-9w, RS-3

 For steam -- i dont really have the money for steam, so dont know many steam locos, but i do like the way PRR T-1's look

 and my favorite loco i have would be my atlas D&H RS-3

[Anonymous]

PRR K-4s Rock

[Anonymous]

My favorite steam locomotive is the 2-8-4- Berkshire.

 

My favorite diesel is the SD45

[donoteat]

I've always liked the K4s and GG1s.

 

As for diesels, the F69PHAC is my favorite. I just wish I knew anything about them except for their appearance.

[Milwhiawatha]

Steam: The Big boy, Milwaukees Hiawatha, Shay.

Diesel:  SDL39, Dash 8, SD40-2, and the MACs.

[ferky]

Some of my favorite locomotives are:

Steam: The 4-8-8-4 Big Boy

any of the Garrat Locomotives that have at least a 2-6-2 + 2-6-2

and Pensys 4-4-4-4 T1.  Even though it was a failure at least we can all agree that it looked cool.

Electric: The GG1 rules supreme in my book as it lasted longer than half a century.  Also the styling of the engines make them look cool.

Diesel: any of the early Diesels with the streamlining and nice figures before they got all big and industrial looking.

[Anonymous]

Ferky:-

Thanx for posting that Garrat picture.  I never seem to see enough of them.  What rly did it belong to?

Graham.

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[jacon12]

Here are photos I made of my favorites:

My P2K Switch Engine

and for something completely different, my favorite diesel is my Atlas Dash 8

JaRRell

 

[ferky]

I don't know what railway that it belonged to but here are some links for sites all things Garrat.

http://www.beyerpeacock.co.uk/index.htm

http://www.beyerpeacock.co.uk/main/Beyer%20Peacock%20Garratt%20Locomotives.html

http://users.powernet.co.uk/hamilton/source.html

Hope they are useful in your search.

[NSlover92]

Im surprised no one said FM H16-44 and H15-44, those are very awesome locos.

[unionpacificnut]

hmmmmmmmm let me think.......................o yeah the Union pacific big boy and challenger. the nyc 20th century limited is a cool i would really like a rivarossi  one but can't find one.

[Texas Zepher]

Steam?  Why can I only have one fave?

Because if there is more than one then it isn't a favorite, it is a locomotive of interest among others.  Besides making a list of locomotives one likes or is interested in isn't hard, choosing A favorite is.   From your list and how you wrote it I would say the 6-2-0 John Steven was the favorite.

[Anonymous]

My favorite locomotive is the Southern Pacific Cab Forward.

Why?

Because I am fortunate enough to have seen them running.

And, I got in the cab of one,

sat in the engineers seat,

played with the throttle,

 and played engineer.

Alas the engine was cold.

Finally was able to buy a Broadway Limited AC-4.

Doesn't fit in on my On30 mining outfit,

but who cares.

[cheese4432]

steam 4-8-8-4

diesel emd sd, gp series. But my favorite is the dda40x.

[Texas Zepher]

My favorite locomotive is the Southern Pacific Cab Forward.

Why?

That was a much more intersting post to read than most.  Perhaps you could take it out and visit other layouts to enjoy and let others enjoy it at the same time!