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[AC6000CW]

WHICH MANUFACTURER DO YOU LIKE AND PLEASE TELL ME WHICH ENGINE MODEL DO YOU LIKE (LIKE AC6000CW) AND TELL ME WHY DO YOU LIKE THEM.

[passengerfan]

I liked the Alco PA -PB units classiest single engine passenger power ever built.

[espeefoamer]

There are quite a few ALCOs still running on shortlines and even medium size railroads.The Arkansas & Missouri is all ALCo. ALCo quit building locomotivesover 35 years ago!.I don't know of any GEs that old still around,except for some 70 tonners on shortlines and some industrial size units. ALCo RULES[:p][:p][:p]!

[Anonymous]

I like all of the EMD's because of their Power and the sound they produce. But one my favorites are the SD40-2 & the SD70MAC.
BNSFrailfan.

[padave]

I like GE exhaust sound. I preferred the GE’s but also like the EMD's. SD40-2 and SD50's. I think they were the work horses.

[Anonymous]

Chose EMD since I prefer their models up to the 60 series and GE's Dash 8s. I prefer GE's from the Dash 8's to now. That makes it EMD 66% and GE 34%.

[Anonymous]

There are more older EMD's on the road than GE's. This is the sign of quality.

[Anonymous]

Was

QUOTE: Originally posted by glcole61

There are more older EMD's on the road than GE's. This is the sign of quality.

[Anonymous]

ALCO and my favorite model that they made are the Century units. Just think they are awsome looking.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by NJMike

ALCO and my favorite model that they made are the Century units. Just think they are awsome looking.

Yes the Century series were very good locos.

I also like the RS3

RSD15

PA

and many more Alco locos. [:D]

[Anonymous]

Loved old Alcos. They smoked a lot and they made that unique sound .."pladda - pladda - pladda - pladda". Really liked the rounded lines of the S and RS units ...sorta like an old 1950s refrigerator

Number one vote goes to F-M though. MILW ran an old H-10-44 in Council Blufffs in my early railfan years of the 60s. We were all heartbroken when they repalced it with some late model SW thing. [censored]To make it worse the new EMD even had an electronic "Bell" which rhymes with H*** which is what it sounded like. Watching the Milwaukee was never the same after that!

Mike in Boulder

[AC6000CW]

I LIKE THE AC6000CW BECAUSE OF THERE POWER,SOUND,SIZE,STYLE,AND THE COLORS AND I LIKE THE AC4400CW AND DASH 9 AND THE BAD NEWS I DO NOT GET TO SEE THEM .

[Anonymous]

I love the PA's and FA's. The older RS 11, RSD12, RSD15, RS1,RS3....We still have several RS11's running around here with the Winchester & Western RR.

[Anonymous]

The bulldogs F7 and the Es

[Anonymous]

GE Mainly because I lived within walking distance of the test track in Erie, Pa. What a thrill growing up and watching all the new models being tested.