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SchemerBob
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Favorite Locomotive Models
Posted by SchemerBob on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:34 PM
What are your favorite locomotive models? List as many as you want. 1 is your FAVORITE, 2 is your 2nd favorite, and so on.

I'll post a list of mine later.
Long live the BNSF .... AND its paint scheme. SchemerBob
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wctransfer
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Posted by wctransfer on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:43 PM
1st SD45
2nd SD40(along with dash 3's and 2's)
3rd F45
4th MP15AC
5th SD60(M too)
6th GP30(alco trucks)
7th GP 35's through GP40's

Alec
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ericsp
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Posted by ericsp on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:43 PM
1. SD40T-2
2. SD45T-2

"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)

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TheS.P.caboose
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Posted by TheS.P.caboose on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:11 PM
1. SD45T-2
2. SD40T-2
3. SD40-2
4. SD45
5. F40PH
Regards Gary
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Train Guy 3
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Posted by Train Guy 3 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:31 PM
1. SD70
2. SD40 and SD40-2
3. GP60
and 4. Any old ALCO

TG3 LOOK ! LISTEN ! LIVE ! Remember the 3.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:35 PM
1. C40-9W with NS Original Paint Scheme
2. C40-8W with Conrail Quality Paint Scheme
3. C44-9W with CSX second Paint Scheme
4. SD60 with CSX second Paint Scheme
5. SD60 with NS original Paint Scheme
6. SD40-2 with Illinois Central paint with the "Death Star" logo
7. AC4400CW with Canadian Pacific logo
8. Southern GP59 that NS painted, never seen it, but I'd like to see it someday.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:09 PM
Aww, I was gonna say a Bill Lenoir O-scale Southern Railway 2-10-2 or N&W 2-6-6-4, but then I saw that all you wanted was d**n diseasels . . .

Old Timer
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heavyd
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Posted by heavyd on Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:19 PM
soo SD60's white series
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ShaunCN
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Posted by ShaunCN on Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:22 PM
soo amny engines to choose

1. GP9
2. GP38
3. SD40
5. GP40
6. SD45
i could go on forever
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:30 PM
As far as recent power:

GP59 & GP60 - last of the GP series [^]
GP38-3 - NS rebuild of "old" GP40's & GP50's [:O]
SD70ace - The meanest looking peice of equipment out there only second to a snow plow(or ugliest whichever you like)[8D]
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bushhog8fan
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Posted by bushhog8fan on Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:37 PM
southern E-8's in the green & white
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TomDiehl
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Posted by TomDiehl on Friday, August 19, 2005 5:58 AM
No Oldtimer, it's just the replies ahead of yours all chose diesels. He asked "locomotives" without anything about "diesel" in the original question.

For me:

Diesel Baldwin RF-16 (one of the models commonly called the Shark Nose)
Steam GM&N #425, a Baldwin built Pacific first tourist railroad operation on the Valley Forge Scenic Railroad, my intro to steam up-close-and-personal
Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up to. Chief of Sanitation; Clowntown
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mersenne6
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Posted by mersenne6 on Friday, August 19, 2005 7:28 AM
Mullholland's 4-4-0 Hiawatha
Erie's Peter B. Sweeny
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adrianspeeder
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Posted by adrianspeeder on Friday, August 19, 2005 8:59 AM
LV Alco C628

Adrianspeeder

USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman

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SchemerBob
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Posted by SchemerBob on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:25 AM
Here's my top 10 favorite:

Diesels:
1. Genesis series
2. ES44AC/DC
3. Dash 9-44CW
4. SD70ACe
5. DDA40X
6. GP38-2
7. F40PH
8. GP60M
9. SD40T-2
10. SD70MAC

Of course, I like every train engine.
Long live the BNSF .... AND its paint scheme. SchemerBob
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chad thomas
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Posted by chad thomas on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:39 AM
SD40T-2
SD45T-2
GP60
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bnsfkline
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Posted by bnsfkline on Friday, August 19, 2005 10:10 AM
1.) SD70ACe
2.) SD40-2
3.) SD50
4.) SD60
5.) SD70

Former Favorites
1.) SD70M (Used to be elusive....now as common as water)
2.) AC4400CW (Before I started going to Kirkwood)
3.) SD90/43MAC

Never Liked:

1.) C40-8W UGLY
2.) C40-9 Suped up Dash 8
3.) Any Forign Diesel
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SID6FIVE
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Posted by SID6FIVE on Friday, August 19, 2005 10:42 AM
to see...I'd hafta say the older C39-8 camelbacks...for work I definately prefer the blue CEFX AC4400CW lease units ('cos they all have A/C and they're quiet inside)...I know...kinduv an odd response for a former GM employee(franchise) and EMD fan...
Don't worry,it's not supposed to make sense...
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 11:22 AM
1. GP60
2. SD60I
3. GP40-2
4. SD40T-3
5. B40-8
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Sterling1
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Posted by Sterling1 on Friday, August 19, 2005 11:40 AM
1. B40-8/B40-8W
2. SD45/SD45T-2/SD45-2
3. SD70ACe
4. SD40-2/SD40T-2
5. F40PH (all or most of them)
"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 12:38 PM
sd-9
gp-9
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rockisland4309
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Posted by rockisland4309 on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:48 PM
1. SD45T-2
2. SD45
3. U30C
4. U33B
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oltmannd
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Posted by oltmannd on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:58 PM
1. SD60 - clean angular lines, good diesel engine and modern, understandable control system
2. GP40-2 - clean angular lines, nicely proportioned. Good diesel engine and control system - no transition!
3. SD80MAC - best attempt at a very high HP loco with universal application
4. NYC Hudson - just perfect!
5. GG1 - just gorgeous

-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/) 

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 3:23 PM
Diesel:
1. SD45
2. SD40-T2/ SD45T-2
3. SD9
4. GP40-2
5. C628
6. C430
7. RS3
8. SW1500
9. U33B
10. U36C
11. SD75M (in Santa Fe Warbonnet)
12. AC44CW
13. DT6-6-2000 (Baldwin Centercab)
14. H24-66 (Trainmaster)
15. PA (in Santa Fe Warbonnet or MoPac blue and white)
15. E8

Steam:
1. B & M's 4-8-2s
2. WM's H-9 class Consolodations
3. B & O's S1/ S1a 2-10-2s
4. B & O's P7 Pacifics
5. B & LE's H-class 2-10-4s
6. DM & IR's Yellowstones
7. Santa Fe's 2900 class Northerns
8. N & W's J-class Northerns
9. L & N's "Big Emma" 2-8-4s
10. Frisco's 4-8-2s and 4-8-4s

Electric:
1. GG1
2. New Haven's EP-5 (?) "Jets"
3. Milwaukee's Little Joes
4. E44

And many, many, many more locomotive models. [:D]
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Sterling1
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Posted by Sterling1 on Friday, August 19, 2005 7:01 PM
I should have put my all time winner:

1. GG1
2. SD40-2
3. GP60M/GP60B
"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]
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skerber
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Posted by skerber on Friday, August 19, 2005 7:06 PM
1. SD60M NS
2. GP38-2 NS (old and horsehead)
3. RS-3 Erie Lackawanna
3. SD40-2 High Nose NS--saw one two weeks ago at Danville, KY.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 7:32 PM
santa fe's sd75's
santa fe's gp60's (reg. cab)
BN's sd70mac's (cream 'n green)
NS gp59's and 60's, sd 60's and 70's (i was watching the rathole video the other day, best sounding horn i've ever heard coming from the gp60)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:13 PM
1. B23-7
2. sd45-2 (Santa Fe)
3. mp15dc
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:17 PM
BNSF H2 SD70MAC's.
Allan.
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DrummingTrainfan
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Posted by DrummingTrainfan on Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:27 PM
3: P42
2: DD40X
1: SD40-2
GIFs from http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm -Erik, the displaced CNW, Bears, White Sox, Northern Illnois Huskies, Amtrak and Metra fan.
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