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Posted by snagletooth on Monday, May 14, 2007 2:26 AM
Paducah's. GP10's, 11's, SW10's. 4-5 4-stacked PUD'S pulling out of Dubuque is the greatest sound everCool [8D]! Music to the earsHeadphones [{(-_-)}]Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by foamer8101 on Monday, May 14, 2007 7:47 AM
the clyde/emd gt26c in run 8 up cowan bank n.s.w. in particular #L271 in W.C paint!!!
long live the sd40-2
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Posted by almoser on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:02 PM
   yes  Agree  100%      best use of Southern Green, cream white & imation gold ever applied to any kind of mode of transportian vehicle ever
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:24 PM
A lashup of 5 Rock Island units in multiple paint schemes, about half of them barely operating, struggling to move 30 cars.
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Posted by blackpearl420 on Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:28 PM

MY favorite deisel locomotives are the CSX GE AC4400CW blue and yellow sheme and the

C30-7 from NEW HOPE & IVYLAND RAILRIAD 

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Posted by SD60M on Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:03 PM
Burlington Northern SD60M's 2 window versions had the best looking paint scheme on the BN along with the SD70MAC's, and who could forget the red, white, and blue SD60M,SD40-2,SDP40,and U30C.
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Posted by WCfan on Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:04 PM

Man, no one said the SD45. 20 cylinders of pure power. I have many more That I have answered on other "what's your favorite loco", but the 45 takes the cake. Inparticaler the WC 65XX series.

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Posted by silicon212 on Friday, June 15, 2007 11:20 AM
 WCfan wrote:

Man, no one said the SD45. 16 cylinders of pure power. I have many more That I have answered on other "what's your favorite loco", but the 45 takes the cake. Inparticaler the Turbo charged WC SD45 65XX series.

The SD40/-2 has 16 cylinders of pure turbocharged power, while the SD45 has 20 cylinders of pure turbocharged power.  All SD45s are turbo'ed.

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Posted by stocksj on Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 AM

I've always thought that the F series diesels were my favorite. I remember watching with wide-eyed amazement when the F7A-B units would roll down the tracks in my town back in the mid-60's. I used to think they had a nice face. Smile [:)]

 The trains I remember as a boy were SCL, ACL and Southern on the west to East run through Atlanta.

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Posted by WCfan on Friday, June 15, 2007 11:56 AM
 silicon212 wrote:
 WCfan wrote:

Man, no one said the SD45. 16 cylinders of pure power. I have many more That I have answered on other "what's your favorite loco", but the 45 takes the cake. Inparticaler the Turbo charged WC SD45 65XX series.

The SD40/-2 has 16 cylinders of pure turbocharged power, while the SD45 has 20 cylinders of pure turbocharged power.  All SD45s are turbo'ed.

Sorry for that. For some reason I was thinking of the SD40-2. Sorry.

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