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Posted by eolafan on Monday, April 30, 2007 10:31 AM
Just about anything running and in service will do for me.
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Posted by Lord Atmo on Monday, April 30, 2007 10:26 AM
anything CNW of course

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 30, 2007 12:14 AM
The one I haven't seen and photographed, YET.
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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:42 PM

 

        NS sd70m-2 ,sd70m ,sd40-2 ,gp38&50 ,c39-8 c40-9 es40dc & of corse the c40-9w!

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Posted by Rodney Beck on Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:57 PM

For road use and throttle response I prefer to run the sd40-2 they load when i want them to load, genreal switching I love the gp38-2 when kicking cars no turbo lag when i go to throttle 8 the gp38-2 is going their right now. Those are my prefs being a engineer.

 

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Posted by CMSTPP on Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:57 PM

It's between the Milwaukee road SD10, and the SD40 series locomotives. I just like to hear that 567 diesel engine.Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by K. P. Harrier on Sunday, April 29, 2007 6:58 PM

 Railfan1 wrote:
An SD40-2 switching cars is about the best sound in the world!

An SD24 had the most memorable sound.

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Posted by PBenham on Sunday, April 29, 2007 6:47 PM

 blade wrote:
what is your favorite diesel locomotive?

No contest whatsoever. A Lehigh Valley PA1, looked great, sounded wonderful, smoked like crazy when it was pulling hard, and it had excellent riding qualities, thanks to their GSC A1A-A1A trucks.

Favorite hood unit? A Lehigh Valley C420. In the original grey and yellow "yellowjacket scheme" Hands down. But, the dark red scheme on 406 was nice, as was the bright red on 410..

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Posted by Railfan1 on Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:05 PM
An SD40-2 switching cars is about the best sound in the world!
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Posted by jimrice4449 on Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:08 PM
A CB&Q E-5 AB set coupled to a matching stainless steel train.   Apparently the Q agreed because when they trotted out the re-equiped Denver Zephyr in the late 50s they scrounged up a set to use for the publicity pix.
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Posted by blade on Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:22 AM
what is your favorite diesel locomotive?

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