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I voted on the Alco PA’s and PB’s because they are the coolest!!!
Right on bro!!!
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Interesting choices - they actually span 30 years. The FT’s date back to 1939, while the CF7’s were built in the seventies! [:)]
I’ll vote for an “other” that is fairly early - MLW’s RS18, circa 1957.
EMD BL2 and the Alco RS-1. The original Road Switchers, and two of the nicest looking loco’s ever built.
Actually I prefer the Alco RS 3,but not listed so took 2nd choice Alco PAPB
I would define early as far as Diesel electric locomotives as being built prior to World War II. On that basis, it’d be a tossup between the VO1000 from Baldwin or the RS1 from ALCo. But, I suppose I’d really prefer boxcabs, such as LIRR 401 or CNJ 1000…[8D][8D]
Since the SD7 tain’t there, I’ll go with the good ol’ F7. I loved sitting next to the GN mainline in the Flathead Valley back in the 50’s and watch those GN freights tear by with hoards of Fs on 'em.[8D]
Well,not a very fair poll…[:0][:D] You forgot to add the GP9[:(] .[;)] [:D] So I voted for the GP7 instead.[:D] I also like the RS1 and GP38/38-2…The SD7/9 was my favorites also.
I voted for the F7. I can still remember the Chessie using them in freight service (in the mid-80s!) in and around Pittsburgh, PA.
If one you like is not there post what it is.
If one you like is not there post what it is.
GDRMCo, poll moderator
CP SD90’s with the “Golden Rodent.”
the SD90 is not an early diesel!!!
GDRMCo, poll moderator
Neither are most of the models in the list. The CF7 is a 1970’s rebuild - hardly “early”.
Third_rail’s definition of “early” as pre-WW2 is sensible enough, though my original vote varied from that. Given his definition, I’d say the NW2 or the S1. Cute li’l critters.
Well, everything on the list is first-gen diesels,although the CF7’s are rebuilds.
But the selection is a bit odd. Where’s the RS’s, The Fairbanks-Morse H15-44 and H-16-44’s, the EMD BL-2, Alco FA’s, Baldwin baby-faces, any of the Diesel switchers? It’s got obscure locos’ (how many DL-110’s were even built), but not common ones (RS-3 anyone?)
The question is a no brainer. The F7s rock.
5-Axle C-Liners… Brutish ugly things.
I have 3 F-7 ABB or ABA models. I have only one of any other; so I voted at the train shop.
Lindsay
Victorian Railways B Class (Clyde/EMD model ML2)
This loco was the second diesel mainline loco derived from the F7 for Australian conditions and apart from having 6 all powered axles it featured 2 Bulldog noses. It appeared at about the same time as the SD7 & may have been partly responsible for that loco’s developement.