What is you favorite diesel loco and why?
LC
SD40-2
The Dependable Workhorse, too bad they are getting harder and harder to find out on the mainlines.
GP-40, the SD’s little brother, and another dependable (and fast) workhorse - the muscle car of it’s day.
EMD SD40-2.
EMD SD70MAC.
WHY? THEIR POWER AND MOST OF ALL…THE “SOUND”.
[bow]BNSF[bow]
GP-40, GP-40 -2… Simple to maintain, strong,fast and ultra reliable. However I would not want to buy a turbo when it fails, blowers are about $20,000.00 chaeper
Randy
sante fe’s blue and yellow GP-60’s…just because
GP40-2 and also SD70…
LC
Rock Island AB6’s as a most favorite but i do like the SD40-2.
The GMD1 has to be my personal favorite. It was the first locomotive I can remember seeing. I remember seeing GMD1 1070 heading across the Trans-Canada hiway on the now abandoned CN Cowichan Subdivision in Victoria, near the Town and Country strip mall.
Small SW or Geep, simple… run forever…
Although the heaters SUCK
I was gonna vote for Rudolph Diesel, and not Vin Diesel here!
Alcos [;)]
The Century line was very good. Some are still around and working short lines. Find me a 40 year old GE still running.
The RS - 1, RS - 2, and the RS - 3s are classic.
SD 39
GP 28
F 40 C
Dash 8 32 BWH-Kentucky Cardinal had em frquently, look better than a Genesis, and with only 25, the odds of one leading are rare
GP 40-2 Hook enough of them together and they would do anything.
SD-60s and gp 50s and 60s. the Sd 70s are good also but the 60s seem to be better
gp 38-2 pushes cars like there is no tommorow.
stay safe
Joe
Lehigh Valley Alco c-628. One bad mother … alco.
Adrianspeeder
The SD40-2 and GP40-2 Very dependable locomotives , could haul any train.
Hmmm, tough choice, tough choice.
I would have to say the Baldwin Centipede. It was big, it was powerful, and ultimately unsuccessful. It must have been breathtaking to see in person.
[8]TrainFreak409[8]
For GE: C44ACCTE and for EMD: SD70M. Both in UP Building America paint. Although Im not really a patriot or a Republican by all means, the flag looks nice and it fills up the side alot better than “Union Pacific.” I used to like the C44-9W’s but I like the AC inverter cabinets behind the cab on the C44AC’s better than the Dash 9’s AirConditoner. As for the SD70M, its just a good looking locomotive.