What is your favorite electric locomotive(s)?
Mine are as follows:
NH EP-5
NH EP-4
NH EP-3
NH EP-2
GN Y-1
GN Z-1
GN W-1
PRR GG1
PRR R1
PRR DD1
CUT P1a
AMTK E60
Little Joes (MILW and CSS&SB)
MILW EP-2
Here’s the top 3:
1:GG1
2:E44
3:HHP-8
N&W LC1
VGN EL-C
- Sacramento Northern 1010 82-ton boxcab (homebuilt)
- GE steeplecabs, 60-ton
- Niles passenger motors
- Birney single-truck “bobber” streetcar
- CCT’s American Car Co. box motors
I like the AEM7. I see them on the noetheast corroder alot there kinda cool and very fast. The ALP46 is cool very sleek almost like a very long volkswagen Streeeeeeeeeeeeeetch. also very quiet even while accelerating. I like diesels much better. Much more variety. Joe
I think nearly every american electric is my favourite, expect the ugly nyc engines. Most beautiful i think are the E33, E60, (especially the Black Mesa Version), AEM-7, HHP-8.
MY Grand favourite are the BCR GF6C electrics. Very wonderful. Anyone build a few HO models for me? Athearn? Bachmann? [8D]
E2B, E40, E44, P5A, B1
Kind of heavy on the PRR with just a hint of NH thrown in.
GG1 hands down. Then the E44.
My favourite electric loco is the Swiss Krokodil (crocodile).
It certainly K.O.'s that comment about not enough varitey in electrics.
http://www.baerlin-online.de/cards/krokodil.jpg
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GG-1 and the E60CP
What a wonderful response to my post! I never expected such a large following of “sparkers”.
what’s an electric loco? just kidding E33
Am I the only fan of box motors and smaller electrics here? I suppose my preference for small engines is a rarity even among fellow juice jacks–GG1’s are nice but it just won’t pull that 7" radius curve the way a nice wood-side Niles box motor will! Not to mention those adorable little single-truck Birneys…of course, they do have a rough ride (having ridden in one, it’s a bit like being in a dinghy in a storm) but they’re SO CUTE!
No.
I have a soft spot in my heart for such critters, and steeple cab switchers, and such. And the old North Shore Line had some interesting freight engines.
But GG-1s and Little Joes are still pretty cool. So was the Electroliner. And so was the Swiss Krokodil.
However, one of my favorites was a Swiss steam locomotive that had an electric heating element installed in the boiler and a pantograph installed on the cab roof during World War II. The best of both worlds!
A bit prejudiced, but here goes…all engines were B & O, used in the Belt Line Tunnels under Baltimore :
General Electric units, run as permanent pairs:( 0-4-0+0-4-0)
LE-1 from 1895-1916
LE-2, 1903\6 - 1927
OE-1, 2 , 3, built between 1910-1927, quite a few ran until 1952 when diesels took over.
There were a few other later, than 1927, but the above “old girls” are my favorites.
regards
Mike
[1] GG1 is all around tops. Too bad America can’t build engines that can run 50 years anymore!
[2] NH EP5s had beauty & style despite being plagued by electrical fires. Would love to see this in plastic HO by Kato or Atlas!
[3] E60CP - Clean,smooth body style.
[4] New York Central P, S, and T Boxcab electric locomotives in the well respected by “hommmely” looking category. Not great on looks, but as tough and durable as the graceful GG1s!
Sidebar:
At one time the General Electric E60 was offered in Amtrak colors by American GK in HO scale back in the late-70s early-80s. Had an Athearn drive that was on the noisy side but looked sharp!. Any of you have one? May be a collector’s item. Was also offered in the New Haven color scheme. Though NH never had any, looked nice. I’m hoping to find a used one in decent condition. I’d repower it with the A-Line motor kit and install DCC/Sound.[:D][tup]
I have about 7 of the American GK E60s. It is a beautiful model, even by today’s
standards. I ran E60s on occasion when I was a hostler on Amtrak. Seems as though they were the last BIG motor built in the US. It would take 2 AEM-7s to do what one E60 could.
Milwaukie electrics-all types-
DM3 from swedish railway and it’s new replacement,an 6.6+6.6 doble locomotive.
every old boxcab,whatever the country-US,Europe,Russia-
anyting that smell “ozone”,make sparkle’s on night.
read the book about milwaukie electrics,a must have for riveted box-cab fan.
regards,
nicolas Dublin,Ireland[bow][:P][yeah]
Admittedly, I watched a show on the History Channel on the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the modern Russian electrics running on it are amazingly neat-looking. That chunky Russian design is nice…I wonder if they build model railroads?
by far the GG1’s… hey, they speak for themselves