Whats your favorite locomotive? Mine’s an SD20.[:I]
Here are a few.(Sorry I can’t pick[:D]There all my favorite.)
SD60M
SD60
SD45-2
SD45
SDP45
SD40B
SD40-2
SDL39
SD35
SD24
SD9
SD7
GP40X
GP40
GP38-2
GP38C
GP30C
GP9
GP7
SW1500
SW1200
SW7
U30C
I have many[:D]
My favorite loco is the FP7.
Favorite second generation diesel,SD45.
Favorite electric,GG1.
Favorite steam,SP GS4.
From an engineer’s point of view, my hands down favorite is the SD9. The FP7 also rates high as that extra four feet between truck centers made them ride great compared to the freight F units.
Other favorites are:
SW-1 great for light industry work, bad track, coachyard, depot switching
SW-8 another great industry unit
GP-9 go anywhere, do anything unit
RS-3 ran circles around the GP7
SD40-2 EMD’s crowning moment
B32-8 these three units made me a believer that GE was going to win the war!
My favorites would have to be…
Southern Pacific GS Class 4-8-4s
Union Pacific FEF-3s
Union Pacific Challengers
Anything diesel
I am guessing we are supposed to pick up on the fact that except for railroad rebuilds there is no such thing as an SD20.
Um… yes… he he he
Also I like center cabs! (I don’t know why)
Sure there are SD20s. I’ve run a number of them.
The blue card in the cab lists it as a SD20, built 1980.
May favorite engines are SD38-2s. The EJ&E SD38-2s sound very unique. I also like the DM&IR rebuilt SDMs. They make a neat growling noise when they throttle up. Unfortunatly, the SDMs on EJ&E are usually confined to Gary.
RS-1 in Tidewater Southern green and Orange
GP7 in SF zebra stripes
SD9s (cadillacs) inSP Black Widow
ANy E unit or F unit in Warbonnet or Daylight colors
Any steam engine
I like all the UP heritage locos, saw the Espee heritage heading north out of Eugene Yard the other day, paced it for miles
You mean Zebra Stripes? I’ve never seen a ATSF tiger stripes.
heres mine
SD 45 of all types
SD 40-2
SD35
SD 20
SDl 39
F45 & FP 45
GP7
GP 9
GP 40,GP40-2
GP 38-2
SW 1500
SW 1200
CP’s AC4400’s
GE c44-9w
i got more but cant think of them
Youre right–zebra stripes.
I was thinking Espee. Shoulda known better, Espee didn’t have any GP7s (Yes I know about the Cotton Belt one in Daylight colors)
The SD20 were dang near new after Paducah got done remanufacturing them.
They added/changed:
Prime mover (2000 hp 645 engine, removing 567 engine)
All new electrical wiring
Paper air filter for the engine
Pressurized electrical cabinet
Modernized traction motor blower system (note the blower duct on the fireman’s side, like a newer EMD)
New cab (some of the base engine were SD24Bs)
Chopped nose on most
Rebuilt fuel tank, with the main air reservoirs moved below the walkway, from on top.
They were the equivalent of a SD38, for a lot less money.
The blue card lists the engine as a SD20, not a SD24. After doing that much work to it, They can call it what they want.[:)]
I like a lot of units, but my favorite units are:
1.SD45
2.SD40
3.F45
The people out there that like new power are lucky people, It sucks liking the stuff that is getting retired all the time…
Alec
I can never decide, it’s always a tie between the SD80MAC, SD50, and FP45 for diesels. But for steam, 2-8-4 Berkshires win hands down.
as far as steam engines go my favorite locomotive is the 4-8-4 northern ,as far as diesel locomotives go i like the es4400cw,dash 9cw,sd70ace,sd40-2,sd38-2,and ge hybrid.
NW J [8D],Almost any thing steam,F units…How can you have a favorite with SO MANY locos to like ?