Well, I figure it’s time for the good 'ole topic, what’s your favorite locomotive[?] I didn’t bother making it a poll. We’ve gotten new members, and some of us may have changed our minds.
Mine-
Steam- 4-8-8-4 Big Boy and FEF-3 4-8-4
Diesel- SD80MAC and 8-40BW
Electric- GG1 and E33
Special loco- UP Gas Turbine
My favorites are…
Freight- GP60M, passenger-F40PH
My favorite is which ever one I have operating out on the layout at any given time. I dont play favorites, i like’m all.
Always changing
Steam:
PRR K4
Electric:
E44, GG1
1st Generation Diesel:
GP9
2nd Generation Diesel:
SD40-2 (CR Version with flexicoil trucks), SD45-2 (EL Version with large fuel tank).
3rd Generation Diesel:
SD60I, SD80MAC, B40-8
Steam - 2-10-4 Texan
1st Gen Diesel - SD9
2nd Gen Diesel - SD40-2
3rd Gen Diesel - AC4400CW
Electric - GG1
Ah, Bigboy, leave it to you to bring this up again. You’re right, of course, we’ve got new people here and some of us have probably changed our minds. After the last poll, I thought about it and narrowed it down. Still steam, still Rio Grande and SP, but somehow a Pennsy J-1A has since weasled its way into my affection. So:
Missabe 2-8-8-4 (My vote for the most beautiful articulated ever built)
Rio Grande L-131 2-8-8-2 (That ‘eyebrow’ Elesco feed-water heater just looks NASTY!
SP AC-6 4-8-8-2 (don’t anyone EVER refer to this as a ‘backward Yellowstone.’
SP AC-9 2-8-8-4 (yes, you can refer to this as an SP ‘Yellowstone’)
Pennsy J1-A 2-10-4 (A behemoth. Just a behemoth!)
Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4 (See L-131 for comments)
SP 2-10-2 ‘Deck’ any class (does anyone know HOW that loco got it’s nickname?)
Next week it’ll probably be different. My ex says I’m not the most STABLE musician she’s ever met.
Forgot to add SD70’s!
1st gen: GP9
2nd gen: GP40/-2, C36-7
3rd gen: SD80MAC, SD60, C40-8W
My favorite is whatever one I’m working on at the time!
BB
I’ll take that as a compliment.[;)][:D]
Bigboy: Please do, I meant it as one. Always enjoy your posts.
I have two favorite locomotive
1- GG1
2- F7
Union Pacific Big Boys and Southern Pacific AC-11s.
Steam: If it had a Burlington Route herald on the tender, it’s my favorite![:D]
Non-CB&Q Steam: GN S-2 Northern, NP Z-Class articulateds, and DMIR, 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones.
Cab unit: Phase II F-3
Hood unit: Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44/H-16-44
Modern Diesel: SD70MAC, SD45T-2 “tunnel Motor”
Electric: Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar
Whew, that’s a long list!
Favorite steam: British A4 Class Pacific
Favorite Diesel: FM H-24-66 and ALCo PA-1
Electric: GG-1
Modern Diesel: SD-80MAC
A long time ago, MR ran a scratchbuilders collection, and the SD7 was built in brass, using a wood block to form the brass carbody, and that facination, brought about a wood block, as close to the plans, as I could do at eleven years old. and so, the SD7 is the winner in my book, (now that I’ve been asked a thousand times), and…so. The EMD SD7 was only bought by two southeastern, roads, the Bay Line, and the Central of Georgia. Shame, as that loco was a light weight engine, as offered by the builder, however the short span of the six axle trucks hurt the short switches at the frog. and…so I finally bought the SD7, undec, as a P2K kit, so The Central of Georgia, in HO scale. ACJ.
Alco S-2.
Definately the SD40T-2.
Favorite locomotive [don’t looks at this topic if you’re sick of repetent topics.
Judging from the amount of views, some topics are like car crashes, you can’t help but watch!!![:p][:p][:p]
Santa Fe 2900 and 3800 classes
Southern Pacific AC-4, 6, and 12
DM&IR M-4 2-8-8-4