There are tons of favorite railroad threads well there wouldnt be railroads with out locomotives so lets do a thread of your favorite locomotives. For me I have to say either the GG-1 or F-M H16-44
Well I guess my favorite Diesel would be the GP-7 or 9. I have
a bunch of them. They just look nice and squared away rolling
down the track. As far as Steam every since I ran my neighbors
Big Boy around my layout I have been wanting an articulated steam
loco. So when my b-day rolled around I got a PCM 2-8-8-2.
Awesome looking loco and heavy too. It can pull a stump i’m
sure. And the cool thing is that it is Decaled for the NYC?
Who Knew???
Terry
Michael,
Clarification: Are you confining the “favorite” preference to the prototype, the model, or both?
Tom
My favorite locos?
The EMD E series, the ALCO PA’s, the EMD FT, F3, F7, F9, the GP40, the SD40-2.
Tom,
I was refering more to the prototype I guess.
Steam, toss-up between Northern Class and Texas type. Specifically, S1b Niagara and the PRR J1.
Diesel, SD70/90 MAC and similar style, or the wonderful F7.
My favorite that I have.
M1a, BLI has a great look and sounds great. Pulls very well for a smaller engine.
My first steam engines, GS-4’s. Cheap Bachmann’s but with a little work pull 21 hand picked cars.
My Monon BL2’s, to date run them more than any of my other diesals. Funny think I bought the first one and was going to use it for parts. I now have 4 BL2’s
E-6, have 3 of them and pull like a bear.
If any of you folks have PIC it great to add a face’s to the name of the engine.
Want list, BIG BOY, but after I up grade the DCC unit.
Cuda Ken
The SD70ACe or any of the GEVO series
My favorite electric is ALP 44 or 46, diesel is F40PH
Diesel: SD80MAC, FP45, SD50, 8-32PHW and P42DC. Gotta love problematic, less common diesels![;)]
Steam: Pere Marquette N1a 2-8-4 Berkshire, UP Big Boy and C&O J3a 4-8-4 Greenbriar.
RS3
GP7 & 9
F2/3
Alco switchers.
Mine would be:
EMD F3
Alco RS3
GE U33C
EMD SD45
For steam – GS-4
For diesel – GE AC4400CW, C44-9w, GEVOs, P42DC, F59PHI, F3’s.
One of my most favorites has to be the UP Big Boy.[:D] I’ve really got to get an AHM one for my layout soon.[:D]
Other favorites include the Warbonnet F units, U50B, 2-6-6-6 Allegheny, modern wide cab SDs, and the T-1 4-4-4-4. There are still many more I really like, but these are some of my absolute favorites.[:D]
Since locomotives come in several flavors, I’ll name the various headings - and then surprise you
Steam - JNR C58 class 2-6-2, a fine example of modern dual-service power, Japanese style.
Diesel - hydraulic, not electric - JNR DD13 B-B, Japan’s equivalent of the GP7/9.
Electric - 1500vdc catenary - JNR ED16, the ugly old box cab that could (move tonnage on a mountain branch.)
AND NOW, THE WINNAH!!!
Kiso Forest Railway’s last steam, Baldwin 0-4-2T, industrial cyclone stack and all!
http://trains.nute.ws/0-4-2/KFR6.htm
Maybe it’s because I have an un-reproduceable photo of my wife and kids with #1 when they were young and it was retired. Agematsu, Japan, 1964. Maybe it’s the model in my display case, patiently waiting for a stretch of track it can call home.
(The loco in the photos has been widened from 2’6" gauge to 3’ gauge, and the bell, headlight and classification lights are American-owner add-ons, not original. Originally a wood burner, it has been modified to burn oil.)
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - forest railway included)
Its gotta be my railroad namesake… Any of the SW series of switchers…
Reading P-7sa 4-4-2 Atlantic
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire (check out page 282 in George Drury’s Guide to North American Steam Locomotives)
NYC J-1a 4-6-4 Hudson
EMD F-anything
I have a soft spot for the oddball EMD locos that didn’t sell well. GP/SD28, SD38/38-2, GP/SD39, SD45-2, etc.
My favorite locomotive, in prototype or model, is the Norfolk and Western Class J 4-8-4. The prototypes were incomparable. It was the first model I got, in brass, all those years ago now, and boy did she and I have to learn a lot about laying track and switches in a hurry.