My favorites are:
- Kato HO DM&E SD40-2 #6360
- P2K Soo Line SD60M #6058
- Kato HO EJ&E SD38-2 #660
- Athearn Genesis Soo Line GP9 #414
- P2K Soo Line GP30 #720
List yours here! (I’m interested to see what locomotives the railfan community likes)
1-BLI NW2
2-P2K S3
3-Atlas Classic RS-3
3a-Bachman Spectrum 2-8-0 Consolidation
4-P2K GP9
5-P2K GP7
6-BLI 2-8-2 Mikado
7-Bachmann GP9
At this time I would have to say my favorite locomotives are my three Bachmann 2-6-6-2’s.
John
1.) MTH SD70Ace
2.) Atlas gold Dash 8 C44-8W
3.) Intermountain ES44AC
4.) Athearn Genesis 4-8-4 UP 844
5.) MTH Challenger
6.) Bachmann Spectrum EM-1
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Rivarossi Allegheny
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BLI Q2
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P2K 0-6-0’s
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Precision Craft Y6b
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P2K Berkshires
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Bachmann EM-1
Would give most of my Athearn, P2k and BLI steamers honorable mention.
Hal
Atlas mp15 x4 in modified texas city terminal colors Atlas mp 15 x4 in csx, conrail, cnw and norfolk southern Atlas rs1 Atlas rs11 Proto rs11 By far my favourite manufacturer is atlas
#1. Atlas Trainman GP38-2
#2. Atlas Trainman Genset
#3. Bachmann Berkshire.
- Bachmann Spectrum Heavy Mountain 2. Athearn Genesis F3 Santa Fe Warbonnet 3. " " F9 " " freight 4. Proto 1000 RS 2 with tsunami This list would have included a BLI Big Boy, Proto 2000 GP9, and a Proto 1000 C liner with Tsunami, but due to an economic squeeze, I had to sell them to pay the bills. Ill get them back someday.
I have several but, my top three:
Hi,
P2K: RS-27
P2K: E7
MTH: 4-8-2 L4b Mohawk
MTH: GG-1
Bachmann: 2-6-0 Mogul
All the best.
Reinhard
A Mantua Pacific kitbashed into a B&M P4.
A Pacific Fast Mail B&M b-15 Mogul. A signature B&M steamer.
A Bachmann 0-6-0 with a bit of detailing, wire grabs, a bell, cooling pipes. This is before painting. I have an after painting shot but it is not as well lit or as interesting.
Athearn “blue box” Blue birds. I rearranged the lighting to only shine out the head lamps and numbers boards, NOT the cab windows. I put in constant lighting circuits in all three. To renumber I just painted over the factory number with B&M blue. It matched perfectly. Applied new number decals from Microscale over the paint. Other than that, they are stock.
And finally, a pair of Proto 2000 E8’s in gold and maroon. These will pull a B&M streamliner once I get the cars to go around my 22 inch curves.
My favorite locomotives are my CN K4-4-6-4 and my CN S2a 2-8-2,
These two have been converted to DCC and sound, They have had extra weight added and have been balanced. Either two of these can pull anything I have up my 2 1/2% grades. I tried them once on a 3% grade that I had temporarily constructed on my layout and they would just start to spin on that grade with heavy loads.
Right now my favorites are my Bachmann GP7’s, two Walthers GP9’s that I’ve retrucked, a GP9 that’s a bash of parts from Walthers, Athearn, Front Range and several other manufacturers. My heavy favorites (literally) are four metal Varney F3’s that I repowered with home built drives. All are DCC.
Union Pacific U-50
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Athearn sd40-2 csx dark future
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Athearn UP sd70mac
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Athearn gp 40 IC
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Alco S-2 Bachmann sound value
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Athearn SD 70 Ace
Forgot to mention my four Bachmann GP40’s. One new and three are rebuilt. One is a Bachmann Plus unit and another is a standard PathMark Foods trainset unit. All have new or rebuilt 8 wheel drive DCC drives.
Here are my 3 fav’s
Derek
I’ve never been able to pick a favorite. Then I fall into “favorite in what way?” over analysis. Favorite for operating, to look at, sentimental.
Its hard to beat a trusty yellow box Atlas S-2 for switching a yard, or a set of Stewart/Kato F ABBA units for pulling a 100 car train. For looks it is hard to beat a Rock Island winged red and black RS3 or GP7.
Hmm… top five:
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Athearn SP SD45T-2
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Athearn SP SD45R
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Athearn D&RGW SD40T-2
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Athearn Genesis D&RGW GP9
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Athearn Genesis D&RGW F7A modernized.
probably right there with you texas, that and it’s kinda hard to just choose one when all of my locomotives have taken specialized roles.