One quick question. I want to know the favorite trains of people around the site. So, my question is, out of all the ttains ever created, what is your Favorite train? Simple, right? Well, then, REPLY!
My faviorte trains are the BNSF, and Union Pacific Dash-9, and the Acela Express.
I’m a bit perplexed, too. The railroad definition of a “train” is a locomotive(s) and a marker. It may include cars in between the two, but each day, thousands of trains are assembled and operated. I’m assuming that you don’t really mean “train”, otherwise, the answers could be “NS train 211 of Sept 3rd between Croxton NJ and Harrisburg PA” or Amtrak #48 out of Chicago on August 3rd".
Do you mean “locomotive”? Or, “named train”, like “Lake Shore Limited” or “Super C”?
My all time favourite was the “Bristolian”.
The N&W 611-J and her sisters.Power and beauty.pure and simple
stay safe
joe
The word “train” has tons of meanings. No offence my friend, but you gotta be more specific than that. My favorite loco is SD70MAC[8D]
Come on, guys, if you’re going to quote definitions, do it right.
A locomotive is one engine or more one than one engine coupled, under the control of one engineer.
A train is one locomotive, or more than one locomotive coupled, with or without cars, displaying markers.
I’m thinking the Milwaukee Road steam powered, streamlined Hiawatha. That was a train among trains, by anyone’s definition. On the run between Milwaukee and Chicago, they had signs posted for the engineer to “Slow to 90 MPH” for a couple of broad, sweeping curves. WIth the exception of the N.E. Corridor, its hard to find a passenger train in the USA at 90-110 MPH nowdays, 80 years later.
----------------------------------The CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR-------------------------------------------------
I enjoyed riding the Amtrak Surfliner in both directions out of Los Angeles. The sights of Southern California and the Pacific coast are wonderful.
However, my favorite train was the Katy Texas Special. The food was always good in its dining car.
The PIONEER ZEPHER.
That Sir is also my favorite train. I have a collection of several pictures of that train. The look of that train spoke of power!!!
TIM A
P.S. The reason they called it the “Milwaukee road”. The full name, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R. was to long and complicated for your average Wisconcinite to write, much less spell correctly. So it was shortend to something that was easy for them to understand.
Lehigh Valley’s “John Wilkes”
Adrianspeeder
wouldn’t the good definition of a locomotive be “a machine that moves about by operation of its own mechanism?” or somehting even more basic like “a self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails and is used for moving railroad cars.”
Favorite locomotive: Emdsd90mac or Ge4400, or the 6000.
Favorite train: pretty much anyhting with steel wheels and runs on rails
I love them all, but guess I would have to pick the CB&Q/ RIO GRANDE/ WP california Zephyr
Northern Pacific Mainstreeter;
Why, because It was the last long distance train I ever went on and my brother inlaw was one of it’s chefs.
I fell in love with a girl who could make herself sneeze at will, what a talent.
(the real reason)
Same here. I loved that engine from the first time i saw it.
my favorite train is any train that wont come apart getting across the road that has smooth power and is hot enough that the dispatcher will give you a 4hr run with out seeing a siding. that is my favorite train
Joe, I had to look that one up in my book. Question: was that engine considerd a streamliner?? What I’m asking is, was the design functionable, or were covers put on to make it presentable??
TIM A
The design from the guys at the roanoke shops was very functionable.Yes it was a streamliner.
stay safe
joe