what is your favorite diesel locomotive?
A CB&Q E-5 AB set coupled to a matching stainless steel train. Apparently the Q agreed because when they trotted out the re-equiped Denver Zephyr in the late 50s they scrounged up a set to use for the publicity pix.
An SD40-2 switching cars is about the best sound in the world!
No contest whatsoever. A Lehigh Valley PA1, looked great, sounded wonderful, smoked like crazy when it was pulling hard, and it had excellent riding qualities, thanks to their GSC A1A-A1A trucks.
Favorite hood unit? A Lehigh Valley C420. In the original grey and yellow “yellowjacket scheme” Hands down. But, the dark red scheme on 406 was nice, as was the bright red on 410…
An SD24 had the most memorable sound.
It’s between the Milwaukee road SD10, and the SD40 series locomotives. I just like to hear that 567 diesel engine.[:D]
James
For road use and throttle response I prefer to run the sd40-2 they load when i want them to load, genreal switching I love the gp38-2 when kicking cars no turbo lag when i go to throttle 8 the gp38-2 is going their right now. Those are my prefs being a engineer.
Rodney
NS sd70m-2 ,sd70m ,sd40-2 ,gp38&50 ,c39-8 c40-9 es40dc & of corse the c40-9w!
The one I haven’t seen and photographed, YET.
anything CNW of course
Just about anything running and in service will do for me.
[#ditto]
I guess you mean anything CNW with a big yellow patch?
noooo i hate hate hate the patched units
[#ditto] [#ditto]
Nick
F40PH
[sigh]…from a die hard steam nut case…any ALCO PA…ALCO DL-109 …Baldwin Locomotive Works early Babyface Centipieds…Balwin Locomotive Works passenger Sharks…Fairbanks Morse “Erie-Builts”…and death to the FT…[soapbox]
EMD SD40-2! All 4 phases! All 3500 and something built! USA and Canadien!
Mine!Mine! Mine! You can’t have them![(-D] [(-D]
Have a good one.
Bill B
Southern E-8 in green and white
Nihon Kokutetsu DD-13 class B-B diesel-hydraulic.
Runner up, Nihon Kokutetsu DD-51 class B-2-B diesel hydraulic. (Yes, there’s a non-powered truck in the center of a non-articulated frame!)
Japanese locomotives with traction motors take their power off catenary, not on-board prime movers.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)