ALCOS ROCK!!!
In this order: SD-90,SD-70 and any SD-40
For looks - the SD90 - baddest looking loco ever
For Sound - the SD40-2 at full chat it sounds just awesome.
The C60AC UP locos sound really good too but the GE and EMD engines sound so radically different - the big GEs sound more like a Harley than a locomotive. They chug.
Strangely, the C60AC, which I understand was designed to haul fast inermodals, is usually seen here hauling rocks. Every afternoon I see a couple of the monsters hauling rocks up the MOPAC grade. I guess that’s what UP likes them for.
for an intermodal stack train give me GP60’s, they are better top ender’s than any six axle and have better wheel slip controls, ride and throttle response than GE’s comparable models Dash 8 39B, Dash 8 40B. for a manifest or a rack train, SD70M’s, they pull good, respond to throttle much better than C44 Dash 9’s (especially to keep the slack on a rack train or poorly made up manifest off of you in a swag) and they ride better than the GE’s. For a very heavy loaded coal or grain train I would take this comination (not taking into account any DP’s, just head end power), SD90MAC, AC4400CW or ES44AC, and either as rear motor(s). The 90 to pull immediately at the bottom of hills and when starting, the GE for lugging ability once it finally decides to load, and both for their dynamics. The GE is better in Dyno’s at higher speed while the EMD is simply unbelievable at lower speeds all the way down to zero…(by the way this is because the SD90mac has extended range tapered dynamics while the GE has extended range flat). Switching…well if I had my choice for just pure switching an MP15AC, but where I’m at we usually get GP38’s so make sure it has the 2 shoe per wheel brakes (better stopping, don’t have to change shoes as often). I’m still with-holding judgement on SD70Ace’s as I haven’t had enough experiences with them yet to judge 'em.
SD80MAC, FP45, SD50. Long live EMD!
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Come on guys and gals,
You know it is so.
The CZ/WP silver and orange Fs. None were classier. At least that is my opinion…
Long live the “wobbly”.
Johnboy out…
Got a picture of that one? Sounds interesting!
DELTIC of course!!! But a good case could be made for the Class 43 as well.
regards
ralph
That’s an easy one for me: Baldwin DRS 6-6-1500/1 SC83 cn#74812, Blt. June 1950. 56 years young and still able to move 150 cars at a time. It’s been an orfan for over 25 years and running without spare parts for just about as long. Baldwin built them for serious business, and they didn’t earn the name ‘Dragon’ by sittin’ around all day waiting for a mechanic. There’s nothen better to drive either, even though they don’t have the best creature comforts. They load instantly, pull enough for two other locomotives, and keep pulling all day and night. They have a soft starting feature that allows you to start a train without the slightest jolt from the locomotive. They have an infinit position, notchless throttle that lets you set the exact amount of power you need and not have to cycle between two notches to maintain a set speed. They have an automatic wheelslip control system, which limits and redirects power to other motors to keep slipping to an absolute minimum. Their dynamic brakes had a very high braking power even at crawling speeds, with an range as wide or wider than modern computer controlled systems, and in service they have even stopped trains with the DB alone.
If you want a locomotive for high speed passenger service, then BLW #6000 would be the only thing I want. With a 120mph top speed and an articulated running gear that was smooth and light even at ultra high speeds, there’s nothing better to have on the front of a crack limited. Had it been fully completed put into production, it would have been the diesel version of the venerable GG1. Unfortunatly WWII interupted the production of this 6000hp locomotive, but man it had some awsome potential. It also had an awsome one of a kind apperance that blows the socks off the EMD E, F, Alco FA, PA, 109, FM C-liner, and BLW Babyface and Sharknose. It had an art-deco headlight housing that jutted out like a battering ram, giving it a fearsome image of str
I’ve always enjoyed SD40-2, SD45, SD40T-2 and SD45T-2.
Paducah’s. GP10’s, 11’s, SW10’s. 4-5 4-stacked PUD’S pulling out of Dubuque is the greatest sound ever[8D]! Music to the ears[{(-_-)}][:D]
the clyde/emd gt26c in run 8 up cowan bank n.s.w. in particular #L271 in W.C paint!!!
yes Agree 100% best use of Southern Green, cream white & imation gold ever applied to any kind of mode of transportian vehicle ever
A lashup of 5 Rock Island units in multiple paint schemes, about half of them barely operating, struggling to move 30 cars.
MY favorite deisel locomotives are the CSX GE AC4400CW blue and yellow sheme and the
C30-7 from NEW HOPE & IVYLAND RAILRIAD
Burlington Northern SD60M’s 2 window versions had the best looking paint scheme on the BN along with the SD70MAC’s, and who could forget the red, white, and blue SD60M,SD40-2,SDP40,and U30C.
Man, no one said the SD45. 20 cylinders of pure power. I have many more That I have answered on other “what’s your favorite loco”, but the 45 takes the cake. Inparticaler the WC 65XX series.
The SD40/-2 has 16 cylinders of pure turbocharged power, while the SD45 has 20 cylinders of pure turbocharged power. All SD45s are turbo’ed.
I’ve always thought that the F series diesels were my favorite. I remember watching with wide-eyed amazement when the F7A-B units would roll down the tracks in my town back in the mid-60’s. I used to think they had a nice face. [:)]
The trains I remember as a boy were SCL, ACL and Southern on the west to East run through Atlanta.
Sorry for that. For some reason I was thinking of the SD40-2. Sorry.