i’d love to watch a group of SD80MACs wrestle a loaded coal drag up a hill any day but it still can’t beat a screamin B 23-7 chargin past you. It’s a scene nothing can beat, but what do you got to say?
SD 40’s for sure. Id love to see some U 33 C’s go by my old home town with an Ore train, or better yet SD-9’s!! Ahh those were the days.
A -9 40CW from Conrail.
yeah the SD40 is always fun to see roll past same with the dash
A GP60, SD40-2, SD45 or SD40/45T-2.
Conrail never rostered any GE DASH 9 series locomotives.
Bryan Jones
You’re right but, they did have Dash 8’s so i guess thats what he meant to say. who cares simple mistake.
I enjoyed watching 539-powered switchers revving up while kicking cars, and I still like watching any variety of current switchers doing the same.
Generally speaking, the answer is rather simple. Its always has been, and always well be, the next locomotive headed my way!
I’m sorry. Conrail never ordered ony dash 9’s. I did mean to say dash 8. sorry.
The one in your avatar picture.
Paul had a good one!Loved watching the Harbor guys kicking stuff around with the switchers. How about C415’s? Loved seeing them down in Burlington Iowa.Supposedly some are still for sale from BJRY.
I have yet to see one of the Berks thunder past, but I almost forgot 261. Love seeing her hammer by. The best was a trip from Chicago to Galesburg and standing trackside as they came by.
Any locomotive with a boiler, cylinders and exposed machinery on one or both sides.[bow]
(Catenary motors don’t thunder. They glide by with a subdued, 'Swoosh,")[8D]
As for the diseasels - it ain’t the sound, it’s the smell…[}:)][|(]
Chuck
no that would be an old U34CH that i found. that’s on my avatar.
A Beyer Garratt. hahaha!
Perhaps a WICT F unit, or a SD 30 in CNW colors going through the Driftless Area of Wisconsin.
I know, I grew up with them and went on their retirement trip. I meant that I apprteciate the picture, and would give anything to see them again. As for a current locomotive I would have to say an SD40-2, or an SD60.
Well, this may make me sound a little wishy washy but I have a second favorite now! A NS SD70!
How bout a 5 unit set of SP GP60’s running 70 mph on the headend of LBBPX, (Long Beach to Bedford Park Expedited) (CSX). Thats all I got to say.
Lets not forget the UP 844 steamer. Thats impressive.