Well here is a wide open subject if you could name just one engine as your favorite what would it be???
The F40 and its descendants. It’s a far cry from the E-units of yesteryear, but my first memories of passenger trains were big original Superliners pulled by two or three of them. Not only were they on Amtrak, but also my more common passenger trips on Metra. They’re colorful locomotives used all over the nation that have done a lot for the railroad passenger industry than some care to ackgnowledge. I hate to see the baggage units on the Hiawatha trains nowadays…
What in the world in an “engin”? My favorite engine would have to be the Challenger.
Great. Now I’m even more confused…
OOPS I MISPELLED IS. OH THE IRONY.
And here I thought it was sarcasm.
To the original question: My favorite is the GM&N 425, a Pacific locomotive, currently owned by the Blue Mountain and Reading (or Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern). It was the first steam locomotive that I got “up close and personal” with back in 1967 when it was in Phoenixville, PA.
PRR GG1, M1a or T1
Wasn’t that the genetics company in Jurassic Park?
I HAVE 6 FAVORITES
SD40-2
F45
M420W
AC6000CW
AC4400CW
DASH 9
SD40-2. H16-44, H24-66, CPA16-4, so many choices…
Matthew
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F45
SD90
F45
SD45
SD40-2
to name a few
SD40-2
AC4400CW
AC6000CW
C40-8W
SD75M
B23/B30-7
SD40-3
BQ23-7
No brainer, 4-8-8-4 Big Boy
Challenger or Big Boy. That power was huge.
Earl
P.E. Boxmotor
Virlon
“Old Ironsides” - that looks like a fun engine to drive along with the
“John Bull”
But what was most impressive for an early day loco was the
“Iron Duke” - huge and fast for the era.
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Sorry for all the steam lovers but I have to vote for the GG1.
Ken