Your favorite name for a steam locomotive? Ex: "Mikado", "Allegheny", "Bull Moose"

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Pennsy K-4

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One of my cat’s name is Chessie–she is a mess!! The other cat is Scooter. He tolerates Chessie.

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Selkirk 2-10-4

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bigboy

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I don’t like the locomotives but I have always thought that the wheel arrangement had a good name

Bicycle

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Being raised along the Hudson River, my favorite would be the Hudson, followed closely by the Niagara.

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The Mudhen mikado. One of two is in my home town. Flint Michigan. Currently it is being Rebuilt at Cross Roads Village. The number is 464. It is in aprximtly 10000 peices. ( can’t spell today)[banghead][%-)][#dots]

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That’s easy to answer: H-U-D-S-O-N.

I’ll take mine streamlined, thank you very much.[8D]

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i’ll say challenger.
andy

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Mikado aka “Big Mike”

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My favorites would be as follows:

Berkshire
Pacific
Prairie
“The BIG ENGINE”, PRR S-1 6100 (6-4-4-6)

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Now remember this is a question about favourite names, not favourite loco’s.

So there I was at my favourite hobby shop at the time, and I asked the guys - “say, what’s a Climax.” Well you could have heard the laughter for a mile. Says they, slapping their thighs, “he doesn’t know what a Climax is.”

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[;)]
Rick,

We’ve got to ask – which “hobby” [?][?]

[:D][:D][:D][:D]

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I’ve alway liked “Decapod” a ten-legged insect that crawls around the layout.

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CLIMAX! [;)]

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Have to say Western Maryland 4-8-4’s…POTOMAC.

Or maybe EBT’s “Millie”.

It really doesn’t matter what you call it, if it’s steam it’s good enough!

Roger

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From the U.S. you can’t beat “Mikado”, it sounds mysterious. But my all time favorite comes from England, “The Flying Scotsman”. Not really a specific type of locomotive, but a romantic name none the less.

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GN 2-8-2 Mikado

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Royal Hudson, you can’t get any more regal than that!!!

Gordon