Favorite Locomotives!

the 300 series Shinkansen.

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(I'd love to have one in TRS)

Stats:
In service: 1992 - Present
Manufacturer: Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi, Kawasaki, Kinki Sharyo
Number built: 1,104 vehicles (69 sets)
Formation: 16 cars per trainset
Capacity: 1,323 (200 Green + 1,123 Standard)
Operator: JR Central, JR West
Depots: Tokyo, Osaka, Hakata
Lines served: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Sanyō Shinkansen
Specifications
Car body: Aluminium
Car length: 25,000 mm (intermediate cars), 26,050 mm (end cars)
Width: 3,380 mm
Height: 4,440 mm
Maximum speed: 270 km/h
Acceleration: 1.6 km/h/s
Traction system: 40 x 300 kW
Power output: 12 MW
Gauge: 1,435 mm
Voltage: 25 kV AC, 60 Hz overhead

TY Wikipedia.org

peter
 
My favourite must be the old U30C/C30-7 locos
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They were popular back then, crews would prefer to sit in a U30C or C30-7 instead of a loud SD40.

Sadly they are all but gone completely by now. None preserved (that i know of) and no trainz models of any quality.

I also like alcos.

I have a weak spot for the sound of theese big diesel engines.
 
For me, it's the Alco FA series:

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Here's some information on the type, from the pages of Wikipedia:

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and GE in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead (A unit) FA and cabless booster (B unit) FB models were built. A dual passenger-freight version, the FPA/FPB, was also offered. It was equipped with a steam generator for heating passenger cars.
Externally, the FA and FB models looked very similar to the ALCO PA models produced in the same period. Both the FA and PA models were styled by GE's Ray Patten. They shared many of the same characteristics both aesthetically and mechanically. It was the locomotive's mechanical qualities (the ALCO 244V12 prime mover) and newer locomotive models from both General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and General Electric (the partnership with ALCO was dissolved in 1953) that ultimately led to the retirement of the locomotive model from revenue service. Several examples of FAs and FBs have been preserved in railroad museums, a few of them in operational states on such lines as the Grand Canyon Railway and the Napa Valley Wine Train.
 
That Y6 model is awesome. I really wish there was a version of it for TRS so I could recreate some more O. Winston Link pics.
 
My favourite must be the old U30C/C30-7 locos
UP_U30C_2827.jpg

They were popular back then, crews would prefer to sit in a U30C or C30-7 instead of a loud SD40.

Sadly they are all but gone completely by now. None preserved (that i know of) and no trainz models of any quality.

I also like alcos.

I have a weak spot for the sound of theese big diesel engines.


We do have C30-7s and U30Cs in Trainz ...

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Some of these available in the UP scheme too...

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The British railways 9f

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the last steam locomotive built by the British railways:
Evening Star 92220
 
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We do have C30-7s and U30Cs in Trainz

Yea, we do

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Still needs some junk on the pilot and plow...

*edit* Oh right, forgot to contribute to the thread:

GP40X's. Any Railroad, SP preferred.

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Uh oh I posted an MSTS screenshot
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Very nice, I'm still slightly torn towards MSTS but Trainz is just so fun, its good to see some good SP content.

Davis
 
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