Your Favorite Locomotive Type?

[sir_plewsy]

The GWR (GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY) 57xx pannier tank the BEST 0-6-0PT in the world

 

[NTSEFAN]

My favorites would be:

NYC 4-6-4
SP GS-4 4449 4-8-4
UP 3985 4-6-6-4
Strasburg 90 2-10-0
N&W 611 4-8-4
Milwaukee 261 4-8-4

Here you go.

 

[JRT]

As for my favorite loco I have to say the Class: C Shay by Lima be more specific West Side Shay #12 built in April 1926 for the Swayne Lumber Co., it remained under Swayne ownership until 1940. From 1940 until 1969 it was operated by the WSLC (West Side Lumber Company). Even there its shop number is 3302, this loco is not the same size as her sisters. In-fact it cares 1000 gallons less of oil/water than WSLC #8.

Today, she sits at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Its sad, but I new all of this by heat.... You would think that I would spend my time doing better things.......

Cheers,
JRT

 

[mitch456yui]

Well, I have a lot of faves
Not in any order...

STEAM -
BR Britannia 7MT, beautiful machines, too young to be scrapped
BR Standard 5MT, useful, look good
BR Standard 4MT, nice looking loco
BR Standard 9F, look nice, pulling power is great, too young to be scrapped
LMS Princess Coronation Class, beautiful, sexy, powerful (4 cylinders!)
LMS 'Black 5' (Yes, this is different to the BR Standard 5, the Standard is based on the Black 5), useful, look good
LMS 7F, good pulling power, would buy for freight on personal railway
LMS 4F, awesome
LMS 3F 'Jinty', cute, so many uses
LNER A1 Peppercorn, just plain stunning
LNER A3, beautiful, read above...
LNER J15, simple, honest engineering
LNER A4, fast, beautiful, cool
Just about any British Steam loco that ever existed... ever... ever...
NSWGR 38 Class, cool
UP 9000 Class, big, beautiful
All steam locos, in my book, are heros in their own right... Thats my slang for 'I probably left out a few...'

DIESEL -
BR Class 08-09, probably cos they look like Diesel from TTTE
BR Class 23, cute! (Google it, find out why)
BR Class 24, look nice
BR Class 26, look nice
BR Class 31, look nice
BR Class 37, never get old!
BR Class 40, beautiful
BR Class 45, beautiful
BR Class 47, nice
BR Class 55, beautiful
BR Class 114 DMU, dunno, they look good, and theres just somthing about them...
Intercity 125, fast, WAY ahead of its time!
NSWGR 48 Class, just cool
NSWGR 45 Class, just cool
NSWGR 442 Class, these look nice
Pacific National 81 Class, just awesome
NR Class, good looking I reckon
I probably left out a few here too...

ELECTRIC-
Never reall been a fan of electrics, but if I had to choose, it'd be...
SNCF TGV, cos it's fast!

Thanks,
Mitch

 

[CNSD40MRT]

Well, since I'm into Canadian stuff now days, my favorite locomotive would have to be the SD40-2W. The GP38-2W and the GP40-2LW rank behind it on my list.

-Skylar

I agree. The SD40-2w & GP40-2w's are the best locos Canadian National ever brought & they look good in the 'zebra' schemes, back when they was new.

 

[BobCass]

Hi: Lets don't forget the beautiful SP&S #700, its the stable mate to the #4449 in Portland..

 

[UnionPacificRules]

PRR Duplexes live forever!!

Also faves: 2-10-10-2, 4-12-2, 4-8-8-4, or any darn articulated steam out there!









..RR.. (My line of the day: Best there is, was, and ever will be!!)

 

[UnionPacificRules]

Photos:

 

[dpfan1]

my favorite locmotive is steam locmotives restored to steam like STRASBURG #90.

 

[airtime]

Anything from the Great British Rail days of the 1980's, and anything from any year from steam to diesel on the Great Western Railway (including the Network Southeast stock)

Joe Airtime

 

[dpfan1]

Lets not forget STRASBURG 90.

 

[qassaquyangli]

some north american power in the WEST!

The SD70 SERIES!!(Well North American diesel)

Dont forget the 4-8-8-4 Big boy and its little brother the CHALLANGER!

The NYC Hudsons too!

All the engines the Rock Island RR had!

 

[drrt4]

favort locos:!

steam:
UP BIG BOY 4-8-8-4
UP CHALLENGER 4-6-6-4
UP FEF-3/2
UP 0-6-0 types
NYC Hudson's all types!
PRR S1
SP DAYLIGHT! both types! (American flyer, and SP sceam)

diesel:
UP M-10000
UP "big blow ups"
PRR "centipede"
"shark nose"
DASH9
EMD SD40-2
and more by UP....

electric:
acela express
TGV
that's about it....
see ya!:wave:

 

[applegathc]

GMD SD40

GMD SD40-2

GMD SD40-2F "Redbarn"

cam

 

[SantaFebuff]

EMD BL-2 and GE BQ23-7.

Cheers,
Joshua

 

[farecoal]

Any steam locomotive, as I think diesel locomotives and most electrics are the most boring things in the world.

 

[hope5]

steam:
br 8f
br 9f
br a4 pasific
Thomas the tank engine...
diseal:
br class 37
br class 47
br class 31
br class 55 (deltic)
br class 43 (hst)

 

[SPNGTyler]

My favorite locomotive "type" would have to be the 4-6-0 ten wheelers. No matter what gauge, or what railroad, I have always loved these old gals. This is proboly due to the fact the the local steam engine is an ex SP 4-6-0. Nonetheless, I have always liked how a railroad can make these engines look. So yea, "Ten Wheelers" are my favorite locomotive type.

 

[UP5521]

the 4-4-0 american,because of how she looks and the clean lines it has coming out of the engine shop!

 

[kamran]

americans diesel's are world's best locomotive
from their power .reliability ,and beauty especially sd series locomotives