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What's YOUR Favorite Steamer
- Thread starter chris2001trainz2010
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hauntedclipp
copper-crowned
For American steamers, Milwaukee Road's class A Atlantics.
For Britain, Great Western Railway's "Dukedogs"
For Britain, Great Western Railway's "Dukedogs"
Hmm, tough question.
I like the appearance of B&Os engines, they look very "un-cluttered".
New Haven had some VERY tasty engines, especially the ones with the arched cabs find my favor.
C&Os engines just look menacing, like some gone-wild machines that are out to haunt plumbers.
The PRRs engines with their fireboxes have a great appeal, too.
The Anthracite-Roads are looking awesome and RF&P had some great Pacifics.
N&W got the perfect Mallets....
Really, really hard to make a choice!
My top 5:
-N&W Z1 class
-N&W unstreamlined J1 class
-GN Z class
-C&O H7
-NH L1 class
We had some fancy engines over here, too. Making a decission about my favorite here is impossible for me!
I like the appearance of B&Os engines, they look very "un-cluttered".
New Haven had some VERY tasty engines, especially the ones with the arched cabs find my favor.
C&Os engines just look menacing, like some gone-wild machines that are out to haunt plumbers.
The PRRs engines with their fireboxes have a great appeal, too.
The Anthracite-Roads are looking awesome and RF&P had some great Pacifics.
N&W got the perfect Mallets....
Really, really hard to make a choice!
My top 5:
-N&W Z1 class
-N&W unstreamlined J1 class
-GN Z class
-C&O H7
-NH L1 class
We had some fancy engines over here, too. Making a decission about my favorite here is impossible for me!
Railwoodman
Well-known member
Mine in any form is the PRR K-4
SuperSpeedMaglev
Wonderfully Old Fashioned
LNER's Mallard, still holding the world steam speed record for Queen & Country
Zeldaboy14
Owner of ZPW.
I still say LNER Flying Scotsmen and Henry the Green Engine for my choices.
falconetti
Member
Red Devil from South Africa
amigacooke
Well-known member
Stephenson's Rocket
SuperSpeedMaglev
Wonderfully Old Fashioned
-.- That again....
Those african steamers look cool.
I'll remember that when you post something someone else has.
captainkman
You are reading this.
Mine is 'Lion', A.K.A. 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'.
Image courtesy of 'Semaphores and Steam'
Kieran.
Image courtesy of 'Semaphores and Steam'
Kieran.
But only if the model includes that infamous piece of rope. :hehe:
Greetings from rainy Amsterdam,
Jan
beckster181
New member
lets face it he is about the most well known of all steamers in the world. and i dont know of many kids that dont know him and his crew, those are the trainzers of tomorrow and the train spotters of tomorrow. my son and daughters now almost 30 still have great memories of seeing 3801 and the flying scotsman together in Australia when he was not even at school yet. It enabled them to relive for a short time what we older trainzers and spotters still have memories of. and why we all love steamers.
I saw 4472 when I was 3 years old too, even though I was pretty much a baby I still remember getting on a train from Geelong to Spencer St with a mixture of Tangerine/Silver and Blue/Yellow passenger stock, all the noise from 2 Stroke engines idling with Gensets running and steam whistles, sadly Mum lost the photos of me next to it when I was 5 years old because we moved house.
Since then I've always been interested in the railways myself, your location says Ballarat, did you see the steam shuttles over the weekend?
Cheers.
beckster181
New member
the beauty of living up here is we see a lot of steam action here or near by and we love to go for a drive and sit and watch and listen to the living trains
jjanmarine3
Active member
One of my favourites, the South African GMAM nicknamed the 'Gammat'.
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