[Komodo]

I know alot of people like/ have a mth SD70ACe . would you say there are very popular? anyway post your favorite locomotive/ most popular. Here is a video of a guy with 9 of dem! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRmZKMBeUsY

 

[shaygetz]

Any Rivarossi articulated...poor man's brass that's still cool all these years later...

 

[tooter]

It would be hard to pin down a most popular as there is such a wide variety... but a personal favorite is easy. The little 0-6-0 Mantua Goat...

 

[Komodo]

^^
lol thats kinda cool actually.

 

[shaygetz]

Yes, I guess pictures do help...

 

[Komodo]

thats a very cool locomotive, if i get a perm layout, i will have to get a steam engine!

 

[Reckers]

Get one that smokes!

 

[tankist]

Alstom Prima.

no one makes a model of it.

 

[tkruger]

I have to say that my favorite locomotive that I use is an Athern Blue Box GP-35 that has the motor replaced with a Pitman can motor. It is DC but runs smooth as silk and pulls well. After that is any 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 Mantua steamer with a cast boiler. I am not so much into the detail but into the running of the trains.

When the kids are around the Thomas and Emily sets are my favorite due to the reactions they get, those results are worth more than anything in the layout.

 

[tooter]

Yes, I guess pictures do help...

Shay... that cab forward is awesome!:thumbsup:

 

[radfan]

Alstom Prima.

no one makes a model of it.

Hornby make the BR class 67 which is from the first series of the Prima's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_67

 

[shaygetz]

Shay... that cab forward is awesome!:thumbsup:

Thanks...bought that at a community festival about 10 years ago for $25. Owner said it had a hitch in it they couldn't figure out. In the end, the frame had warped (bad zinc casting), so I broke it in two places, glued it straight with JB Weld and, once hardened, fiddled a bit with a file to get it back together. It's been fine ever since...I've even converted it to DCC and installed LED headlights. It now pulls 30+ car trains up a 1.75% grade with hardly a peep. Just don't have the heart to weather it...

 

[Reckers]

Steamer: 4-6-2 Pacific.

 

[Komodo]

^^
that train looks like its going fast, better hope it dosen't derail!

 

[Reckers]

It does, doesn't it? That engine belongs to the KY Railway Museum at New Haven, KY. That's about an hour south of where I live. I haven't had a chance to ride with her yet, but she pulls excursion trains during the summer for the museum. Somehow, I doubt she pulls them that fast, though!

 

[Komodo]

^
cool, i might be riding my first steam engine when i go on my vacation

 

[Reckers]

Good for you! Take a look at this---it can help you locate one to ride: http://www.american-rails.com/railro...oad-guide.html

 

[Komodo]

IM going to steam town. ~```!11!1!!11!

 

[dozer]

Good Ol' Sd-9's. I love watching this guy in the yard!

 

[Reckers]

IM going to steam town. ~```!11!1!!11!

Scranton, huh? My girlfriend is from there!:thumbsup: