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Re: favourite locomotive
< Reply # 40 on 6/28/2006 1:47 AM >
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I personally enjoy CP Rail's GP9u chop nosed units... I'm not really that fond of CNR's GP9RM's. Theres usually about 3 geeps sitting in Kinnear yard here in Hamilton, for the Hamilton turn service. I've noticed lately though, that CPR is starting to use SD40-2's in the roles of GP9's... like shortline work and switching. The AC4400's are moving in.


How about a "real" GP9.
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Or from the inside





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< Reply # 41 on 10/8/2006 2:26 AM >
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Yeah, ok, this is an old thread. But, it's still on the first page and hardly contains time-sensitive information.


Among North American equipment my tastes tend towards the ES4400, SD70ACe, GP38 and 8-40B.


The best looking locs, however, operate in Europe:


Blue Tiger


SNCB (Belgian railways) Type 77


Vossloh G2000


Bombardier Talent DMU


SNCF (French) X73500 diesel railcar.


Shunter of unknown origin operated by the Swiss MGB.

And then there's this:


DB (German) ICE 3M. 330km/h, 17,000hp.


Not for us in North America, of course, as the FRA requires everything here be built heavily enough to survive driving into the walls at the edge of the world....




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Re: favourite locomotive
< Reply # 42 on 10/8/2006 9:06 AM >
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BNSF ES44AC


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< Reply # 43 on 10/19/2006 1:32 AM >
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BNSF ES44AC


Yep, they run these up here in Vancouver, from down south, and I must say, I really like them.





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< Reply # 44 on 11/7/2006 1:20 AM >
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Just found this thread, and I will say that I have tons of Southern Pacific info for the SF Bay Area (California) if anyone wants any info. As far as my favorite engine and the such, I can't really describe them all to you. So I'll post the pics below:


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< Reply # 45 on 11/7/2006 3:50 AM >
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I really like these Shay loco's, they are my personal favorites



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< Reply # 46 on 1/23/2007 6:43 AM >
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i must agree, the 3 truck 80 ton shay is one of my all time favorite engines. its just so much fun to watch the drivetrain.



as far as more modern trains go, i must go with one of the UP big blow veranda turbines. cant beat the enclosed walkways and sheer loud noise (they only visited Los Angeles once because they were too loud)





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< Reply # 47 on 1/24/2007 1:03 AM >
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Where did you find this picture? Love the background and the engine itself. Reminds me of the shays and heislers in Felton, CA I used to go watch before work and school took over.

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< Reply # 48 on 1/24/2007 4:23 AM >
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found that on google. just typed in 3 truck shay locomotive and found the best looking picture. i love that thing, mostly because it was one of my first experiences with steam power. incidentally, it was at roaring camp too. that place is awesome. heislers are fun too, but its just a lot more fun to watch the drivetrain on the shays




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< Reply # 49 on 2/3/2007 1:52 AM >
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Check out this slick machine at Turcot.



CD




These were a set of ALCO PA-1's demonstrating on CN in 1949. A special adaptation of CN's freight scheme used on FA-1's and F7's was used, however the yellow was replaced with gold metallic paint. The units were for passenger service and presumably demonstrated on passenger trains. The passenger scheme used on the FPA-4's and F9's had a black stripe edged in yellow running along the lower third of the loco.

Sadly CN never bought any PA's. I had an Nscale model of one in the CN demonstrator scheme... I miss that thing. By far these were much nicer than EMD E8's, yet about equally as powerful, although shorter in length since the E8's had two 1200HP engines for a total of 2400, and the ALCOs had one 2000HP engine.




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< Reply # 50 on 2/3/2007 11:13 PM >
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< Reply # 51 on 3/3/2007 2:41 AM >
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I'm beginning to take more of a fondness to EMD's newer stuff (SD70M, ACe, 75i, M-2). The sound of the 710 engine is intoxicating.




> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit.
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< Reply # 52 on 4/1/2007 8:19 PM >
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BNSF ES44AC


would that be one of these??



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< Reply # 53 on 4/1/2007 10:06 PM >
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Caught myself a CN ES44DC awhile ago. Nice.



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> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit.
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< Reply # 54 on 4/3/2007 3:38 AM >
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Here are some pic's from an AC4400/dash 9, (or so i was told).













I was lucky to see this one, and had to snap a few pic's




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< Reply # 55 on 4/4/2007 1:22 AM >
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Yep, thats one of the nearly first order AC4400's. CP doesn't have Dash9's.




> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit.
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< Reply # 56 on 4/4/2007 1:35 AM >
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Yep, thats one of the nearly first order AC4400's. CP doesn't have Dash9's.


Actually an ES44-AC - part of the 1st GEVO order.




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< Reply # 57 on 4/4/2007 2:24 AM >
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Actually an ES44-AC - part of the 1st GEVO order.


Go GEVO




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< Reply # 58 on 4/4/2007 3:52 AM >
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Actually an ES44-AC - part of the 1st GEVO order.


My mistake... I keep forgetting CP put the GEVO's in the 8xxx series. It still strikes me as odd.




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< Reply # 59 on 12/2/2007 11:14 PM >
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Gotta be the F-3 to F-9 or the Norfolk and Western 4-8-4 Streamliners


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