Ed, I knew you would have selected a N&W locomotive.
The N&W had so many fine units to choose from.
The N&W is lucky to have you as one of her ambassadors.
Allow me to challenge you to pick your favorite non-N&W engine that you would like to see on the rails again.
Thanks for the kind words, Bryan . . .
The non-N&W locomotive I'd like most to see would be a Seaboard R-2 2-6-6-4.
A few decades ago I worked with some folks who had fired and run them, and for designers to put together a locomotive that would do what those engines would do within the limits of a 55,000 pound axle load limit was not something that I think Alco nor Lima could have done. But Baldwin did.
I pick the R-2 over the R-1 for esthetic reasons; they had the Walschaerts valve gear which I always thought was "prettier" than Baker, although I know that operationally, mechanically and maintenance-wise, Baker was better.
BTW - I'd rather see PRR E6 460 than the 1361 although the K4 would be a real treat. Thirty-five years ago I would have liked to fire the 460 for a few miles, just to see what it was like.
EdKing