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My default answer is my childhood 2037.

  But if that wasn't on the table I'd be running a 6 driver pre war steam switcher with all that great valve gear and rod action packed nice and tight. Like watching fancy clockwork

 If got to have a wish, and a catenary system too, I always wanted the first 3phase loco & first full electric line, Ganz's Valteleena Line, It.. Basically I want a small, loop type pantagraph, electric steeple cab like some folks used to wanted the Jawn Henry, Centapede, or Big Boy. A 2-6-2, jackshaft and rod center cab?; awsome! But even a B&O steeple on bogies would work

Adriatic posted:

My default answer is my childhood 2037.

  But if that wasn't on the table I'd be running a 6 driver pre war steam switcher with all that great valve gear and rod action packed nice and tight. Like watching fancy clockwork

 

Hey Adriatic, I think we must be related. You know from on and off the Forum what I think of the prewar switchers, but my wife bought me a 2037 in 1994 to bring me back into the hobby being away due to misc. life diversions...

Tom 

So many choices! Modern super power era Steam with all the motion of the drivers and rods. Streamlined steam like the Santa Fe Blue Goose, etc. or the C&O Turbine combine some of both. F units, E units, and PA Diesels with their fantastic paint schemes. (Maybe a 5 stripe Brunswick Green GG1, though I never know which way it is heading:-) Modern Diesels with their massive look. And aren't we fortunate to have all these possibilities to chose from!

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Wow!  Very tuff question.  If I were ever in the hard place of choosing one engine ( from my existing fleet )  and running in a realistic prototype way on my layoutB&O GP9 & caboose,  I'd pick my passenger equipped B&O GP 9 ( in gray, blue, and gold livery ) because of its utilitarian use.  It virtually can execute every task on a railroad from yard switching, long distance road freight engine, and commuter & long distance passenger work.   I hope I never have to make that choice.  

 

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Steam!!  Which one us problematic because there us so much to like.  If we're talking passenger power then a NYC Niagara and a PRT T1 top my list.  If we're talking freight haulers I like the classic look of 1920s power with Elesco FW heaters on the front of the smokebox with double airpumps on the pilot deck. The NYC L2a Mohawk is a classic example, but their are similar examples from other roads.  

Too many options to narrow to just one.  I like the potato chip analogy...

If were in the awful position of having only one lokie on my layout, I, too, would choose a steam engine from the latter days of steam.  But it wouldn't be a Northern type or an articulated,  It would be something like a lowly 2-8-2 Mike.  Why?  Because that one engine would have to provide all services from freight, peddler freight, switching and even any passenger duties.  In my opinion, the Mike is as "universal" of an engine that you can get

Paul Fischer.

trumptrain posted:

B&O GP9 & caboose,  

I'd pick my passenger equipped B&O GP 9 ( in gray, blue, and gold livery ) because of its utilitarian use.  It virtually can execute every task on a railroad from yard switching, long distance road freight engine, and commuter & long distance passenger work.   I hope I never have to make that choice.  

Your choice is based on the same logic as mine, and I love it when you post photos or videos of your beautiful torpedo boat geep.

TM Terry posted:

Reading through this thread one thing kept running through my mind. Only one locomotive for a layout???

Sure, The RR I model only had one type of locomotive at the time I model it (though they had three of them running at that time). One type suits me just fine (and I have 4 of them, including one they'd sold to the White pass & Yukon less than a year before).

If I had to choose I would definitely choose steam. I have always loved steam engines. These engines are the reason my road of choice is the Pennsylvania RR. If I had to limit myself to only one, I would probably select the versatility of a consolidation to the pure brute power of the J1, S1, T1, or Q1. A K4 Pacific might be a compromise between size and versatility. Heck, I don't want to choose. 

Number 90 posted:
trumptrain posted:

B&O GP9 & caboose,  

I'd pick my passenger equipped B&O GP 9 ( in gray, blue, and gold livery ) because of its utilitarian use.  It virtually can execute every task on a railroad from yard switching, long distance road freight engine, and commuter & long distance passenger work.   I hope I never have to make that choice.  

Your choice is based on the same logic as mine, and I love it when you post photos or videos of your beautiful torpedo boat geep.

Coming from you Tom ...your words mean A LOT!!  THANKS!!!  AND thanks  for your support of my posts and videos of my GP9.   It's interesting ...  when I first saw this topic, immediatley the  GP 9 popped into my head.  As I gave it more thought, while visualizing my locomotive fleet, steam, diesel, and electric, the GP 9 consistently took precedence.   I, and I assume you,  love our steamers, GG-1's, and all our diesels but the GP - 9/7 is our one answer to this question.  General Purpose locomotive.  A great idea!

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