What's your favorite model locomotive you own?

My engine is my Santa Fe Gp7u with slug.

my 1rst one,

postwar Lionel 2065 Hudson.

 

Slug???

Not the most detailed but a good performer

 

MTH NYC U25B #20-2964-1 (PS2) issued 2010

 

 

In order: 1-My little, non-scale, plastic Southern Crescent locomotive (part of a set) that I got when I was 5.  2- the new Railking Scale RS-1 NYC I just got because it reminds me of my dad, who just passed, who had built one in HO from a kit in the late 1950s and gave it to me when, but it somehow disappeared In the abyss known as my mom's house. 3- speaking from the little kid in me that loves gadgets, of all my locomotives, I prefer the VL Challenger, despite owning many other steamears and diesels, including every VL steamer (except the ATSF 2-20-10-2, which I don't want). The most steam effects of any loco ever produced I believe, all those drive wheels, and those blessed elephant ears!   

 

Peter

UP 4-12-2, just a interesting and cool behemoth.

For me being a relative newbie, I'd have to say my VL Big Boy. It's also the sure-fire hit with guests. My Ma-in-law absolutely croons when she sees and hears it, since she knew them for real in her younger years. 

 

That being said, my "daily" favorite is probably the little Lionel Legacy GP-35 in GM&O livery. Got it for a song, and it's got the best "quillable" horn I've played with yet. It's so fun to try and emulate the real UP trains that come through our small town of Buda. As  I type this to you, one is coming through town right now. Pure magic.

 

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I'll have to get back to you on this......

well I don't have just one (big surprise...)

this Marx was bought for my Dad during WWll for $1 at GC Murphy, he passed it on t his little brother, and I inherited when he passed away this year.

This 675 was the first engine I bought for myself.

My RK PRR M1a was purchased from a forum member,and except for routine maintenance, hasn't left the trainboard for 10+ years.

225E was one of my first junkbox rebuilds, with my home made tender.pretty much have stories for all of them.

My favorite, by a clear margin, is the Lionel Korean-war-era 2026 that Santa brought me in 1951.

 

My favorite locomotive is my Lionel light Mikado.

My favorite locomotive is the latest Weaver B&M Pacific because it reminds me of the many trips that I made to North Station in Boston that were pulled by that and similar steam engines.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eakBt1aELUM

My Westinghouse consist although still missing 3 items ( check the want to buy section ) is my all time favorite.

Same here, but if I had to choose just 1, I would have to pick my black Lionel JLC UP Challenger. My TMCC UP big boy #4006 is a close second.

Hands down it's my twin MTH Premier Amtrak Genesis Phase V #180 and #193 pair.

My favorite would be Lionel Vision Challenger in excursion service livery.

mikey

Would have to be my VL-BIGBOY #4014

O Gauge:

 

My Lionel VL 700E Hudson and my Lionel RS-5 611 scale N&W Class J.

 

Standard Gauge:

 

LCT Proto 2.0 Green "Brute".

I enjoy all my engines.  However, there are a few that just perform better and look better than the others that could be called my favorite.  When you add sentimental value to the equation, one engine is my favorite, and it is not a Pennsy engine.  It is the Lionel scale Southern Railway Mikado from the early 90s.  It was given to me by my wife as a retirement present (USAF), and I had Alex M upgrade it with ERR.  Looks, runs and sounds great.  And my wife likes seeing it run which works out well later that night.

I don't know yet...

 

...I'll get back to you when I've had a chance to run my entire roster 

 

---PCJ

Mine is my MTH Premier N&W Heritage ES44AC.

My favorite, and first, 1955 Lionel FM Train Master set, purchased for me, By my Father and Grandfather, at the ripe old age of one......

Mine would be my Lionel 2383 Santa Fe F3 A-A that my father bought new in 1966 for the first surprise Christmas layout when I was 5.   Many years ago I converted the powered A unit to TMCC when the old E unit gave up the ghost.

That's a hard question my favorite engine , my favorite to run engine, my favorite display engine ect. any way my Favorite engine would have to be my 2359 B&M GP-7/9 now it's not the original but it is to me the first one given to me as a child ( the actual one got sold so bought this as a replacement) infact I have replaced the complete set better than I ever remember it as my father got it from a friend and it was missing pieces form each car but now I have the complete set with all the correct pieces and parts. set # 2572 only thing missing is set box and I would bet it's out of my price range. 

 

Unanswerable, but it is NYC steam. That is as close as I can come.

 

My MTH (now with ERR innards) black P-2 NYC electric is an honorable mention.

 

...and my bashed GM&O Heavy Decapod, and...you see...no way.

My favorite is my MTH U50c Union Pacific.  Close second would be my DD40ax.  When I upgrade the DD40 with ps3 it will take the first favorite spot.

This may have been mentioned in some fashion but my favorite engine is the next steam engine that I will buy that:

I overpaid for but I don't care.

I hope UPS doesn't get to the house before I do.

I have a dozen other Engines that look similar.

I have to tell my wife-be quiet,I just bought you a new Escalade.

Thanks for reading.Nick

 

Basic Premier NYC Hudson

To quote my friend Jim McIntosh, my favorite locomotive is the one I'm about to buy. 

 

-Eric Siegel

I have four of them, the only O scale motive power I own (and the only locos I ever really wanted, even as a kid):

ET&WNC ten-wheelers, loco numbers, 9, 11, 12 and 14 (the green one)...

 

K, the last one I'd get rid of is My MTH GN R2 - the first steam engine I ever bought, but for looks, it have to be my NP Challenger, the most run is the MTH Caterpillar Ready to run set with my twin daughters, but the one closest to my heart is a MTH Railking UP Turbine.  I bought for my dad about 20 years ago that got us started into this hobby.  As my Mom passed away just 6 weeks ago and my dad has been diagnosed with dementia, some of the shared memories of trains are now mine alone. I've been blessed to have them.

Can you give us a hint on what it is?

My favorite is a Lionel 318E that was my grandfathers and Dads before me.  Most collectors wouldnt touch it cause of the dented cabin.  My great grandmother accidentally dropped it 2 days before Christmas, broke the wheels and dented it, panicked and rode the bus downtown to the trainman to get it repaired.  Still runs like a champ!!  Someday I hope to pass it on to my grandson!!

sometimes the $$ isn't important. my $1 Marx Commodore Vanderbilt is worth more to me than anything on the market.

 

I need the third road #...

I have a few that I love.
1) my dad's 1950 773
2) MTH BAR BL2
3) lionel 2-6-0 that will be my favorite after she is custom painted as Green Mountain 89.

My B&O P7e from 3rd rail.

Its' the last one I just bought and then it will be the next one I buy.

 

TRAINS EVERY DAY & EVERY WAY!

Good one PAUL.  I do like your thinking.

the Big Boy are my favorite engines I have the premier , I'm waiting for the new MTH big boy 4014 have it ordered from my local hobby shop!

really gorgeous Engine , also like the Lionel legacy really has terrific sounds !

Alan