AS FAR STEAM LOCOMOTIVES WHAT TYPE DO YOUI HAVE THE MOST AND WHY?

Decals shouldn't be an issue anymore-a forum sponsor will make anything you want and the reviews have been positive on the quality.  You can also print your own, just buy the decal film and follow the directions.

As for locomotives, I'm into Challengers.  I have a LOT of them.  Always liked the Challengers, the Fetter's is my favorite. Coal or oil, it doesn't matter to me, I like'em all!

I am all over the place with Steam and only 2 Diesels

0-8-0/2-6-4/4-6-4/2-6-0/Two 4-6-0's/Two 4-8-8-4 Big Boys/2-8-0/4-4-0/4-8-4 Daylight/ 2-8-4 Semi Scale Berkshire/

I have even done Custom decals myself for the O-8-0 Which has turned into a Road engine to pull Coca-Cola Passenger Cars

I don't have a most wheel type loco in my collection.  I have one each of B6s, consolidation, K4s, E6 Atlantic, Decapod and M1a all PRR.  Hats off to those who have multiples of wheel types and road names as well.

I have mainly post war or pre war style of the 224E or 224 as it is a nice running engine. Other wise I have a couple of MTH steam engines, my largest steam engine is a Reading T-1 a 4-8-4 northern.

Lee Fritz

Thanks for the information I will give it a go.

My goal is to have somewhat of an operating RR. I'm more into building a fleet than a collection. I model the B&A. I roster 3 0-8-0 switchers, 3 Berkshires, 3 L2a Mohawks from the parent NYC, 1 L3 Mohawk, and 3 B&A Hudson's. Luckilly the B&A didn't roster a variety of motive power. The capability of double heading is important.

By Railroad because those are the Rail Roads that I model in Steam.

SP 2-8-0 Consolidation,4436 Daylight,4437 GS 4 Black,4410 GS 2 Black,4126 AC 6 Cab Forward,4294 AC 12 Cab Forward,2 8 8 4 AC 9.

UP 0 6 0 Switcher,9010 4 12 2 Steamer,4 8 4 844 FEF,Challenger 3967,4014 Big Boy.

Santa Fe 4 8 4 3751,2 10 4 Texas.

Norfolk & Western Class A 1218, 2 8 8 2 Y 6 B.

Great Northern Challenger Z 

SNCF Chappion 2 3 1

Mikey

0-4-0 (1)

2-4-2 (7)

4-4-2 (1)

2-6-2 (8)

2-6-4 (1)

4-6-2 (1)

4-6-4 (2)

2-8-4 (1)

4-8-2 (1)

6-8-6 (1)

soon will be getting another 0-4-0,2-6-2,and 6-8-6

1 SF Northern 2927 MTH

1 RF&P Berkshire 573 MTH

1 SF Ten Wheeler 255 MTH

1 SP Mohawk 4328 MTH

1 SF Dockside switcher Lionel

1 UP Big Boy 4011 Lionel

1 UP Hudson 673

1 SP Consolidation 2685 Lionel

1 Disney American 100 Lionel

1 SP Northern 4449 Williams

Thomas, Percy, James

Trying to get my Money situated to buy a MTH Troop Train, But I got to stop buying diesels.

Let's see, I have 5 Hudsons (7 if you count preorder and awaiting shipment) all by Lionel, so I guess you could say I love them the absolute most. But I also have a few Mikados, which I also adore. So, yeah, they're my top favorite steam engines I'm after.

Northerns!  Lots of Northerns.  I just picked up the latest MTH Reading T1 in American Freedom Train colors.  This adds to SP Daylight GS2 and GS4, UP 844, Santa Fe 2921, C&O Greenbrier and the Pennsy T1 diuplex.  I just love how massive Northerns are and they look good running on my layout.

Rolland

A lot, all kinds, because I like them.

I have a lot of different types - but nine cab forwards.  Most are 17/64 scale. Almost every class is covered, from 2-6-6-2 through the AC-10, including two kits that were only available the year I was born.

Being a big Pennsy fan I have a number of Pennsy Steam Engines.

A-5 -- 4-4-0

D class -- 4-4-0

E6 -- 4-4-2

G5 -- 4-6-0

H3 -- 2-8-0

H10 -- 2-8-0

J1 -- 2-10-4

2-K4s -- 4-6-2

M1 -- 4-8-2

S1 -- 6-4-4-6

T1 -- 4-4-4-4

Non-Pennsy

0-8-0

2- 4-8-4s

4-6-4

Shay

Dockside Switcher

As you can see the only duplicates are the two 4-8-4 Northerns, (Chessie T-1 and N&W J). and the two Pennsy K4s. The 2 K4s are because I want to be able to double head them on my passenger trains like the Pennsy often did. I am also on the look out for a couple of I1 Decapods (2-10-0) to double head my Pennsy freight. 

Collecting examples of N&W steamers. Currently I have "most" of what has been made available. I am mulling over the Timken side rod A and Y3. Both are in the "maybe" category.

Two gaps currently are the S1a 0-8-0 and Z1b 2-6-6-2. I never thought I'd ever get a Jawn Henry, so there is still hope....

I am a big fan of the 4-6-4 Hudson.

I like the big drive wheels.  Ever since my 2055 as a kid.

I have a couple of Railking Hudsons I like to run on my very humble layout!!!

And mostly as my boys like to run them when they were toddlers so they have a special place for me!

I have 9 scale Norfolk & Western Class J locomotives. 3 of those are unshrouded.

Scott Smith

I have several Boston and Maine steam locos:

B&M Pacific  MTH    (Pennsy type fantasy paint scheme)

B&M Switcher MTH

B&M Pacific  Weaver

B&M Mogul  Lionel

B&M Consolidation  Weaver

B&M Berkshire  (3rd Rail)

Ones i enjoy running are lionel postwar 675,736,2025,2046,2055,2065,671,2020,

along with one of my favorites the 1946 version of the 726.

Martin

This is an easy one, the Berkshire. It was my first model train received as a Christmas present when I was seven. Lionel Legacy Berkshires are also a compelling reason to collect them because of their great looks, sound, and wonderful performance. Also two of ours' are ties to our new PE layout.

For me it is the Hudson type. As you can tell from my handle it is one of my favorite locomotives. I have 2 of them now (one regular and a Dreyfuss) and a 3rd on order. The 3rd one has a PT tender so it is a little different. In the future I'd like to get one more-- a B&A version. All my other steam locomotives I have one of each kind. I probably will get another Camelback someday when MTH reruns it in PS3.

Like Dave C I am trying to build a fleet. The roads I am use are NYC of course and CNJ. I have 3 Pennsy locomotives but I don't plan on buying any more. Two out of three are my favorite Pennsy engines and third, well that's a long story. Recently I splurged on a SP Daylight. I just always wanted one of them even though it doesn't really go with my plan.

What I plan to use the most are shortline engines, and have the most of....2-6-0,

4-6-0, 2-8-0, 2-10-0, and 2-8-2, and switchers: 0-8-0, 0-4-0T, and 0-6-0T.  I prefer steam freight engines. The Challenger will just sit on a dead siding as a "helper on call" at the mainline junction (only a few feet of "mainline" is modeled).  I WANT SMALL two truck geared loggers, Heislers preferred, and a small eight-drivered logging articulated, which would be used.

While I don't like Pacifics (once done to death), one as used in passenger service

on that connecting mainline may also sit at the mainline station.  (the fact that the Little River Logging Co. once used a small Pacific in logging creates a personal conflict) That and a couple of other wheel arrangements are avoided for the same reason (over-saturation, and the fact they were not commonly used in the modeled area). That does not count "collector" engines which came as they were made, often in

oddball wheel arrangements, and includes diesels, not used on the layout.

Mikado

I've never had a large stable of steam engines, but the most I've had at one time, and what always has a presence on my toy train pike .... is the Mikado. It fits both East Broad Top and CNJ.

I have one of's of all my steamers except the Big Boy, of which I have 2 (3 if you count my N gauge BB.).  That's because I'm my favorite locomotive, and always has been as long as I can remember.  Once I have a layout and have filled my ranks by marking off my hit list, I plan on getting several more BBs.

I railroad I model only had ten-wheelers at the time my layout takes place. So, I have four of them (even though only three existed in the timeframe my layout takes place, I'm going with an alternate reality where they never sold one of them to the White Pass & Yukon like they really had)...

K4s (Pacifics) seem most plentiful about 7

Micados are next i think 6

Hudsons follow at around 4

onesies or twosies of other types

Types of steam locomotives I own:

O-gauge:

• USRA 0-8-0
• Consolidation
• Hudson
• Mikado (Heavy)

G-Gauge:

• narrow gauge Mallet (2-6-6-2T)
• Mikado

Most of mine are 2-4-2 Columbia types.

There are also a couple of 0-4-0's and a 6-8-6 turbine

Why do I have all those 2-4-2's?

Because!

I have several PRR F3c 2-6-0, B6sb and H6s engines since that's what the CVRR had on the roster.  I also have a few 4-4-0 engines so I can reach further back in time when the mood strikes.

According to my Excel list,I have more locomotives of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement than any others.I am a fan of big, modern scale steam. 

4-8-4's 

8-UP 7-MTH,1-Lionel

7-SP 5-MTH,2-Lionel

6-N&W 4-MTH,2-Lionel

7-ATSF 3-MTH,3-Lionel,2-3rd Rail

3-NYC Lionel

2-C&O MTH

2 MILW Lionel

2-WP Lionel,MTH

1-ACL MTH

1-Frisco MTH

1-CB&Q (3rd Rail Brass)

1-Reading MTH

1-GN MTH

1-CN MTH

As far as a singular locomotive type for a RR:

11 NYC Hudsons (Includes the ESE,Dreyfuss,Comm. Vanderbilt)

9 UP Big Boys with a 10th coming.

Type: Large.

Why: You have to ask?

I'm not going to catalog all of the steam locomotives I have because like others, I too am all over the place with various types of steam engines.  Suffice it to say I have seven scale Hudsons and that is by far the largest number of any single type of locomotive I own.  It really is kind of scary because there was a time when I never thought I would own even one. 

Hudson NYC MTH

J 611 N&W MTH

Atlantic B&O MTH

Atlantic NKP Lionel

Atlantic Wabash Lionel

Mikado Pennsylvania Lionel

Berkshire Polar Express Lionel

2026 Lionel

Hudsons

As kids my neighbors dad worked for the NYC. They had 1 1930s 773 for display ALL of their other engines were 671/681s. No other kind at all.

I have eight Hudsons followed by six Berks, three of which have been converted to FEFs. Also a smattering of Pacifics and other smaller locos.

I think that I am Lionel-heavy in steamers......

Lionel NYC scale Hudson TMCC

Lionel NYC semi-scale Hudson ERR rebuild

Lionel NYC scale Consolidation TMCC

Lionel NYC semi-scale Mikado TMCC

Lionel NYC scale 4-6-0 Legacy

Lionel NYC scale Mohawk Legacy

Lionel NYC 060 conventional

Lionel PostWar 221, 242, 246, 2018, 2037, 2046, 2056

New Haven MTH semi-scale Hudson w/PS3

Pennsy MTH semi-scale Decapod w/PS2

Marx NYC 666

Pennsy 040 KLine Collector's Club switcher with TMCC

Peter

All I can say is thank for all the replys.I run mostly freight trains on my layouts.Why because thats what I saw as a boy.The school I attended was at best a few yards from the tracks.Every time I would hear a whistle I look out the window.The was not to to cool with my teachers thou.But some times when I try not to look out the window.Funny thing is some times they would let me look.I over heard them talking about me one day."Well at least he trying to do his work and not to look so much."I bet the trains I have on the layout is missing one thing.And that is pulpwood car as seaboard had lot of them.Funny its the one car I don,t have yet.When operating my steam locomotives they will some time slip a little.But I have gotten pretty good about not letting the wheels slip to much.