Big Modern Diesels - Which Ones Do You Have?

Matt:

 

The biggest diesel I operate is the UP DD40AX. Additionally, I have SD 90's and SD 70's.

I don't personally care for modern diesels. To me, they all look the same. 

 

The only big "modern" diesel I have is an MTH Railking Imperial SD70ACe. Nice engine and plenty big for me. I prefer older, "first generation" diesels - I've got 2 F3 ABA sets, 2 GP9s, an SW1, and an AS-616

I like SD70ACe and ES44AC locomotives. huge modern diesels, I'm in!!

I love 'em all, but they can't run everywhere on my layout.

 

CN SD70M-2, CP ES44AC, NS Dash 9, BNSF AC6000 and a Great Northern Heritage SD70Ace.

Big CSX EMD and GE power holding for the signal:

   

 

Bob

I have one. MTH GE Evolution. Compared to everything else I have it's big. Terry

biggest, newest diesels are 2 SD70M-2's, and the ES44AC Hybrid.

Every one I can get my hands on!! Well, unless Pops buys them all too.

W/WBB 90 MAC's!

 There's an engine!! CSX SD70ACE. Ooooh that's a nice.

Have a NS-PRR Heritage ES44 on order.

I have an SD70 - the first modern O gauge loco I bought, about seven years ago.  It is a great loco but I use it exclusively for pulling my combined vacuum cleaner car and track cleaning car consist.  It has great pull and - well, due to the period I model, I never run it any other time.

 

Otherwise, I don't do anything much after 1955 - the time period I model on my layout.  

 

But if I did modern, the SD90 is pretty nice . . .  also, my wife and I ride the amtrak Southern Star up and down the east coast several times a year, and I would model the P-40s or 42s, etc.   If, I did modern . . .  

My biggest modern diesel is mth chessie SD50. I won't go more modern engines with  modeling the chessie C&O,B&O,WM.  

I have the MTH GE Evolution Hybrid. 2 pairs of Dash-9's-BNSF Heritage 1, NS's Operation Lifesaver. Both of them are MTH as well. From Lionel and MTH I have some more ES44AC's, Genesis engines, and NS Heritage units coming.

 

Bill

I have 2 MTH IAIS ES-44C's in the Rock Island paint scheme and a RK Imperial UP heritage SD-70 ace in the Southern Pacific paint scheme.

I have the following MTH modern diesels:

 

Amtrak F59PH

CSX AC6000

NS SD80-MAC

UP SD70M

Rio Grande SD-70ACe

The only large modern engine I have is a IAIS Rock Island Heritage ES44AC.  I'm thinking of adding a NS ES44 or SD70 to go with it or maybe an older SD60 if I can find one at a good price.

The oldest of the new are my Amtrak F40PHs and I have a MTH Amtrak Heritage Genesis on order (Phase 3, Can't Wait!!!), BNSF ES44s in several paint schemes, UP ES44, UP SD70, waiting on NS SD70M-2.

 

Hoping for CN ES44s or SD70M-2s in P3 in the next catalog!!!

Nice color combo on the Brisbane

SD70ACe:

CNW/UP (Scale Wheels/Proto-2) Have a hi-rail version that's going up on eBay

MKT/UP (Scale Wheels/Proto-3)

ATSF Isle of Denial (Scale Wheels/Proto-2)

UP "Bush 41" (Hi-rail; scale wasn't available/Proto-2)

EMD Demonstrator (Hi-rail/Proto-2)

 

GE ES44

GEVO Demonstrator #2005 (Scale Wheels/Proto-2)

GEVO Hybrid 2010 (Scale Wheels/Proto-3)

 

GE AC4400

CNW 8807 (Hi-Rail/Proto-2

CNW 8835 (Non-Powered)

 

GE C44-9W

CNW 8717

CNW 8727

CNW 8611 (Early Proto-2 with the wrong trucks)

CNW 8661 (Early Proto-2 with the wrong trucks)

 

GE C40-8W

ATSF 800

ATSF 802

ATSF 814

 

GE C40-8

CNW 8510 (Non-Powered)

CNW 8551 (Scale Wheeles/Proto-2)

CNW 8502 (Hi-Rail/Proto-2)

Matt,

Your Brisbane & Bushong Railroad diesel is beautiful.  Did you paint it?

 

I have a couple modern diesels.

MTH SD70M-2 Demonstrator...

 

 

MTH SD60 Demonstrator...

 

 

Along with the two demo units above, I also have a Lionel AC6000 that is apart so I can paint it to my roadname...eventually.

The most modern is the SP/UP Heritage 1996 SD70ACE

 

Dash 8 BW's

Dash 8 CW's

Dash 9 CW's

GP60M's

GP60B's

SD70M

 

All Santa Fe Warbonnets....although I don't consider those really modern any more lol

 

 

Lots of modern diesel-electric units in my collection. The ubiquitous 4000 - 4400hp GE's(North American Safety cabs and conventional cabs) and EMD's contribution... 645 and 710 packers.

 

Modern was my main interest when I was most active, acquiring O gauge motive power; I've got all generations of equipment, though.

 

Hard for me to pick favorites these days; I really enjoy a wide variety of motive power.

 

 

Rick

Being a tin lover, there aren't any GP style locos, so a Japanese floor toy was sacrificed for the cause. When running 6" tin, it appears to be a monster.

 

Steve

The biggest here are a UP SP40 T2 (union Pacific) and a U30C Burlington. I'm limited by O-31 radius (room size)  but both Lionel and are sweet engines.

 

Chet Klyn

LCCA

Steve, that is way cool !!!

 

My only O-gauge diesels are an F3 set and some FA's, all postwar Lionel. Oh, and a Marx 6000 !

 

I used to work around actual SD40-2's and C30-7's but don't aspire to have models of them.

 

MTH Union Pacific SD70ACE imperial with PS2 and MTH Rail king scale CSX F40 with PS2. I run them both with my MTH DCS system 

 

The largest or most modern diesel I have is three SD-45's by Williams; two Reading Lines, one Pennsylvania, and one SD-45 with PS-2 in Reading Lines from MTH. Not much else made for the railroad I want to model, the Reading Railroad.

MTH currently has a Norfolk Southern heritage diesel SD-70-Ace in Reading Lines, I will have to wait until I can afford it.

 

Lee F.

That is one sweet conversion.

My biggest modern modern diesels include:

BN SD60M

BNSF SD70M

ATSF SD75M

 

Does the GP60 count as being big?

Its not as long as the SD60 but its the same horsepower.

"Modern" - in its own era ...  

 

Lionel AC6000 B and O all decked out with flag. And matching caboose.

I have no idea what or where the Brisbane & Bushong RR is but that sure is one pretty locomotive..

Joe

 

This is not my largest diesel but this AC6000 is my favorite..

 

I went from this little guy

 

 

To this Atlas Full Size GP7

 

Then to this Lionel Legacy Dash 9

 

To a Lionel Legacy SD70M-2

 

The lastest and longest, Lionel Legacy CSX SD80MAC

 

 

I like the newer locomotives.  I have;

 

2 NS Dash 8 (MTH Premier)

1 NS SD70ACe (Premier)

1 NS SD70ACE (MTH Imperial)

1 NS SD50 (Premier)

3 CSX Dash 8 (2 Premier, 1 is dummy, 1 RK Scale)

1 CSX SD70ACe (Premier)

What your definition of Modern? I consider Modern the Dash 2 line to current. IS this acceptable?

Only have two truly modern diesels.  One an UP SD70ACe "Bush" 4141 and

But am considering getting a MTH non-powered NS-NKP heritage unit to run behind my 765 Berk.