the 5 best looking Big steam engines!

I like the 2-8-8-8-2 Erie Triplex,  Allegheny, The Q2, The Pennsy J1, and the Lackawanna Pocono

N&W Class J, NYC Hudson (non-streamlined), & PRR K-4 (non-streamlined).

hello guys and gals..........

 

the best 5 in my opinion are ....... Santa Fe #5011 2-10-4, Santa Fe #2900 4-8-4 , Union Pacific #9000 4-12-2, Southern Pacific #5021 4-10-2 and Southern Pacific Daylight #4449 4-8-4.

 

the woman who loves the S.F.5011

Tiffany

NYC Niagara, Western Maryland Challenger, PRR I1sa Decapod, Western Maryland Potomac, PRR J1.

 

The question was BIG and I'd hesitate to call anything with less than 4 drivers BIG.

 

There's a lot of good looking small stuff out there too!

 

Simon

Definitely the PRR decapod.

 

Depends on how you define "Big." If we are just talking about articulated engines, I'd say the N&W Class A is head and shoulders above anything else for looks, followed by the Cab Forward, the Challenger, the Big Boy, and the Allegheny (in no particular order). If you extend the definition down into engines with one set of drivers, the original T&P 2-10-4 is a nicely proportioned engine, and the Milwaukee Road S-3 (i.e. #261) is a standout among Northerns. And, of course, there's always the Daylight. I personally like the UP 4-12-2, just because it's so LO-O-O-O-O-ONG. 

My favorites, in terms of appearance are:

• ATSF 2900-class Northern
• UP Big Boy
• Yellowstone
• Allegheny
• Challenger

 

I like the N&W J, Reading T-1, C&O Allegheny, Berkshire class, and the Sante Fe Northern's

Challenger

 

GS-4

 

so many more ..........

In alphabetical order:

 

AT&SF 2900 Class 4-8-4

CB&Q O5 4-8-4

NKP S3 2-8-4

SP MT5 4-8-2

UP FEF-3 4-8-4

 

Rusty

N&W A

N&W Y6b

N&W J

N&W K2A

N&W TE-1

 

Honorable mentions (Turbines)

PRR S2 6200

C&O M1 500

UP #80 

 

 

1) Cab-forward AC-12
2) Berkshire
3) Three way tie...
Allegheny
Challenger
Big Boy

My favorites,

 

Any streamline Engine

EM1

Class J

Mohawk

mallets

 

And with out a doubt the best of them all----NYC HUDSON, the most  perfectly design of a steam engine ever.

Big?  NP Z-8.  Then PRR S1 and Q2.

 

Norm

Big Steam...Hmmmmm

 

N&W Y6

N&W A

N&W J

UP Challengers

UP 4000's

 

 

SP AC-9

DM&IR Yellowstone

NP Z-8

N&W Y-6b

C&O H-8

Missabe Yellowstone

NYC Mohawk - especially the ones with the feedwater heater hung on the front of the smokebox.

NYC J1E Hudson - unstreamlined

Soo Line 4-8-4

Pere Marquette 2-8-4

К сожалению, он не мог управлять любыми кривыми.

SP AC-9 (Thank You Audidriven, I thought that Hot Water and I were the only ones even aware of the AC-9)

 

UP Challenger

 

UP FEF-3

 

SP GS-4

 

UP Big Boy

 

 

Doug

14 drivers!?    You'll need very wide radius curves for that one!

 

That was a Russian 4-14-4 BTW.  Looks pretty tall too.

Russians use 5' gauge track!

PRR S1 duplex ...That my picks.. whats yours??

What ever!  That is one ugly boob!

PRR Q2, PRR S2, PRR J1, PRR I1, PRR N2sa, 

 

Whats your proublem??? Each person got there own personal favorites no need to rip on there picks....Plus that ugly boob as you call it was the biggest steamengine in the world that was ever built!

B&O EM-1

UP Big Boy

C&O Allegheny

PRR S1

PRR S2

BIG?  Guess Porters won't cut it...?

1) My first choice for best looking are C&O K-2, and K-3, among the largest Mikados ever built, and best looking.

2) Next is C&O F-16,17,18,19 Pacifics...these and the above with flying pumps, brow

mounted Elescos, and coal-fired Vanderbilts.

3) Central Vermont 2-10-4 Texas T-3a, looks like it was outshopped by the C&O.

4) D&RGW 4-6-6-4 L-105, "Through the Mountains, Not around them."

5) Union Pacific 4-12-2, Nos. 9000, with (large) gaps, to 9514.

These would have been believable if all had belonged to one mountain railroad.

 

Southern Pacific AC-9 Yellowstone

1) Western Maryland I-1 Decapod

2) Chesapeake & Ohio T-1 Texas

3) Chesapeake & Ohio H-8 Allegheny

4) Western Maryland M-2 Challenger

5) Delaware & Hudson Class-J Challenger

 

I previously posted the PRR Decapod was my pick because I have one in my fleet, but I do like several others that posters reminded me to look at.  The ATSF 4-8-4's, the Norfolk Y3's, and the PRR J1's are nice enough I would consider buying models of them.  I really like the face of the J1 for some reason.

5) Union Pacific Big Boy

4) Denver & Rio Grande K-37 Narrow Gauge Mikados

3) New York Central J1-E Hudson

2) Jersey Central G-3 Blue Comet

1) Southern PS-4 Crescent Limited

NKP S2/S3 Berkshires

NP A3/ SP&S E1 Northerns

GN O8 Mikes

SP&S Z6/Z8 Challengers

DM&IR Yellowstones

UP Big Boy

UP Challenger

UP FEF

ATSF 2900 Series Northerns/3750 Series Northerns

SP GS4