What Locomotives Do You Find Good Looking?

The one, the only, the New York Central HUDSON! Although I don't own one, I would like to.

 

 

Rusty

Ohhhh  so many.

The early E series diesels have a special Art Deco charm as do many other streamliners from the period, especially the Alco PA's. The PRR's stylish GG1 was in a class by itself. Many steam locomotives certainly qualify too...

 

OK, I'll definitely go with that! None of the others, however.

I think the high drivered Pacifics and Hudsons are the grandest, most elegant but powerful, most well proportioned engine type that lends itself to leading a classy passenger train.  A 4-8-4 is more of a brute, which is beauty in it's own way, the J is the epitome of using that wheel arrangement and making it look good, but the high stepping Pacifics and Hudsons decked out in a fancy color scheme, that is my vote. 

Edit - that one above ain't bad either.

My fav is the Boston and Albany Berk. 

I'd go with the Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 U4b Streamlined Northern in brass by Weaver Models posted earlier on this forum by forum member richtrow by someone who asked a similar question: https://ogrforum.com/t...own-one-steam-engine

765 is number one for me.

 

614 is second.

 

Steamlined steam is OK, and of those locomotives, 4449 is tops, with the C&O Hudson second.

This one!

 

Oh, and then there is this new set!

 

 

My votes would be the Wm K-2 type pacific, a freshly shopped NS dash 9 in gloss black, the Reading Co NS heritage unit and the Reading T1.

NKP 765 and UP 844.....and their sister locomotives.

"Small" engines:  The C&O Mikados and Pacifics with flying pumps, brow mounted

Elescos, and Vanderbilts.  They meet my image of brute power, designed to get the job done, as does the sixteen drivered D&RGW articulated just offered by Third Rail, for a large engine.  Like c.sam, for diesels: the early E's and the Alco PA's, which are sleek and flowing and quite the opposite in appearance and presentation than the steamers I have cited.

Well for me its pretty simple.... 

 

 

Yeah  - that one is hard to beat.  Look how little the guts look next to it.  Awesome.  I really don't care if I get shouted down for this, but on the trains an locomotives show I think I heard the guy say that that is the most powerful 4-8-4 ever built.  I like that kinda party for sure.

Most of the USRA designs are classic, especially the Mikados and Pacifics.

 

Most of the drivatives look pretty good, too.

 

All-time champs for me, though, are the Frisco 1500s.

Reading T-1 in an Iron Horse Rambles paint scheme

 

 

No. 17, the YORK, running between New Freedom and Hanover Junction south of York, PA, under the auspices of Steam into History

 

And Reading & Northern's "The Four-and-a-Quarter" (425)

As well as Southern Ps-4 1401 in the Smithsonian

 

A Reading SD45

 

And Norfolk Southern's magnificent Reading Heritage Unit based on that SD45 scheme (1067 is an SD45 number [7601] in reverse)

My top ten in no particular order:  

 

EL SDP45

UP SD70M with phase one cab and flared radiators.

AMC 2-8-4s

N&W J class

C&O 2-10-4s

EMD E-units except the E7

CR SD80MACs 

US Steel Roads SD38-2s ( B&LE, EJ&E, DM&IR)

Indiana Rail Road SD 9043MAC.         

Norfolk Southern SD40-2s with the original cab. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do not know how to post photos. Plus, I'd have to find which box they're in. Maybe someone has photos. Here goes, there's only three.

 

1. Santa Fe's first diesels for, The Super Chief. I think it was the F-1AB in Warbonnet

2. Santa Fe's F-3 ABBA Warbonnets

3. Santa Fe's FP-45's in Warbonnet

 

 

FYI:  There was no F1.

 

The first Warbonnets appeared on the EA's.

Rusty

Hmmmn? This could be a long list... lol...

 

1) C&O  T-1 2-10-4 "Texas"    2) WM  I-2 2-10-0 "Decapod"

3) D&H  J-95 4-6-6-4 "Challenger"   4) RDG  T-1 4-8-4 "Northern

5) C&O  H-8 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny"    6) WM  J-1 4-8-4 "Potomac"

7) D&H K-62 4-8-4 "Northern"    8) RDG G-1,2 & 3 4-6-2 "Pacific"

9) C&O J-3 4-8-4 "Greenbrier"    10) NYC J-Series 4-6-4 "Hudson"

11) RF&P 4-8-4 "General", "Governor" & "Statesmen"  12) PRR J-1(a) 2-10-4

13) WM H-9 2-8-0 "Consolidation"    14) WM M-2 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" 

15) WM K-2 4-6-2 "Pacific"    16) CNJ 6S46 0-6-0

17) PRR B-6 0-6-0    18) PRR GG1

 

19) ALCO RS-1    20) RDG FA-1    21) WM FA-2    22) D&H PA-1      23) SP&S C-636 

24) RDG C-630    25) D&H C-628    26) NYS&W C-430    27) B&O FA-2   

28) D&H RF-16    29) B&O RF-16    30) SP&S FA-2 

 

There are more but I will stop here...      

 

Sometimes industrial designs can be striking (even though the colors aren't prototypical in this photo), The Santa Fe F3 warbonnets always look great.

Rusty,

I realize now that the first Super Chief's were E units. I have black & white photos of that first Super Chief near Prescott, Arizona. The nose looked a lot like a Doodle Bug. Only dressed up with more stainless steel. The consist was all heavyweights, eight of them. I think the photo dates around 1936. It was the Santa Fe 19L engine.

Santa Fe F3 all the way!

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Actually, most locomotives from about 1930 onward are not too bad, with some exceptions that were covered in the "ugly chooch" thread.   I can't say, off the top, which is the absolute best for looks...at least not without some serious thought...I'll be back !

Beauties Mr. Sam...

My favs are: I have models of all engines listed. 

 

Diesels-F units in almost any paint schemes.

           E units- love the Art Deco look

           ES44AC's- big, Bad and powerful

           Sd70ace- same as above

 

Steam- Lionel legacy UP 844 northern, best engine lionel has ever built

           B&O EM1 great lines for a very large engine, looks better IMO then the big boy.

           UP H7, great looking big engine. Love all the pipeing. 

           Milw.Rd 4-6-4 F7 Hiawatha, great Art Deco look

           UP challenger, nice proportions for such a long engine

           UP big boy, a favorite but not the best looking IMO 

           UP 9000 clase, huge amount of drivers, looks out of balance IMO.

 E1

 

 

For me its Berkshires and 10 wheelers. Diesels, F3s.

That Santa Fe EA set is so gorgeous ....it defies words!  Same can be said of the B&O version.  The later shovel noses would lose some of that pure simplicity and delicate beauty.  Can you imagine these with a matched set of stainless cars whipping across the Arizona desert????  There are loads of good looking lokkies out there, but I believe these units take the cake !

Nickel Plate 765

 

I've got a few more, but no pictures.

Chessie 2101/any diesel in Chessie paint
NKP Berks
MILW 261
NS MGA, Orignal NS, VGN, and LV heritage units
AC6000CW
ES44AC
PRR J1a and Post-war K4
E8
NS OCS
Much more...