What Locomotives Do You Find Good Looking?

You guys got all wrong......

 

Every single Steam Engine is beautiful in its own way..

 

Every single Diesel Engine is also beautiful....

 

We are in this hobby because we love trains...period

No doubt those Alco's FA's PA's FPA's were sharp.

I..umm well..am I going to get flamed for loving the opposite slants instead? 

On my layout we keep in simple.

The Lionel Scale Hudson is the best looking loco to me and I own two.

The F3's, F7's and E series engines also look good. Again they are scale or close.

The Fairbanks Morse is also scale as are the Geeps. 

Those are the main runners. The Little Joes, GG1's, Rectifiers, 44 ton, RDC"s,  Berks and non scale Hudsons do get used but not very often.  

Wow, so many beautiful trains shown here. 

 

One of my alltime favorites, I don't think it's been done in O scale:

 

 

Ive always loved the look of the SD40-2

I have to say that after the E and F units I love the SD40-2's also.

Central Vermont T 3-a 2-10-4 "Texas" Type

   60" drivers, Elesco feedwater heater,

   Vandy tender and colorful markings, What's

   not to love? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOW....I guess beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder !

PRRMike, I know I'm being a bit offtopic in this thread but I recall at least one or two classic stories where the engineer/fireman called the nicer engines with elesco feedwater an "a lady with bouffant" and you know what, I think they got a point as theres the line on top of boiler then the feedwater heater sitting above that line

And that Vermont T-3 used coal fired Vanderbilt tenders!  Just needs those pumps on

the left side moved to the smokebox.  Gee, another road I did not know used this

configuration.

No, since the rear pump is actually the Elesco Feedwater Pump, and part of the whole feed water system.

Thanks for the replies! I don't think I have one engine I don't like!

Some of mine:

 

 

 

Here is my "win, place and show":

 

Steven Kakoczki photo

 

and

Jim Munding photo.

Always has:  Probably always will be: the Milwaukee Road Class A, streamlined Atlantic as in my thumbnail, me holding a Weaver Model of that engine.  All others pale when compared to this sleek beauty!

 

Paul Fischer

Pretty much any British steam loco.  Most mid-to-late 19th century American locomotives as well.

The list of North American locomotives is too large, but I'll list some of my personal favorites (I admit there is a bias towards streamlined locos):

• CPR Royal Hudson
• NYC Hudson (with and without streamlining)
• PRR K4 (again, with and without streamlining)
• PRR T1
• PRR S1
• PRR GG1 (5-stripe green)
• MILW A
• MILW F7 Hudson
• N&W J
• CB&Q E5
• UP E2
• EMD E7 (NYC lightning stripe)
• Alco PA  (ATSF Warbonnet)
• Baldwin RF-16 (PRR 5-stripe green)
• NH EP-5

 Here are some of mine:

   Tried to find one of CNR 6060 in color but no luck

Al

Back from before WW1, when the poor shop mechanics had to work in the pit with inside cylinders and valve gear - but the paint sure is pretty.

Caledonian Railway "Cardean" from the early 1900s. 

 

The EMD SD70MAC

 

 

Andrew

Speaking of the above..Most of the Turbines, in one form or another, were pretty good looking machines.  Just leave out the Blue Goose Westinghouse and the C&O M1...IMHO !

I've always liked the Sterling Single.

 

From Aster.  This would be a great live steam engine.

  

   

How about this gal? What say you, Mr. Wheelihan?