Your Favorite SINGLE Legacy Loco

Agreed, although you realize that you may be jinxing things by bringing up the fact that yours has never failed.  Mentioning good luck works kind of like umbrellas.  When you carry one it doesn't rain; when you don't it does.

My 700E hasn't failed either, and it's exactly what I had in mind over all the years I waited before one came up that I could afford.  It's my only Vision piece, and one of three Legacy locos I have.  I've had it for 4 years now and have never regretted my choice, or the fact that it was a second-hand purchase.

Mike

I later sold mine to an old friend and he was also very pleased with it!

New Haven Ten-Wheeler #816 is my favorite Legacy locomotive. I think the proportions of boiler, cab and driving wheels are perfect. I prefer small locomotives rather than large ones. They are a good fit on my layouts and they are favorably priced. I have several Lionel Legacy Ten-Wheelers from other railroads and I could have said the same for any of them.

MELGAR

My VisionLine BigBoy (4012). Runs beautifully, amazing sounds, and have never had an issue with it (full disclosure: I don’t use the depleting coal load or smoke... I did test the main and whistle smoke when I first got the engine and they worked just fine).

My favorite, and by far the finest train thing I own, is my Legacy N&W Y6b.  Can't stop playing with the hooter and its steam.   Big, beautiful eastern coal hauler.

Even with me not having a place to run it except on my Christmas layout in the living room ... pulling my scale Polar Express/Railroad cars.

My UP genset switcher is my favorite. I love the sounds, 3 smoke units, and it’s a great crawler at low speeds.  Full disclosure, I don’t own any legacy steam. I fear I would like those more.

My favorite Legacy by far is this NY Central 10 Wheeler with whistle steam:

It also happens to be my only Legacy with whistle steam. LOL, Arnold

Reading T1 2102 - Looks, Runs, and Sounds great!

Love using it to pull long anthracite coal trains.

UP ES44AC in BSA 2010 livery.   Diecast and very similar to the Canadian Pacific Vision Line ES44AC.

It's always a hit when I run it at shows.

Does it count if I have 2 of them?  lol

I’ll up small with Melgar with my favorite Legacy engine B6 switcher. Great sounds, smoke and will crawl around the layout at speed step 1 all day and never stall.

JohnB

This is the Polar Express!

I tend to favorite the smaller locomotives. The two that are always on my 4X8 layout are my Lionel Southern Light Mikado #4501 and my Lionel Southern Ten Wheeler #947. It would be a toss up to pick one yet the Mikado is one I run at the end of a long work day to relax.

The only Legacy locomotive I currently am ever likely to own.  Scale PRR GG1 in road number 4877. 

Being a Northern Class GS fan, SP and WP, my favorite Lionel Legacy Locomotive is my GS-2 #4415. Here's a night photo of it in the station.

I'm partial to these Cotton Belt F7's: 2033300

That's a tough question..Im going to have to say my Visionline Niagra..was my 1st..1st train anything and its smooth sweet and wonderful..Im a Big fan of 4-8-4's so my Visionline Daylight is awesome and the Legacy Big Boy by FAR has the best whistle

@MikeH posted:

I'm partial to these Cotton Belt F7's: 2033300

Beautiful model! Cotton Belt F7 in Southern Pacific Black Widow color scheme. I did not know that SP painted Cotton Belt Locos in the Black Widow scheme, but here's the proof below! Kind of a small photo, but it will have to do. Thanks for sharing your locomotive!

My P&W SD-70 is my favorite.

@biscuitag97 posted:

My P&W SD-70 is my favorite.

I love mine too..wish i had gotten both road numbers

My favorite is still my first Legacy purchase, the AF Big Boy. I realize it is somewhat oversize but it is fine with me. I love the fact that the UP rebuilt and ran 4014.

Ray

With Christmas approaching these gems have been favorite the last few weeks.

The Santa Shay

And the Tri-Polar.  Polar Bi-Polar

My favorite is my Vision Line Challenger. I also have the Vision Line Big Boy (unpainted version) that is a close second. One of these days, I will get around to painting it.

I also have the PRR 0-8-8-0 that I fired up for the first time in a long time. Forgot that the smoke effects are fantastic, especially the blowdown "steam". I'm not a PRR fan, but this one is sure nice.

RAY

My Lehigh and Hudson River C420's. They are great locomotives, run perfect and sounds along with exhaust is fine. And I have 5 of the Legacy C420's I liked them so much. Two LHR, two Susquehanna, 1 Lehigh Valley.

Too many favorites to pick just one.

Ron

@Cincytrains posted:

My Lehigh and Hudson River C420's. They are great locomotives, run perfect and sounds along with exhaust is fine. And I have 5 of the Legacy C420's I liked them so much. Two LHR, two Susquehanna, 1 Lehigh Valley.

Great… it’s not just me!!! I also love the recent C-420’s. You’re one up on me - I have a D&H, 2 LIRR (one a custom run from Nassau Hobby), and Grzyboski’s custom run Delaware - Lackawanna. They are all good runners.

Gotta say my Milw Road 4-8-4 is pretty spectacular.

@PRRronbh posted:

Ron

PRRronbh,

   Considering your username and your favorite Legacy engine is a New York Central all I cane say is:

I like those Legacy 4-6-6Ts too.

JohnB

@JohnB posted:

PRRronbh,

   Considering your username and your favorite Legacy engine is a New York Central all I cane say is:

       

I like those Legacy 4-6-6Ts too.

JohnB

As I have stated before, I was born, raised and matured in a hometown that was second only to Pittsburgh in steel production served by 5-class I roads,  They were the Pennsy, NYC, B&O, Erie and the "Little Giant" P&LE.  Have attachment/ties to all five.

And this tank engine is a beast!  The Boiler diameter almost that of the Hudson with a wheelbase about three feet longer.  Just a neat engine.

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

How well does that run with the foam blocking the wheels?

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

How well does that run with the foam blocking the wheels?

Very, very quiet.

Ron