Got to be the westerns and class 40,s, classic sound, and not just noise and smoke like the Deltics.
Then there where the 24,s classic design, and cute.
Class 20s
Out of the modern stuff, quite like tpe's 185s - the sound of the turbo charger.
I think this is one of my favourites this week..
looks like it's gonna have a real clean crisp outline and the fill pops too.. 😀
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aw sweet a pair of 24,s
A4 Pacific or the streamlined Coronation class
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Specific trains - 60163 Tornado, as an exercise in British eccentricity and daftness
Modern - the double decker TGV Doppio
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not just noise and smoke like the Deltics
FFS man - do you realise just how revolutionary that engine was? a work of art!
FFS man - do you realise just how revolutionary that engine was? a work of art!
it was first used in a motor patrol boat for the navy, and adapted for rail use, because it was lighweight , and oh so noisy.
Deltics and English Electric Type 3 (Class 37's). The latter make a lovely whistling noise when they start up.
class 40,s where the whistlers, and again an EE train
I'm not into trains for trains sake. But I love train journeys.
My favourite being the sleeper service to the western highlands. Although I do like the trip from Sheffield to Edale too...
Deltic.....
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engineering poetry in motion..
for me its class 47s and if its steam then its gotta be "mallard"
Modern - the double decker TGV Doppio
That's the Italian name, they're called TGV Duplex.
I like 92s, 442s and Pendolinos. None of that old tat 😉
And Genesii and Dash-9s if we're doing foreign stuff.
And come to think of it the Southern Pacific cab forwards were pretty awesome. To scrap 255 of the 256, leaving one non working example is sacrilege. Steam locos run on fuel oil, with the loco turned through 180 degrees to stop drivers suffocating in the long tunnels over Donner Pass.
I quite like the 8:57 from Manchester Picadilly to Marple...
I'm a big fan of the Dirty Thirty. My favourite is 37425, aka Concrete Bob (Or Sir Robert McAlpine)
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edit - we've discussed this before, when I searched for 37425 on google the old thread popped up : http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/trains
The Kingston Flyer.
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The Love train ... 😀
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Yellow ]Dr Yellow[/url]
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"Line inspection is carried out at full line speed (168 mph)". Every night. Over the whole network. No wonder they've never had an accident.
From my childhood and visiting my mums aunt & uncle in Romsey, I always used to love travelling on NSE EMUs...
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And again, from a similar era, visiting my grandpa on the train to Selby on DMU. Those were the days you could sit on the seats behind the driver and if you were lucky they wouldn't have the blind pulled down so you could watch them driving!
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But if I had to be pushed, despite being a massive fan of 70s/80s diesels I'd have to say something that I suspect would appear on a few peoples list...
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Possibly the most beautiful thing mankind has ever mad. Even better standing next to it either stood still or even better, in steam!
And being a geek, I can tell you that the pic of the DMU in York is on the old York - Scarborough platforms which don't exist anymore and its now a short stay car park. York - Scarborough trains share the far end of the platform with southbound trains on the ECML 😉
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NZ Mountain class, built in Glasgow by the North British Locomotive Works - streamlined, but not too much 😉
Class 55 Deltic and Class 253 for diesel. Always preferred 4472 The Fly Scotsman to Mallard but that's not to say I'm not going to York for the A4 Class reunion in July!
Cheers
Danny B
Double up
I quite like the Class 67's used by Chilttern on their Mainline service. They make a great noise when they pull away.
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_9F ]British rail standard design 9F[/url]
A scruffy black locomotive hauling open goods wagons is what railways are all about to me.
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Ivor the Engine.
Deltic.....engineering poetry in motion..
for me its class 47s and if its steam then its gotta be "mallard"
Never realised that's how they worked. Thats lovely
and a hugely complex gear box to drive a shaft to the generator, to provide power for the traction motors, then bung on another engine and drive it at 100mph plus at times every day to scotland.
Not bad when you think it was designed in the 50,s and theyre still running now on preserved railways and ocasionally main line,but stil noisy and smoky.
Love all the old diesels, but it's the 40's that I remember the most:
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Lying in bed at night as a kid listening to them whistle through Newton Heath shed.
Loved the Peaks as well, happy holiday memories.
My all time favourite loco is the Collett Goods, lovely little 060 tender, bags of character.
only one still in existence and the namesake of Charles Collett who as Chief Engineer of the GWR introduce the concept ofmass usage of parts, the same parts were used in many engines to allow for ease of repair and economy of scale, he retrofitted many of the classes he inherited.
But for all round usage the Pannier tank has a fantastic character, the Do It All HT of the Steam world IMHO.
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Thread title should perhaps be 'Favourite Locos' 😉
Class 37s and 47s
Steam, A4s, 9Fs, and Britannias
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Anyone for weak lemon drink?
Anyone play the trainstation app on facebook? Got at least 1 train friend been playing that permanently for over a year now.
Not sure I have a favourite as such, although deltics would be on the short list. Maybe the cog railways in Switzerland would feature at the top. Do funiculars count? and driverless trams like DLR?
I remember trains a bit like that York one pictured up there ^^ running on Guildford-Reading line, and Southampton-Salisbury (might be different class, but that kind of thing). Virtually a Leyland bus on train bogies. Fun to watch the driver drive. Sure they even changed gear too while driving.
DaveboyW - that's an A4 Pacific, and there is currently one running on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (it's called the Sir Nigel Gresely after top train designer and designer of this class) and it's in Mallard blue.
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Also, if we're n top train journeys, the bernina express
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DaveboyW - that's an A4 Pacific, and there is currently one running on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (it's called the Sir Nigel Gresely after top train designer and designer of this class) and it's in Mallard blue.
Correct. Last time I was at the NYMR it was in the sheds having a load of work done to it.
Mallard has been joined at the NRM by Dwight D Eisenhower which they shipped over with another A4 (Dominion Of Canada I think) from Halifax, Nova Scotia to celebrate Mallards 75th anniversary of its record run. I think there is a plan to have all the remaining (6?) A4 Pacifics together at the NRM sometime in the summer. I'm there!
The Sir Nigel is on the rota for the next Spring Gala, 3-12 May (loco no 60007)- hmmm maybe a long weekend in Yorkshire coming up
I used to like a nice 08 Shunter, me.
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Quiet, unsung workhorse.
Class 50 diesel.
Also class 55 detic.
Rugged.
Actually, if we're being anal - LNER A4s like Mallard are Garter Blue, Sir Nigel Gresley is British Rail Blue, which is slightly darker.
Not really a fan personally. Look far better without the skirts on the wheels. 9Fs are nice steam locos.
Class 50 diesel.Also class 55 detic.
The class 50 was going to be a bonneted loco like a 37, 40, 45, 46 and 55, but they changed the design to a more boxy one, and not so rugged and manly.
For me Black 5 or an A3. Dad's got a great dvd of Flying Scotsman and McAlpine's restoration.
This must rate as the saddest thread ever on ST!
For those that think old diesels are "good", try driving them day in day out. Shitty, dirty, noisy, cold, agricultural, past it lumps! 66 any day 😀
Shitty, dirty, noisy, cold, agricultural, past it lumps!
That's why I like them. 🙂
Anyway, engine drivers are supposed to be hard men aren't they? 😀
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