Mine would be (for modelling)
- Class 52
- Class 47
- Class 42/43 - Hated them until I started building one, - it's grown on me! for work
- Class 47
- Class 33
- Class 37 Cheers Richard
Favorite diesel
Jul 06, 2008
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There's a fascinating article/site on the web about the Pennsylvania (sorry, lost the link). It focuses mostly on signalling, but (allowing for the authors apprarent slight bias) it appeared to be operated rather more in the European mould that others.
Cheers Richard
Deltic
50 toss up between 37 43 56In uk.rec.models.rail, on 06 Jul 2008, sb announced:
Steve:
Heljan are making a class 14 in OO for £115 if that's of interest to you:
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And while I'm posting.... My favourites are:
- Class 20
- Class 14
- Class 37
I wasn't going to bother, but nobody's mentioned my personal faveourite :
- Class 40 "Whistler" no question about it. They make such a great noise - it's a pitty the Bachmann model just doesn't look right - can't put my finger on why.
- Class 25 "Rat" promoted from no3 because I've seen 3 deltics on the main line in recent years - didn't appreciate the 25s back until they were gone.
- Class 50 "Deltic" They just look and sound like they mean business.
Just outside the top three : cl.52 Western - Having seen D1015 on railtours
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, I can understand why people like them so much. cl.37 and 47 and 20 - still going after all these years.
Adrian
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:14:36 +0100, "John Turner" said in :
Deltic (the sound) HST Blue Pullman
I also like the class 121 DMU, no idea why, the class 87 and the class 66 because it is such a good locomotive.
Guy
Expensive for an 060
I think I'd still get a kit though due to price, especially as I want 2
Is a 50 really a Deltic? ;-)
Only if it's numbered "DP2"
Tim
- HST. Sounds amazing in a roofed station like Darlington.
- Class 47.
- Class 37 / Class 20 joint.
Despite the risk of admitting have missed something - after over 10 years of commuting on WCML even I know the class 87 is electric.
Isnt it ?
Cheers, Simon
If we're including those then how about the Met's Metrovick 1200hp Bo-Bo?
Boofle!
Didn't they have Metroliners for a long time on NE corridor for 125MPH service and faster going back to the days of Penn Central in the 1960's?
Chris
And did not have an EE 16 CSVT engine inside :)
They're the same coaches minus the power cars.
And they're rough-riding crap.
They use them all over the North East including the NE corridor and the international trains to Canada.
These days they're all locomotive hauled.
Doesn't that depend on the engine inside the power car?
Unlike lots of submarines!
Cheers Richard
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:43:57 +0100, "simon" said in :
47, it was a very implausible trypeing error.Guy
Or possibly Class 55... oops
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