Favorite GE engine?

the Dash 7's! and U Series locomotives all the way!

I have to say the AC6000CW. I love this one cause its so powerful and i really like the overhang of the tail. It just looks sleek and fast. But on the other hand the C36-7. Gotta love the -7's.

I'd have to say Dash 7's, real easy to make them shoot 6 foot flames!

The U34CH, hands down. It was loud, smoky, and pwerful

Little Joe - I don't really like their diesels.

I like the
P32BHWC
Plus the LMX B39-8

CNJGeep wrote:The U34CH, hands down. It was loud, smoky, and pwerful

More like loud, smoky and sluggish.

If you like loud, smoky, and powerful, try the E-60-CH!!

Go for loud, angular, and powerful and choose the E-44. The best GE loco ever!!

The E44 in your avatar isn't too powerful without any wire overhead. Not too loud, either.

LCJ wrote:The E44 in your avatar isn't too powerful without any wire overhead. Not too loud, either.

I realized the irony after I made the post!

Hope you find this avatar more appropriate

Ah, the Meadows! (It says Kearny, but I think it's at the Meadows on the motor track.)

I can smell the trash burning at the dump now. That puddle in front of that E44 was there for so long the USGS almost gave it a name. You can almost see the glisten of the PCBs on the surface.

Such sweet memories...

LCJ wrote:Ah, the Meadows! (It says Kearny, but I think it's at the Meadows on the motor track.)

I can smell the trash burning at the dump now. That puddle in front of that E44 was there for so long the USGS almost gave it a name. You can almost see the glisten of the PCBs on the surface.

Such sweet memories...

Actually South Kearny but their software wouldn't allow it. Either that or I couldn't figure it out. The shops and e/f was called the Meadows while the yard was called South Kearny.

And you can rest assured those puddles never froze!!

thebigc wrote:And you can rest assured those puddles never froze!!

For sure!

I have a friend who was a hostler at the Meadows way back when. One night he accidentally fell in the water/oil-filled inspection pit there. What a mess! He's with NS now in Atlanta (name/position withheld to save him undue embarrassment).

Crews on the PRR liked the E44s OK, but GG1s would go like heck with whatever you coupled them to.

Does anyone here remember the U30CG, a GE copy of a F45? I think Santa Fe only bought them and didn't have many. I wonder where they went to...probably the scrap yard.

I think the U30CG's were sold to Amtrak from there who knows.

I'm sorry, it's not a good looking locomotive -- in my opinion anyway.