Favorite Locomotive (HO & N)

What is your favorite steam or diesel locomotive on your roster?

Even out of the P2K and Atlas engines I have, my favorite loco would have to be the Walthers GP9M US Army engine I bought a few years back.Even though it lacks detail and is a little chunky it is still my favorite.

On a layout that is filled with diesels from the EL, D&H, LV, and NYS&W I'd actually have to say that my favorite engine is my Kato USRA Mikado. Check the 'www' button below to see my little world.

I've never seen an N-gauge steamer run so smoothly or flawlessly as this one does. It's one of two excursion engines on my railroad, but as a result of how well it runs I seem to run a lot of excursions!

A close second would be all the rest my engines! Atlas, Kato, and Life-Like have risen the bar on N-gauge motive power to a level I never thought would be possible. I truly enjoy running all my engines and only wish I had a layout big enough to keep them all out at the same time. With an EL fleet of close to 20 units along with 3-4 units each from all the other railroads I model it is very hard to decide what engines to have on the layout!

Life should be so tough.................

On performance, my favourite is my RS18 built on an Atlas/Kato RS11 mechanism. Runs like a Swiss watch, especially at low speeds.

On pure appearance, I'd probably choose the RS18 again. I've always been partial to the "beefy" look of the RS10 and RS18.

I like Kato, Athrean and Walthers.

Id have to say my Proto SD7, great runner and good details.

E60CP, one of the coolest engines made in N scale for the domestic market.

As of today, my roster only consists of 15 N scale engines (wow, that's more than I thought I had!), and I only have a simple loop of track to run them on, but my favorites are the 2 Atlas SD26s and 2 GP40s in Guilford paint. They run very well, can creep along, and pull well. They also are dead ringers for the 1:1 engines!

Another favorite is an older Atlas B&M GP9 (GP7? Uhoh, I forgot...) that I bought used. The last owner installed Micro Trains couplers, and this thing is fast! It isn't good for slow speed action, but pulls a lot. If only the body had some better detailing...