[Erasmus]

EMD E-8 locomotive, designed in the 1930's plus many appliances and furniture from the 1950's.

Pfui!

The Alco PA-1 in Santa Fe Red Warbonnet.

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[Sam Cree]

"The Alco PA-1 in Santa Fe Red Warbonnet."

I like that one also, though I still prefer the E series for beauty. I guess the environment leftwingers would have fits about the way the Alcos smoked, which gives those locomotives an endearing quality.

It is sad that Alco is gone, I've never liked the EMD GP series too much.

I was riding Amtrak a year or so ago, when I looked ahead (on a curve) at the Genesis engine pulling us out of a station, I was startled to actually see flames coming out of her stacks (in daytime). Of course, not too many years ago, when airliners used piston engine planes, they all showed flames from their stacks at night.

[Cleburne]

Eh, Alco's are almost steam engines with their wonderful thick coulds of black smoke..er fumes. But no diesel, "classic" or no, can compare with the simplest little Grant Mogul puffing along on a Mississippi narrow logging line circa 1900- fluted domes, capped stack, trim little driving wheels and sharp polished rims- ah! I will concede one thing to diesels- they are better looking than those awful streamlines engines, a "modern" invention. Can't stand those things- a steam engine was not meant to have it's working, steaming parts covered up.