QUOTE (steamrailuk @ 23 Jul 2008, 21:18)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>my favorite loco is either the GWR Castle class or the LMS Black 5
***Too many really.
Midland 999 class 4-4-0, Kirtley 0-6-0 outside frame goods and for a more modern steam loco, the Stanier 8F.
UK diesel the lowly 08, the whistler and the 37. Have a soft spot for early Scottish Loco's like the Jones goods too.
US prototype the Rio Grande L131 articulateds, the Pennsylvania K4 Pacific with long haul tender and the GG1 Electric.
EU the Chapelon pacifics, The 42, many of the early jackshaft drive boxlike electrics
NZ the Ja steam loco's
AU the VR early Diesels and the Alco 44
Strong Dislikes:
Any Bullied pacifics pre-rebuild (sorry, they are ugly as hell). The Q1 - if it was human it'd have been strangled at birth.
Any A4, they remind me of a VW.
Any apple green loco especially the overworked flying scotsman which should be cut up to sell for funds for another Duchess

. Most GWR loco's with perhaps the exception of the earlier outside frame locos and the classic Pannier tank.
Kindest regards
Richard
PS - I'd not really cut the scotsman up - just selling it to a wealthy japanese or walt disney for the funds for a duchess would be fine.