Poll: Favorite MBTA passenger locomotive of all time?

What is everybody’s favorite MBTA passenger locomotive of all time?
F10
F40PH (screamers)
F40PH-2C
GP40MC
MP36
HSP46

Think you all know who my vote goes to!

I really liked the looks of the F10s

Screamahs -- treat'em with malign neglect, beat'em with a stick, and they still run all these decades later.

On a side note, all upper managers in the T branch of MassDOT should get HSP tattoos on their foreheads. That way, every time those of the upper echelons look in a mirror they get reminded of the folly of being among the earlier acquirers of new technologies. Let other systems be the lab rats.

Can it really be considered "early adopting" when the product is a market failure and nobody else bites? The T are like those poor kids who were the first on their block to get an Atari Jaguar.

E8

I am a huuuge fan of the Kawasaki M9-MBTA. But I do miss the look of the EMD AEM7-MBTA.

I’m a big fan of the screamers and the F40PH-2Cs.

Those are the same thing.

Screamers all the way!!!!!

CRail wrote:Those are the same thing.

Yes, I meant to say F40PH-2C.

That old alco that Amtrak used as a backup in the 90's when they were running commuter rail. Loved the f-10's of course.

I'm going to have to say the GP40MC.

I love the way it looks. It says "No matter what, I'll get there". It does it's best, and while it breaks down sometimes, for a locomotive run hard in harsh conditions (mainly MA and Canadian winters) for 45 years it does a damn fine job.


It's the small things. How if you listen close you can hear that 645 throttle up under the buzz of the HEP engine. The HEP exaust cover bouncing up and down as the train idles at a station...


I'm going to stop before this turns into the love letter to an inanimate object you can tell it's going to be.


Least favorite, MP36. Just plain ugly IMO.

Whether single or in large bunches, North side, South side, all around the town... nothing quieter, more flexible, and more beautiful than ex bm rdc's.

RenegadeMonster wrote:I really liked the looks of the F10s

Ditto.

rmccown wrote:

RenegadeMonster wrote:I really liked the looks of the F10s

Ditto.

Tritto!

With a special salute to B&M RDC's