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| Wilescoman_123 |
The best!!Hello every one as there own opinion ,but what does everyone think is the best engine ever made! i love my d32 (once i get it sorted!!)would love a marklin if i had the money!!
Have fun!! |
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| bessytractor |
Stuart Beam
well you didn't specify if it had to be toy 
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| MTA |
This thing:
http://simonking889.fotopic.net/p45225339.html A challenge to drive and light up, but gorgeous none the less! |
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| bessytractor |
Oh lol, scratch the beam then, for me the best engine is 5000, smokey, clanks a lot but my lord turns out some stunning performences when driven and fired properly. 
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| Mister Occlusion |
Can only speak to what I've operated, so it's a pretty limited sample set that I have.
At this point it has to be the Jensen 20. I have nothing at all that comes close to it in detail, stoutness of construction, and power. No doubt there are better engines out there (Jensen 50?  ), but I can only speculate, and speculation isn't worth a pound of dross.
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| johnreid |
Jensen 25 here, the cast one. | ||||||||
| Andy |
don't know, i like that many for diffrent reason, all i can narrow it downs to is mobiles | ||||||||
| James |
Foster traction engine "Saint" | ||||||||
| andysleigh |
oh come on simon, we all know Gladstone is the best ever!!
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| MTA |
I suspect I'll like Brian Gent's Flying Scotsman more if/when it arrives 
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| andysleigh |
my fave is probs
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums...ion=view¤t=100_1905.jpg |
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| bessytractor |
yes me and my mate rather like that one
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| MTA |
Stephen has hinted several times that he would like to drive that one
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| toxx |
... York Bolton. Anybody who can sell a kidney can afford one . Dig this video, me lads in steam!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM4aNQ-8Afs |
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| bessytractor |
lol, we used to have a superb H15 in the same livery as your Arthur, but it left before my time. It was made in Eastleigh the same time as the full size by the works apprentices in 1915. As a result it goes like a rocket!!! | ||||||||
| Titan |
This one:
Well no one said it had to be steam... |
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| bessytractor |
wow who built that? Isn't a Napier is it? |
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| DLR |
Roundhouse Berite
Best 16mm saddle tank anyway |
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| Titan |
Yup, the Deltic, built by Napier. |
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| bessytractor |
I just noticed the cylinder head plates have Napier written on them! DOH! |
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| Titan |
Deltics don't have cylinder heads. Those are crank cases! |
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| bessytractor |
AHHHHH! I shall have to go and look in my BR enginemans diesel manual for a full report on the Deltic engine now! |
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| toxx |
.... naw, that's a Wilesco D34e. Got one meself. It's very nice.
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| tmuir |
What that tiny engine. Look for my new post in the offtopic section for a decent size engine.
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| johnreid |
I bet it would do a decent job or running a stepper motor though. |
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| Mister Occlusion |
Maybe even 2 stepper motors! At the same time!
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| James |
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| Titan |
At 102 rpm its going to need a lot of gears to get it going fast enough ! | ||||||||
| Andy |
i thought it had to be toy steam. so my favorite railway loco is a black five/B1. favorite road engine not a foster james, it a fowler showman engine called renown | ||||||||
| colinjamesporter |
The best one I have driven is this  [img]http://colinsmodelrailway.fotopic.net/c1296837.html[/img] 46443 on the severn valley just before the track bed washed away. My favourite loco of all time is [img]http://colinsmodelrailway.fotopic.net/c1296837.html[/img] king edward the first which seems to follow me around 
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| Minor1PJG |
SL1K - after a lot of love and running in!! | ||||||||
| Minor1PJG |
No my Minor 1 - first love
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| Minor1PJG |
No wait a minute my SE3 - a lovely powerful engine
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| Minor1PJG |
Ooh, my new N&B SR1 - that is a real peach
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| Minor1PJG |
Aah - I can't decide, maybe the Jensen no the Wilesco d141. Ooh it depends what mood I'm in and what I want to run.
I just love all the little steam engines
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| Cranko |
My best engine I guess is a roller made by cranko
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| Manxman |
I can't say which is my best. It seems to change depending on my mood. I guess, today, it would be my Auld Steam Roller, but over the last year it has changed a few times. 
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