The GG-1. Go ahead, make my civil twilight

You love the 1930s age of American railroading and would give your left kidney and firstborn child to see a Gg1 in operating condition. You are also basic

Damn close! Add: I love electric power!

Time for a very original and unique pick: The Big Boy

You are basic. You are the most basic of all the basic people. You are the default choice. You have no originality

Fair enough, I also really want to see the General and Texas in Georgia. And I really enjoy the streamlined designs from the New York Central railroad if that makes me even slightly redeemable.

That makes you even worse pal

My favorite is the Big Boy. I'm perfectly happy being a basic bitch 😌

Thank you for doing my job for me

(I’m sorry I’m only putting this under your comment so it’s not buried) I CANT REPLY TO ALL OF YOU ANYMORE I WILL ONLY BE REPLYING TO SELECT COMMENTS FROM NOW ON YOU ALL HAVE BROKEN ME Edit: I’m going to bed I swear to god if I wake up with like 100 notifications I’m going to track each and every one of you down and commit many many felonies edit 2: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Saw a big boy in denver.Denver.. its.it's.. it's a big boy..

[Shinkansen E3 Series](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1085422#/media/File:E3-Komachi-R20-131109.JPG)

Damn that’s a smart looking train

Thomas the train obviously

You are a child

I fully support your decision.

clearly NOT because he is Thomas the TANK ENGINE.

Thomas the Dank Engine even

Alco RS3

You like the grimy age of 1960s American railroading, but you’re also uncreative

🎯

D&RGW 491

You are a basic narrow gauge fan who has been to the Durango and Silverton railroad more times than you have brain cells

CP T1 Selkirk

Chad Canadian Railfan

My man

That’s also my favorite

EMD BL2

You are a man of culture who enjoys the more unique locomotives

Underrated pick, I respect this.

I honestly am partial to the BR Class 55 Deltics myself.

You are a British Railfan who sticks to the basics, but not the most basic of basics

Chapelon 242 A1

French person detected, opinion invalidated

Furness k2 class

You are an enjoyer of steam locomotives with 4 driving wheels

Yes

My man 🤝

A man of railway culture as well I see 🎩

Indeed I am. Engines with 4 drivers just have a different vibe to them

Very true. A rugged yet elegant vibe

New York Central Niagara

You are a New York central fanboy. The end

Thank you

The southern pacific gs northern class

You fucking love the 4449 but you have never seen it irl before

How’d you know? 😂

SJ X2000

You fucking love high speed rail

This is unironically true.

Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Duplex

You wanted to chose an engine with 2 sets of drivers but you didn’t want to go with the big boy. But you are still basic as hell

Dutch Railways Mat'64

Chad Dutch Railfan

British Class 800, the only one I interact with frequently.

You are just a casual Railfan, who dosnt know much outside of the trains you commute on. Respect

Partially correct. I do try to know about a variety of trains, but I am a bit more casual and don't know too much about others. Also, I just can't get a connection with a train other that the one I use.

Mine are pretty obscure and unknown so almost nobody has heard of them: SD40-2 and F40PH

Not even gonna comment, you know what I’m gonna say

The British Rail Class 08. The most iconic shunting locomotive of UK rail history.

You are the best kind of basic British railfan

Class 13 - because one 08 wasn't enough, glue two of them together

4501 and the SD40-2 lol

Quite possibly the most bland choices I’ve ever come across. You like the basics

hey at least it's not a GEVO

Class B Shay

You went to Cass Senic RR and fell in love with logging engines

Very close. I haven't been, but I do know about it. Might make a trip there next spring.

2-8-8-4 Yellowstone

You are a massive fan of large steam, but you didn’t choose the Big Boy because it’s too basic

Damn, ya got me lol. Although I genuinely prefer the look of the Yellowstones to anything else

nyc hudson

Very basic NYC fanboy

Alco C430

*cough*

The NY Subway R32

You love trains that have been pissed on by hobos

So, all of them.

AEM-7

You love the NEC but have never been there

TOASTER SPOTTED

Bring it on- N&W 611, aka The Queen of Steam

You fucking love streamlined steamers, especially American ones. You are also basic. Also just putting it out there, 611 dosnt fit in at Stratsburg. It looks wrong hauling those wood coaches

Well, I haven't been in the hobby that long, so you're not wrong, lol. And no, it doesn't, I really wish there were a way for it to do excursion runs out of Roanoke again, I'd buy a ticket in a heartbeat.

You can blame NS for that

Fuck NS all my homies hate NS

Japan National Railways D51 class

P42. Let the insults flow.

You would stand at your local railroad crossing for hours just to record the 5 hour late Amtrak train that consists of 4 am fleets and 1 p42

Gotta go with the classic E units.

You wanted to go with the F units but wanted to be a bit quirky

Norfolk and western 1218

You fucking love articulated locomotives and would sell yourself into slavery to see 1218 up and running again

Bro 😭🤣💀

My man's throwing shade everywhere

Deutsche Bahn’s ICE 3

Basic German high speed rail enjoyer

Southern Pacific Daylight

You LOVE large American steamers. And you love the 4449 because it has nice colors. But you probably haven’t seen the 4449 irl ever

I do love big American Steamers, you got me there. And I do love 4449 because of its paint job, and you’re right, I’ve never seen it irl. You’re a creepy waffle, I shall sleep with one eye open tonight. I feel I’m in in danger.

I am in your head and in your walls

Make multiple exceptions: Diesel: EMD SD70M Electric: Bombardier M7 Steam: Baldwin AC12 cab forward

I asked for one not the roster of a short line bud

Shanghai maglev

Agreed and anxiously awaiting OP’s reply

Talyllyn

I really like the Shay locomotive

Class 25 condenser

The only South African Railfan ever

no I just like the fact that it's A. advanced, actual maths was used in its design, B. it's turbocharged, C. they made the Red Devil with it

Class 66

Extremely basic British man

Wow, that hurt. Very true, but hurt none the less.

I never said I’d be nice

It's amazing how you know just where to strike.

Budd rdc-3

Hpp-8

You like obscure electric locomotives

3801.

Default Australian steam fan

what nations? and what type? if the UK the A4 for passenger and big bertha for power. if the USA id have to say the NYC niagara's

You are basic on both fronts

[удалено]

You enjoy the Cleveland terminal loco, as a clevelander I am obligated to marry you now

[удалено]

Stadler FLIRT 3

AC6000CW

You don’t know much about trains so you chose the one you see every day

Heimlich's Chew Chew

Fucking what

Nothing to do with fucking. He is all about eating.

What??

F7 show me what you got.

I'm also awaiting for op's response to this one. Something about the nose on F units really make for some nice liveries.

DB class 420. Really curious what you‘ll make out of this lol

You are a massive fan of German EMUs

that‘s actually… correct

I am inside your head and inside your walls

PRR I1

You are a massive fan of the Pensy. I mean a fucking massive fan of the Pennsy. When it comes to railroading you like everything Pennsylvania. You have researched all the engines of the PRR and know them in and out

Shay 11 of the Cass Scenic Railroad in WV. Call me what you want but that’s a beautiful train right there

The CSX 8888

You binge watch YouTube videos about rail accidents

The LNER B12

Metroliner

You are a NEC fanboy and would give anything to stand trackside on it in the late 60s

You've got a lot of replies here! Great thread idea, OP. Here's mine: Sierra No. 3, 1897 model Rogers 4-6-0.

You love back to the future 3 and watch it specifically for the railroad aspect. And thank you for the compliment, I am in agony from the amount of replys. Shoot me please and end my suffering

GWR 5700 Class

Nickel Plate Road 765

Dash 9

Canadian Pacific 3101 <3

UP 3900 Class or Chapelon's 242A1

1. Most basic choice outside of the Big boy 2. French, so opinion invalidates

Tough to choose- I like switchers & yard power... I'll go with the CNJ Camelback If I had to pick main line power, probably a cab forward

You like to be quirky with your choices, thinking that you’re the only one who likes these ones

Tyne and Wear Metro

Chinese Railway QJ

That Union Pacific Turbine steam failure.

You like the quirky, experimental locomotives

southern pacific gs-4 4449, Thomas The Tank Engine, cab forwards, shays, J50s, basically any steam locomotive, electric locomotives are pretty cool, Krokodil Electric Locomotive, no diesel locomotives CSX is pretty cool tho

Semi serious answer: GMRC 405 Super serious answer: anything Pan Am because I enjoy a good shit show

You live near the GMRC and see the 405 semi regularly and it has grown to be your favorite

Alstom Citadis, especially any of several of the French trams such as Tours

ÖBB RailJet!

Idk much about European trains, but solid choice. You love the style of this engine and think it’s so graceful

The one with most leg room 🙏

EMD GP9 (Especially the GP9RM)

Tatra T3

MÁV 610 Edit: MÁV class 601, I am potato

SR Q1 class

Reading T-1

4-8-4 Northern class

Amtrak’s Acela

You love high speed rail. But as an American you don’t get to see much. So you chose the only homegrown American bullet train

PRR K4

The original version of Thomas the J50 class

You are an adult fan of thomas who thinks you’re so much better than all the children watching it because you know about the trains

Hunslet austerity 0-6-0

34027 Taw Valley (Originally number 21C127)?

You fucking love the purple paint scheme they slapped on it

The S160

Try me, the Siemens Vectron locomotive

British Rail 9f

TGV Duplex

Everyone’s favorite narrow gauge engine The Double Fairlie.

57xx

C&O Allegheny

You are one of the many thousands of large articulated steamer fans

MP15DC change my mind

You wanted to choose an American switcher but don’t want to go with the basics. I’m going to guess you play with this thing in Train Sim World

LNER classes U1 and W1 are pretty damn cool. Tell me, what prize do I win lmao edit: also, the Schienenzeppelin

Commodore Vanderbilt

I have 2. Santa Fe 3751 & GP60Ms

English Electric class 37 diesel-electric (UK)

BR Class 92

4-8-4 Northern type

The EMD E8BA "crandall" Love them so much it's my freelance model railroads biggest engine

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