What is the best way to search for locomotives?
There are several ways to search for locomotives, depending on which type you are looking for. For a broad search, use “loco” as your key word. This will give you a wide range of locomotives and will let you see other key words that you can use to help narrow your search. Please note that using “diesel,” “engine,” or “locomotives” as your key word will not produce a list of locomotives. You may want to narrow the “loco” search by selecting a particular scale from our list of scales or by adding a road name abbreviation in your key word entry. You can also do a key word search by locomotive maker — for example, use “EMD” “GE” or “Lima” — or by type, “F7,” “GE-8,” etc. Many of our steam locomotives are listed under their wheel configurations — for example, 2-8-2 or 2-8-0 — which you can use as your key word.
