Freightliner reveals new Powerhaul™ livery...
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whistlehead
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Nice!
Chris :wave:
Chris :wave:
...with a British Union Jack on front!
Man,that is a strange combination of American & british colors!:hehe:
Union Flag if you please!
:wave: If you really want to be bored look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack
Noted...no offense intended!
Thanks for the link, I wondered about the term, should have Googled it...it has been changed...
Anyway, the idea is since the functionality & safety engineering lent to a boxy cab, what would you design?
I personally have no opinion regarding any locomotive, after all, Dick Dilworth designed the GP7 to be so ugly it would not be allowed on the mainline, however being the newest purchased locomotive it was immediatly placed at the head-end of the priority trains!
Union Flag if you please!
If you really want to be bored look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack
Thanks for the link, I wondered about the term, should have Googled it...it has been changed...Anyway, the idea is since the functionality & safety engineering lent to a boxy cab, what would you design?
I personally have no opinion regarding any locomotive, after all, Dick Dilworth designed the GP7 to be so ugly it would not be allowed on the mainline, however being the newest purchased locomotive it was immediatly placed at the head-end of the priority trains!
whistlehead
Lurking
Totally agreed.
Chris :wave:
Chris :wave:
Awful!
These look dreadful in my opinion and very un loco like.
I don’t like the single pane windscreen, the odd shaped cab side windows and even less the bonnet design with side walks. It is such a shame that we no longer build locos in Britain because we once produced some fantastic and elegant machines. This looks very emasculated to me, one could almost imagine that it had a fibreglass body --- it looks lightweight and probably sounds the same.
If we must have US locos in the UK why can’t we have something that looks like a double-ended GE ES44AC at least that would look like it meant business.
On the plus side, the 70 makes the 66 look rather elegant and exciting.
BTW I think a more classic paint application / design would have made a slight improvement with the yellow only appearing on the ends and not all over the cabs.
These look dreadful in my opinion and very un loco like.
I don’t like the single pane windscreen, the odd shaped cab side windows and even less the bonnet design with side walks. It is such a shame that we no longer build locos in Britain because we once produced some fantastic and elegant machines. This looks very emasculated to me, one could almost imagine that it had a fibreglass body --- it looks lightweight and probably sounds the same.
If we must have US locos in the UK why can’t we have something that looks like a double-ended GE ES44AC at least that would look like it meant business.
On the plus side, the 70 makes the 66 look rather elegant and exciting.
BTW I think a more classic paint application / design would have made a slight improvement with the yellow only appearing on the ends and not all over the cabs.
The 52 Western was a beautiful loco, those internal sprung bogies and shaped painted wheels were a work of genius not to mention the unique windscreen design. I liked the way 52s also appeared to be almost out of gauge; they seemed so much bigger than other locos. Even 47s once had a touch of elegance with their nice new chrome grip rails under the windscreens and pleasant proportional design with head code.
The 52 Western was a beautiful loco, those internal sprung bogies and shaped painted wheels were a work of genius not to mention the unique windscreen design. I liked the way 52s also appeared to be almost out of gauge; they seemed so much bigger than other locos. Even 47s once had a touch of elegance with their nice new chrome grip rails under the windscreens and pleasant proportional design with head code.
jjqburch, you must have spent a couple of enjoyable hours with Photoshop (or whatever) cooking up that design. The irony is that although you meant it as a joke it looks a darn site better than the class 70! :hehe:
And yes, the Teutonic invasion of the hydraulics included the US...
Nice locos I'm sure but even these show the influence of 'standard' shape and appearance.
Cheers
Nix
And yes, the Teutonic invasion of the hydraulics included the US...
Nice locos I'm sure but even these show the influence of 'standard' shape and appearance.
Cheers
Nix
WileeCoyote
Eatibus Almost Anythingus
I still have to wonder why these weren't simply equipped with cabs at both ends like practically every other locomotives Kraus-Maffei built. I've never understood why American locomotives have only one cab.
WileeCoyote
WileeCoyote
I still have to wonder why these weren't simply equipped with cabs at both ends like practically every other locomotives Kraus-Maffei built. I've never understood why American locomotives have only one cab.
WileeCoyote
I can't quite understand it either, some diesels like those made by GE for Ireland have cabs at both ends!
Wilee, I think the answer is because the driver can only use one cab at a time... :hehe:I still have to wonder why these weren't simply equipped with cabs at both ends like practically every other locomotives Kraus-Maffei built. I've never understood why American locomotives have only one cab.
WileeCoyote
The less crazy answer is to do with the distances travelled. British and European locos typically travel relatively shorter distances before returning which would mean lots of locations featuring expensive turntables (just think back to the steam age). When dieselisation and electrification became de riguer in Europe it was found that bogie/truck equipped motive power could travel backwards just as easily as forwards and the cost of installing or maintaining turntables could be done away with.
In the US the locos faced very long distances so I guess the economies of dual cab never really made quite the same impression. It's interesting to note, however, that many of the electrics, especially on the north east corridor, have been constructed as dual cab. As for the diesels once the original car body style (Es, Fs etc) had given way to the GP 'hood' design the loco (now dubbed a road switcher) could operate just as easily in either direction.
Hmm... Just a theory I guess.
Cheers
Nix (Klaus)