ugly trains

[Blutorse4792]

Dunno if "ugly" would be the right word, but Baldwins were/are pretty... unconventional. This is what happens when a steam-builder switches to diesel...

Especially after EMD rebuilt some of these beasts in the early 1960s...

Limas were pretty funky-looking as well...

And finally, this one-of-a-kind beast rolled out of the EMD/EMC facilities back in 1936...

 

[AlanBradbury]

I should say most of those were utilitarian rather than ugly.

Al

 

[Blutorse4792]

I don't think they're "ugly" per se, just unconventional. That's part of the reason I like them.

 

[pfx]

I like them. Functional, not stylish.

 

[nathanmallard]

Baldwin's are lovely! Especially the RF-16's. But the loco below...

What in the world is that!!

 

[boyerm25]

Um...

 

[jordon412]

All I have to say is this:
Britain gave the world the Railroad, America gave Britain diesels that use A.C. traction motors instead D.C. traction motors.

 

[sawyer811]

I don't think they're "ugly" per se, just unconventional. That's part of the reason I like them.

They're different, alright! I'd have to say I do rather like them, especially those EJ&E Baldwin center-cabs; they ooze that brutish, "Get outta' my way before I make you my pilot ornament!" feeling that I can't get enough of. :Y:

 

[pfx]

All I have to say is this:
Britain gave the world the Railroad, America gave Britain diesels that use A.C. traction motors instead D.C. traction motors.

Yawn! Here we go again. Yours are uglier than ours. No, yours are uglier than ours. I've lost count of the times I've seen this argument play out on the forum. Let's just leave it.

 

[BDP]

The most Ugly Switcher in Michigan:

 

[cascaderailroad]

AHH HAHH HAHH ... It' a baby "Shark" ! :hehe:

 

[Blutorse4792]

Actually, those DR-4-4-1500s in my post are "baby-sharks" too - "babyface" engines with "sharknose" shells.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Here's UGLY:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3968341348/

 

[Blutorse4792]

I see your centipede and raise you a "Crandall Cab"...

 

[AlanBradbury]

All I have to say is this:
Britain gave the world the Railroad.

Actually, Britain gave the world the railway, not the railroad.

Al

 

[teddytoot]

Actually, Britain gave the world the railway, not the railroad.

Al

Actually not strictly true. In the early days both terms were used but we settled on railway while the Americans settled on railroad; the (US)Southern Railway being one exception. One could regard the Americans as using what to the British is an archaic term just like the use of gotten.

 

[jordon412]

Believe it or not, but it is actually a prototype made by GMD (General Motors Diesel, a subsidary of EMD set up to build export and canadian locomotives) called a GMDH-3, serial number A1813.
Here's more info about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMD_GMDH-3
I know Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source of information, but in this case, it was the only way I found out about this little-known locomotive.

 

[boyerm25]

I know this is from a simulator, but it's just strange:

This is also very ugly:

So is, well, this:

 

[EagleRail]

 

[boyerm25]

Already posted twice in this thread.