ugly trains

Yea, that British GT3 turbine engine looks pretty neat. The two white class plates on the front give it "eyes" and a nonchalant "nothing to see here, just me being a train" look.
 
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Not really the loco that's the problem here, it's the livery. Very tacky looking and dull, and it doesn't accentuate the loco's shape at all. Why didn't they just go with the livery of the former Norfolk Southern?
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Now that is what I call a paintjob!
 
Not really the loco that's the problem here, it's the livery. Very tacky looking and dull, and it doesn't accentuate the loco's shape at all. Why didn't they just go with the livery of the former Norfolk Southern?

Some of us like the horsehead, and the black looks great as long the paint is fresh...
 
Also that red would end up black after a few runs in the coalfields anyways. There is a reason you don't see bright and vibrant colors on eastern coal haulers. Take a look at some of the Chessie System units.
 
hello :wave:

i don't know if these are ugly trains, but strange yes :hehe:


This is the (bo bo) BB 9004, a prototype for testing a new bogie suspension and installation. the speed record of that
locomotive is 331 km/h. :)

http://uxtobirza.free.fr/trains/docu/bb9004.jpg



That one is the (Co co) CC 40100 series, used for the T.E.E. train on 60ies. of the "broken nose" family.
a quadricurrent locomotive, and a max speed of 200 km/h. :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Locomotive_CC-40110.jpg

that is a commuter train, Z 3700, called "Budd" :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Z_3700_mulhouse.jpg

this is the (co co) CC 14100, a locomotive made for coal trains in 50-60ies. it is called "ironer" :)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kTOxdMf6d...AABDg/TGOHPn2iSDg/s1600/14164-8Thionville.jpg

good day all !
 
Always found the New Zealand DM class EMU a bit of an ugly duckling. This is the uglier single headlamp version. -snip-

A slight improvement.

-snip-

I don't know, I kind of like the old English Electric sets - they have a certain brutish, utilitarian charm to them (the clump of MU cables/sockets on the front and the tiny cab windows). The rebuild with the smaller headlight actually looks worse as the light board on the front just seems tacked on and out of place. But then I have terrible taste in design anyway. :p
 
I don't know, I kind of like the old English Electric sets - they have a certain brutish, utilitarian charm to them (the clump of MU cables/sockets on the front and the tiny cab windows). The rebuild with the smaller headlight actually looks worse as the light board on the front just seems tacked on and out of place. But then I have terrible taste in design anyway. :p

I know what you mean. There are quite a lot of locos and multiple units that, while being very obviously ugly, have a certain 'car crash' appeal. I agree with your opinion of the DMs. Another example would be the NIR 80 Class. Almost look built to deal with bombs.

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