Yeah, that's what i meant.
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MeowRailroad
CKRail
Is this the same system we use for diesels? Also, it's funny how the bulletproof cab is wide open in the front.:hehe:
Those look fine, better than those CSX ones,by diesel standards, I think pretty good. Now look at some of the Italian steamers with smokestacks underneath the boiler.
Saturnr
LOL, that locomotive's smokestack configuration is different because it uses a Franco-Crosti boiler, a design that was also used in Great Britain, West Germany, Belgium, and Ireland, which uses the loco's exhaust gases to preheat water being feed into the boiler, a heat exchange system that functions as a feedwater heater.
EDIT TO ADD: Here's a pic of a British locomotive (built in 1955) that used used the Franco-Crosti design, along with a link to the book the photo comes from which provides information on the design and additional photos of the experimental locomotives that were so equipped. (Experimentation with the Franco-Crosti design in Britian was an effort to improve locomotive efficiency.)
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ThePoliceman009
Boring person
What were they smoking when they rebuilt this unit???
cascaderailroad
New member
I'd hide my head in the sand, and be ashamed of myself, for designing locomotives such as that
The piece that's jutting up on the rear is for the optional dynamic brakes. Gensets, which is what this locomotive is, have small, multiple engines. These smaller engines are more fuel efficient, can be turned on and off independently of each other when more or less power is needed, and produce less emissions than larger engines.
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bentrain14
does not make bogies
They still ugly.
I'd say it looks anemic, probably smoking crack. Just kidding.
The rot set in for Britain's railways when some clown in Government decided to import an American diesel, albeit hiding under an European styling. BR Class 66 in EWS colours and used on heavy freight, is basically a wolf in sheep's clothing. I'm surprised, that given the loading gauge in the UK is restrictive and smaller than the loading gauge used in the USA, that this twelve-wheeled American invader is even allowed to run on UK metals.
Give me a good old BR Class 37 any day.
Only one word describes this invader to the UK - YUCK!
Give me a good old BR Class 37 any day.
Only one word describes this invader to the UK - YUCK!
I grew up with the 37s, 47s and the like. Nothing wrong with the 66s and they wouldn't be permitted on UK rails if they weren't within the loading gauge. Although they're 9ft longer than the 37, they're only an inch higher and have the same minimum curve radius at 4 chains.
Well don't worry about getting anymore 66's or any other product from EMD. The EU's newest emission standards will mean that EMD will have to make a new model for the European market. Once they make an engine that meets the EPA's newest emission standards, which their 2-stroke 710 (which is what's in the class 66's), then they can focus on the European market. That new engine is about two years away, and they're relying on rebuilds and exports to keep putting food on the table. Plus, now EMD will have to compete with GE's Powerhaul series in the European market.
I actually think GenSets are pretty cool.
I grew up during the era of British Rail 1970s and 1980s when they had the iconic locomotive rail blue and coaching stock Blue/grey liveries, so I more rather prefer those colour schemes. I'm not into modern traction or the current liveries such as EWS or direct rail services, as seen nowadays on Network Rail metals across the UK.
When British Rail was privatised in the 1990s, this is when we saw the end of ''rail blue' and moved into sector freight and eventually later on into EWS and colas rail.
When British Rail was privatised in the 1990s, this is when we saw the end of ''rail blue' and moved into sector freight and eventually later on into EWS and colas rail.
judahGrice
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MeowRailroad
CKRail
I 100% agree! For me, the ugliness makes them cool, if that is possible.
hauntedclipp
copper-crowned
How about an F-unit without its nose headlight? Not really too ugly, but certainly silly looking.
MeowRailroad
CKRail
That looks HILARIOUS! It could be worse, it could have a lower than usual headlight, like right above the coupler! 
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