ugly trains

Interestingly enough, almost all the locomotives posted so far I do not find ugly. Maybe it's just me. I mean, this is coming from a guy who likes the Pacer. And the Gremlin. And the Pinto. Anyway, to reference some previous posts, I actually really like gensets, I think the BL20GH is awesome, and most of the other locos listed I kind of like. Except for that post-accident-traumatized RS-3. And the Talgo 350 is pretty bad too.

HOWEVER, there is one locomotive in particular that I never understood why it was considered by many to be the most beautiful locomotive ever built. It's the Alco PA. I find it to be the ugliest locomotive I have ever seen. The nose is just TOO LONG! I prefer the nice, small Bulldog nose of the F and E units.
 
I love the Gremlin, but the Pacer? That's just you, even if Goofy drove one in the movie.:D
As for the Pinto, I want to get one and put a real engine in it, then paint it black with red flames in the back so it looks like a hot rod.:hehe:

Even the odd looking engines had a reason, and they do add character to the layout.

:cool:Claude
 
There was a B&O RR exposition, way back, in the wayback days, when RR's were thought to be totally unsafe, reckless, and should be banned for their dangerosity...the B&O gave a demonstraton of a horse powered freight car, with a horse harnessed on a stationary treadmill, visible in a cut away portion, inside the car. The car traveled a couple dozen feet, sqreeched, clanked, and came to a clattering halt as something busted in the drive train...spectators laughed at the new fangled contraption, walked away and said: "This RR thingy is a buch of hoohaa, it will never pan out "! This was back in the "Canal" period 1790-1815, an interesting era indeed....chock full of ugly engines and wierd contraptions...who else out there loves RR history ? I'm re-creating the Allegheny Portage Incline Plane Railway system on the Horseshoe Curve route.

PRR Wopsononock Y Class 2-4-6-8-10-12 ?
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PRR Z Class 4-14-6
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tardis626 said:
I think I may of found one capable of making all yours look quite pretty (Young kids- look away now)

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Phil
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That is one of my all time favorites!
Can't beat IC's art deco taste mm!
That is a great looking train.
Want to know ugly?
Monorail's and alternate garbage. Stuff like in Seattle and Disneyland and so forth...things that aren't even trains...
 
Don't get me started and i don't even know why this was even developed.


Seriously, "it" looks like a GP38 on steroids and tried to blend in, but 1 major flaw? Anyone?

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Metro North ordered these hunks of junk from Brookfield. Classified BL20GH.
Again these belong in the scrapyard if you ask me.
@ David111767, yes the horns are on the long hood.
 
mbv67 said:
No the Paint scheme is a flaw because one even though it's in a New Haven Scheme it doesn't suit the locomotive very well (at all actually).
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Obviously you have not seen other paint schemes in the world...

This style is quite standard in australia, and it suits all locos...

To be honest i like the new haven livery and on this loco it looks great:)
 
Oh I'm sorry and actually I like Australian trains. Plus New Haven was a great railroad along with Pennsylvania and New York Central until the merger time.
 
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