What train is the weirdest train ever made?

[9000DOLLAR]

I have seen many weird trains since I started the hobby of model railroading, but I wonder, what was the weirdest train ever made?

I have seen in a book something called the "Crampton" locomotive, and it looks like something Frankenstein would build, but is it the weirdest?

Are there weirder locomotives? If so, what's the weirdest?

 

[nicky9499]

The Fontaine Fiasco, proof that there are stupid people who will believe just about anything you tell them.

And of course we can't forget the UP DDDD80AX

 

[opus722]

This has to be in the running

M-497 Black Beetle

or the Electro-McDonnell Douglas DD-40-10X

 

[Blutorse4792]

I nominate the EMD E9BA, also known as the "Crandall Cab"

C&NW: Cheap & Nothing Wasted

 

[9000DOLLAR]

The Fontaine Fiasco, proof that there are stupid people who will believe just about anything you tell them.

And of course we can't forget the UP DDDD80AX

Well, that Fontaine engine is really weird, but the Union Pacific loco doesn't look THAT bad. (maybe I'm biased because I like UP.)
I can understand why UP made that engine, but the Fontaine just looks like a mistake. (kinda like that Crampton loco.)

 

[9000DOLLAR]

This has to be in the running

M-497 Black Beetle

or the Electro-McDonnell Douglas DD-40-10X

I can also understand why NYC would make something like that.
Because of cars, busses, and planes.
When cars, busses, and planes started taking over passenger travel, passenger railroads converted their trains into streamliners as a last-ditch effort to bring in more passengers. (although, that engine DOES look weird)

Also, is that "air-train" photoshopped?

 

[9000DOLLAR]

I nominate the EMD E9BA, also known as the "Crandall Cab"

C&NW: Cheap & Nothing Wasted

What's wrong with that one, it doesn't look that bad either. (good pic though)
Is it something internal, (such as frequent engine failure or an uncomfortable cab), or the shape of the engine itself?

 

[ryanstrains]

What's wrong with that one, it doesn't look that bad either. (good pic though)
Is it something internal, (such as frequent engine failure or an uncomfortable cab), or the shape of the engine itself?

That is a B unit modified into an a Unit.

 

[9000DOLLAR]

That is a B unit modified into an a Unit.

Now I understand. That IS weird.

 

[whitepass]

The two UP locos are photoshoped.

 

[SuperFudd]

I have always considered circus trains "weird".

 

[Blutorse4792]

What happens when you combine a truck, a Burro crane and a streetcar?

http://youtu.be/pu87SxROSpk?t=2m37s

 

[deneban]

 

[9000DOLLAR]

Sushi? Is that some sort of Japanese resturaunt commercial?

 

[9000DOLLAR]

What happens when you combine a truck, a Burro crane and a streetcar?

http://youtu.be/pu87SxROSpk?t=2m37s

That one, although it looks weird, looks kinda cool. I wonder if anyone has ever made a running HO Scale model of it?

 

[9000DOLLAR]

I have always considered circus trains "weird".

Especially the ones with clowns riding on it. Actually, once the clowns get on the train, it stops being weird and becomes extremely creepy.

(by the way, which cartoon did you get that signature from? I don't remember Elmer dressed like that.)

 

[deneban]

Don't forget the Goose, which available as a Trainz asset...

 

[9000DOLLAR]

That one's cool too. It's weird, but it's cool. I've also seen that one as a model train.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Isn't this thread just a spin off of the "Ugly Trains" thread, and would be best kept going in the "Ugly Trainz" thread ? ? ?

I have a 1980 4 door Chevy Malibu ... what would happen if I cross mated it with the Galloping Goose ? ? ?

Would it be a Challoping Moose ?

 

[magickmaker]

http://youtu.be/UhH5oiJGkJw

I'd have to say it's the "Valkyrie." (And yes, I actually wrote the story.)