From the "So Ugly I Have To Have One!" files.

on30gn15 · Sep 30, 2010

Definitely from the "So Ugly I Have To Have One!" files.
I wonder if its mother loves it.

www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=339408

Remarks: Reengined and modified by their original owner MP, these units were further mutilated with a chop nose by somebody, probably TTI.

Dinorius_Redundicus · Sep 30, 2010

Maybe I'm alone here, but I don't find that ugly. In fact I rather like the rounded look of the nose, it's sort of art deco. And the silver/blue scheme is quite nice too.

pfx · Sep 30, 2010

Is it inspired by or inspire the Airstream caravan? An undeniable classic. I actually like this loco too.

durhamlass · Sep 30, 2010

More quirky than ugly, I reckon. The design definitely grows on you.

What do you make of the "Plugs" GE built for Freightliner?

http://www.stevekempsbritishtransportphotos.fotopic.net/c1818813.html

Over here the consensus seems to be that they:

a) are butt ugly
b) but at least they spound like a real loco and don't "Ying"
c) regardless of what they look like they are a welcome change from the endless procession of EMD built "Sheds" (class 66s).

airtime · Sep 30, 2010

Think that's ugly, check the new class 380 out...

http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/10597556

it's that ugly they haul them through England at night to run in Scotland...:hehe:

And they call this progress

Joe Airtime

pfx · Sep 30, 2010

I'll reserve judgement on the 380 until I see the real thing. The new Matangi trains for KiwiRail didn't look very purdy in mock ups but don't seem too bad in actual pics.

I really like the 334s though. Nobody has done any for Trainz yet perchance?

on30gn15 · Sep 30, 2010

durhamlass said:
What do you make of the "Plugs" GE built for Freightliner?

Haven't got beyond that the end shapes and details are interesting and might be used for a freelance On30 model. And that huge windshield must cost about the same as a small third world country's total GDP to replace.

Thinking about name "Plugs, yeah, front end does kinda look like there's a socket it might fit.

durhamlass said:
b) but at least they spound like a real loco and don't "Ying"

Could I ask for some enlightenment as to the meaning of the "Ying"?

durhamlass · Sep 30, 2010

on30gn15 said:
Thinking about name "Plugs, yeah, front end does kinda look like there's a socket it might fit.

Yep, a UK mains socket!

on30gn15 said:
Could I ask for some enlightenment as to the meaning of the "Ying"?

It's a reference to the engine sound of an EMD class 66 ("Shed" or "Ying") or class 59 ("Super Shed" or "Daddy Ying").

on30gn15 · Oct 1, 2010

durhamlass said:
It's a reference to the engine sound of an EMD class 66 ("Shed" or "Ying") or class 59 ("Super Shed" or "Daddy Ying").

As in?
YingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYing...

I can see upon a Google image search how the Shed name came about.
If someone doesn't get that upon seeing the beast, explaining it to them still isn't going to help them get it.

durhamlass · Oct 3, 2010

on30gn15 said:
As in?
YingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYingYing...

That's it exactly!

From the "So Ugly I Have To Have One!" files.

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