ugly trains
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nathanmallard
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What's so bad about Canadian Pacific locomotives?
Anyway, how's about this: the BR Class 89.
This one seems to divide opinion. RAIL Magazine praised it as one of the most beautiful locomotives ever to run on British metals when it was first unveiled. Many enthusiasts seemed to disagree, bestowing on it nicknames like 'The Badger' and worse, 'The Aardvark'...
I personally think it's alright, a bit ungainly perhaps but I like it. I don't think the later InterCity Swallow does it any favours though.
Anyway, how's about this: the BR Class 89.
This one seems to divide opinion. RAIL Magazine praised it as one of the most beautiful locomotives ever to run on British metals when it was first unveiled. Many enthusiasts seemed to disagree, bestowing on it nicknames like 'The Badger' and worse, 'The Aardvark'...
I personally think it's alright, a bit ungainly perhaps but I like it. I don't think the later InterCity Swallow does it any favours though.
What NO NO NO NO NO you did NOT just call the J class ugly...
Yes, yes I did. Because in my opinion, it is. It is very ugly. It has no redeeming qualities in my eyes.
I don't think that's it. I'm pretty sure i know what it is though. :hehe:
nathanmallard
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Remember folks...beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I do think 611 is a beautiful locomotive though.
The same can't be said for the following:
Class 458/0.
Class 460 (Thankfully now withdrawn)
BR Class 332.
I'm not entirely sure what it is that puts me off these three classes...they just look 'wrong' if you know what I mean. I think the light arrangement on the 358 makes it look like it has a permanent, psychotic Joker-like smile and the 332 looks like the sort of train the aliens in Independence Day would use.
The same can't be said for the following:
Class 458/0.
Class 460 (Thankfully now withdrawn)
BR Class 332.
I'm not entirely sure what it is that puts me off these three classes...they just look 'wrong' if you know what I mean. I think the light arrangement on the 358 makes it look like it has a permanent, psychotic Joker-like smile and the 332 looks like the sort of train the aliens in Independence Day would use.
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cascaderailroad
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Jet propelled Fail:
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blueodessey
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Those are some amazing shots, a Land Jet vs a Propeller Head, what they won't do for extra Speed sometimes.
Reminds of someone who put Jet Pack assists on his car to see how fast he would go, ended up buried in the side of hill on Salty Flats, his body was unrecognizable........Packs where made for Planes not Cars, I wonder what these inventors would have said if we could talk to them today?
Pretty Cool stuff here.
Reminds of someone who put Jet Pack assists on his car to see how fast he would go, ended up buried in the side of hill on Salty Flats, his body was unrecognizable........Packs where made for Planes not Cars, I wonder what these inventors would have said if we could talk to them today?
Pretty Cool stuff here.
BOI. You didn't. BOI. BOI.
