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[quote user="Poppa_Zit"]<p><font face="Georgia">My vote goes to GM's Aerotrain, the EMD LTW12.</font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/GM_EMD_Aerotrain_1955.jpg[/img]</font></p>[/quote]<br> <br> Second that. Had the incredible power of a Rambler with watered gas. Should have looked like an Edsel too, instead of an Oldsmobile. Just tilt the proboscis 90 degrees! Needs rhinoplasty baaaaaaaaaad! And such wonderful ride quality. Needs a dog painted on the side.<br> <br> Close behind: <br> <br> Bombardier LRC power units (you would have thought that by the 80's the Canadians would have figured out about Alco prime movers....)<br> <br> Budd SPV-2000 Hangar Queens<br> <br> GE P30CH and E60CP. They even looked like the dogs they were.<br> <br> Amtrak Acela. More buck for the bang. Too wide (can these guys measure?), overweight, bad brakes, and even they admitted to the Washington Post (no less) that they can get the same speed and schedule time out of a Metroliner at a fraction of the cost. Your tax dollars at work.<br> <br> <br> <br>
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