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What's the ugliest diesel engine there is ?...

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Tracklayer
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What's the ugliest diesel engine there is ?...
Posted by Tracklayer on Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:57 PM
I'm a train lover, and there's no loco that I really dislike, so I'm going to remain neutral on this one... ([;)])

Have fun.

Tracklayer
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Posted by CP5415 on Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:59 PM
U-boats!

Gordon

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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:15 PM
Everyone Knows its the U50
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by Tracklayer on Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:16 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415

U-boats!

Gordon


I take back what I said and agree with CP5415 (Gordon)...

Tracklayer
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Posted by bwftex on Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:19 PM
You mean there might be a good looking one? Bruce
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Posted by simon1966 on Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:23 PM
Diesel 10 from Thomas and the Magic Railway!

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Posted by brazos87 on Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:26 PM
EMD's BL2--not quite an F unit, not quite a Geep--yuck!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:34 PM
QUOTE: EMD's BL2
I agree. They're just so ugly it's unimaginable. I don't hate U-boats but they're low on my list.
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Posted by twhite on Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:13 PM
ANYTHING GE!!
Tom[xx(]

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Posted by Tracklayer on Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:20 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite

ANYTHING GE!!
Tom[xx(]


Oh no. Not the Amtrak P-42s and Dash units... Tom. You've got no heart!... ([V])

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:40 PM
Every dam one of um.
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Posted by AggroJones on Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:41 PM
DL-109

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:43 PM
Tough choice. I'm torn between the BL2 and those god awfull Krauss Maufie diesel hydrolics that the SP used for a while. Truth be told though if it isn't strait electric I'm not all that interested anyway.

Rob
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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Friday, January 20, 2006 12:51 AM
I'm gonna agree on the Kraus-Maffei, but the U-Boats aren't far behind, but for some reason I like the big Us in BN. The SD70ACe is also up there..and I'm actually more inclined towards widenose GEs now because of what EMD puts out nowadays..

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aloco
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Posted by aloco on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:13 AM
Anything with a flat cab roof and a squared off carbody.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 1:14 AM
Any of the modern widenose diesels. I miss high short hoods. Or, I wood if I could remember that far back.

I always thought that the BL2s were kind of neat looking....
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Posted by ngartshore350 on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:34 AM
The SD70ACe, it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
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Posted by M636C on Friday, January 20, 2006 3:54 AM
No, you guys just haven't seen ugly!

Look at some recent rebuilds in the Czech Republic or some of the 1980s designs in Russia.

US locomotives are just elegant in comparison, even the SD70ACe!

M636C
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Posted by CP5415 on Friday, January 20, 2006 5:37 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by davidmbedard

Anything with CN livery.

David


OK, you win & are 100% correct! [:D]

Gordon

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Friday, January 20, 2006 5:41 AM
Close tie between the Kraus Maffei hydraulics and the BL2.

"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"

 


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Posted by THayman on Friday, January 20, 2006 7:11 AM
BL2, KM ML3000, and the SD70Ace's. Stupidest looking modern diesel around

-Tim

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 7:24 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by aloco

Anything with a flat cab roof and a squared off carbody.


In all seriousness, that's my answer too. Once you get past streamliners (Pioneer Zephyr, M-10000, E- and F-series diesels, e.g.) into the purely utilitarian, I don't care for them anymore. In more recent times, I am happy to see some more 'stylized' work coming back into play. Still blocky and chunky, but at least some consideration seems to have been made to make things look nice too (e.g. Genesis)...

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Posted by orsonroy on Friday, January 20, 2006 7:56 AM
Anything built after the SD-40.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 8:00 AM
Both of the newest 6 axle units from EMD and GE. They both look like they were designed by a committee and no 2 members of that committee knew what the others were doing. No style or beauty, just brute strength.

Bob DeWoody
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Posted by Pruitt on Friday, January 20, 2006 8:08 AM
It's a universal tie - they're all butt-ugly.

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Friday, January 20, 2006 8:47 AM
[#ditto] The BL-2 has to be the winner, ugggllllyyyyy.

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Posted by emdgp92 on Friday, January 20, 2006 9:20 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trolleyboy

Tough choice. I'm torn between the BL2 and those god awfull Krauss Maufie diesel hydrolics that the SP used for a while.


Both of those are nasty! I'm still trying to figure out what EMD was on when the BL2 was designed. Of course their parent company, GM, later blessed us with the Pontiac Aztek.... [:D]
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Friday, January 20, 2006 9:33 AM
EMD,

Remember, the race was on with Alco in providing an "all around" do anything diesel that provided good visibility for the crew. The BL2 was an attempt at this but fortunately the boys at EMD came up with the GP7 to compete with the Alco's RS units which were a hit with the railroads.

BTW: Someone stated that the U50 is ugly? Hmmmmm. To each his own. I always felt that the looks of GE's U-Boats and the U50 conveyed Horsepower Muscle!

"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"

 


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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 9:52 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Brunton

It's a universal tie - they're all butt-ugly.

[:o)]


I agree, all of them are.

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Posted by GAPPLEG on Friday, January 20, 2006 9:54 AM
I'm prejudiced , I work at GE ( I build the real thing ) I like all GE's built the U-50's in the early 70's and all types of Boats, I love - em.

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