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[quote user="BigJim"][quote]Gotta love that shovel nose.[/quote]  I saw a F unit on another thread refered to as "Shovel Nose". That's a daggone good name for 'em. Just the other night I saw the F unit referred to as "bulldog" looking and about threw up. Where in the heck did that come from? And "Shark nose"! OK people, everyone raise their hands, How many of you have ever seen a shark that swam perpendicular? Come on, don't be shy, raise your hands. I DIDN'T THINK SO! I've seen the PRR T1 referred to as "Shark Nose"! Looks more like a WWII U.S. Fleet Sub to me.[/quote] It's very subjective. You have to remember that the guys who coined this names were probably not english lit majors nor industrial designers. Also, the lighting conditions present and the angle of view might have had something to do with it. When we see pictures in magazines, they tend to have optimized lighting, and an ideal perspective, whereas the men that worked around them all day, in various light and passing by view points saw quite another. U-Boat is one that has always perplexed me, I mean I can VAGUELY see where they got that impression, but can only conclude that their perception must have been impaired by alcohol at the time. Which might carry over to some of the other names as well. Crocodile?...sure, I can see where the name comes from, and I think the engines are cool to look at themselves, but again, why someone decided to apply that name to ANY locomotive seems questionable to me. I've never heard anyone refer to an F unit as a shovel nose...The Burlington Zephyr was the "shovelnose" [img]http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2631/100b0167jpg67329cs6.jpg[/img] I can see where the face of the engine resembles a scoop where the bottom edge would be the business end, while the upper, rounded end resembles the heel of a shovel where it is rounded to join with the handle. As far as the "bulldogs" go,  well I guess they see the windshields as eyes, the headlight as a snout,  Where faces are concerned, all bets are off, since it has been shown that most people can look at a cloud (or a pile of rocks on mars) and think they see a face. SO, what can you really do? scratch your head and wonder why they never thought about urine testing in the workplace decades earlier, I guess.
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