Any and all of the steam locomotives that had a bathtub turned upside-down over them by any of the various egocentric "designers". About as pretty as Marilyn Monroe in a burka.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
You forget the the Mexican San Luis Potosi shop rebuilds?
Mysteriously, crews liked the later Topeka Cab-ed CF-7s much more than the conventional GP-9ms and GP-7'ms...ATSF learned lessons from the 2649 Class that improved over time. There are still a healthy number of Topeka Cabbed CF-7's in service that make nice switch engines with the extra glass on the engineer's side of the cab and the extra room in the cab. (Plus the A/C on a smaller unit)
Long live the "Beep"!
A rail magazine (I don't recall if it was model or "real") some years ago did a story about "Horrible Heffalumps."
There were some pretty ugly examples.
I would submit the "Dewitt Geeps."
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
When the PRR streamlined some of the K4's, the poor things looked like they ate one too many Little Debbie Snack Cakes.
I'll add to the list from back in the 1970's when the C&NW put EMD prime movers (along with an EMD long hood for engine clearance) onto some ex-Frisco and company owned Baldwin road switchers, so you ended up with the short hood and cab of a Baldwin and hte long hood of an EMD...yuk!
For whatever reason railroads have made modifications to locomotives that have not exactly been esthetically pleasing. What are some of the worst examples?
Here's a few of my picks:
1. Santa Fe CF7s
2. C&NW Crandall Cab E9s
3. The "Beauty Treatment" PRR applied to its K4 fleet. This included swapping the positions of the headlight and turbo generator and adding a footboard to the front of the smoke box.
4. Adding smoke deflectors to the Flying Scotsman.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
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