Tim, I guess the difference in view is whether you are in the operating or marketing departments. There has to be a visual value for marketing which you don't care about in operating. However, I do disagree with you as to the aerodynamics of this locomotive, the does seem to have a semblance of sweeping or scooping the air from low to above the windshields. And you're right in that it looks like an EMD F or E unit whose face is swollen!
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First thing? Omg it's ugly! If this is the return of the cab unit, I hope it goes away again. It's not even aerodynamic. In this case, looks are not the selling point, how if performs is. Locomotives arn't built to be pretty, they are built to be functional. Manufacturers learned that in the 1950's. all that pretty stuff cost money and adds unnecessary weight. FM advertised that their OP engine added weight for traction, EMD did the same thing with a concrete block. This is why we have road switchers instead of cab units. Locomotives should be compaired to bull dozers, not cars. In my humble opinion!
Tim
They seem to make a point of "fabricated trucks". As opposed to cast(?) trucks?
The aesthetics are uninspired. Chrome eyebrows over the front lights and set of tail fins would let this locomotive make a statement of speed and power, even when sitting still.
Looks sell. General Motors discovered that with autos long ago.
Equipment appearance is part of the package to attract passengers. EMD used to run ads touting their passenger locomotives to the general public as they did with a new Pontiac. It worked.
Would you rather pay to ride in a Chevy Volt, or a '59 Cadillac convertible?
In an effort to keep my weight down, my wife buys "Fig Newtons" in a single small box holding one rwo of cookies (rather than a large box with two rows of cookies)...this picture reminded me of one of those "single row" boxes (that I hate so much because I can't eat to my heart's contentment).
First,it is an artist's rendition. Second, I think it looks clean and sleek and streamlined. Not too much different than most passenger locomotives of today. Not sure of the size however...if big it might be very brutish; if small, it might look fast. Definitely not an SD-45 or SDM-70!
That looks like a very preliminary design mockup computer model. That recessed area just above the plow looks kind of lumpy and undeveloped. The small square covers do not seem to fit very well. I suspect that the production design will be quite a bit different in all those cab details. The headlights are hideously yesterday's news.
The front end looks 100% automotive with the general feel of the Chevy Volt. The way that upper front cowling is designed, I get the impression that you could “pop the hood” and add windshield washer fluid.
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It doesn't look all that different from the suburban locomotives being built by MPI.
So that is what the new Metrolink (Los Angeles, CA) units will look like (design-wise)
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I wonder what people will think seeing one of those doing 79 M.P.H. in reverse!
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On a more serious note, will this loco end Amtrak's practice of putting two engines on a 110 mph train (i.e., Illinois, Michigan)?
Revival of CB&Q's shovelnose?
My first thought was an export model, but it is too big and too much horse power.
Then a re-worked P42/Genesis in prototype.
Actually, between this and a Genesis, I like this better.
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Paul_D_North_JrGE's Genesis/ P42 series. That poor design continues to propagate - geez, I hope there's not a whole generation of folks now thinking that's a 'normal' train !
Well....
We called the P42's Fiberglass Bricks .....Here come da concrete paver.
Those are not actual ditchlights because they are mounted too high above the curve of the nose.
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1st thought... AMTRAK
2nd thought... big cardboard box.
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My first thought was "Frog"
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