I prefer my European variety to your ugly monotous all locomotives look the same diesel locomotives!
Now, if you want to see an ugly locomotive try to find some pictures of the newest French electrics. I believe it is called the Prima type by Alstom. Man, even I find that ugly and the build real beauties in the past.
greetings,
Marc Immeker
More ugly GM6c's
or how about GM10B
BC=Before Conrail
santafe347 wrote: JT22CW wrote: cprted wrote:Of course, on the steam side of things, Camelbacks are just sillyOf course. Surprised I never thought of that...installing the wide Wootten firebox so that the anthracite that was so abundant in the Northeast could be used as fuel, just silly. Moving the engineer's cab further up the boiler so that he would have better forward visibility, just silly. Never mind the fact that these "silly" Atlantics, Ten-wheelers and other wheel arrangements of Camelbacks were the bread and butter of a lot of Northeastern railroads and set some remarkable speed and other performance records. A practical locomotive certainly would be beauty to the railroad owners and bean counters. Would you rather be able to see down the track or have your loco look normal?IMO camelbacks look cool anyway.Beauty and ugliness are so subjective. I prefer not to have an opinion. A locomotive that does not work is ugly.Talgo 350:too ugly!!! [hits computer screen with sledgehammer to destroy image of ugly talgo]Black Mesa & Lake Powell's unique E60Cs:ugly, but coolSNCF's BB16500 class:uglySNCF's new BB60000 class:ugly
JT22CW wrote: cprted wrote:Of course, on the steam side of things, Camelbacks are just sillyOf course. Surprised I never thought of that...installing the wide Wootten firebox so that the anthracite that was so abundant in the Northeast could be used as fuel, just silly. Moving the engineer's cab further up the boiler so that he would have better forward visibility, just silly. Never mind the fact that these "silly" Atlantics, Ten-wheelers and other wheel arrangements of Camelbacks were the bread and butter of a lot of Northeastern railroads and set some remarkable speed and other performance records. A practical locomotive certainly would be beauty to the railroad owners and bean counters. Would you rather be able to see down the track or have your loco look normal?IMO camelbacks look cool anyway.Beauty and ugliness are so subjective. I prefer not to have an opinion. A locomotive that does not work is ugly.Talgo 350:too ugly!!! [hits computer screen with sledgehammer to destroy image of ugly talgo]Black Mesa & Lake Powell's unique E60Cs:ugly, but coolSNCF's BB16500 class:uglySNCF's new BB60000 class:
cprted wrote:Of course, on the steam side of things, Camelbacks are just silly
Would you rather be able to see down the track or have your loco look normal?
IMO camelbacks look cool anyway.
Beauty and ugliness are so subjective. I prefer not to have an opinion. A locomotive that does not work is ugly.
Talgo 350:too ugly!!! [hits computer screen with sledgehammer to destroy image of ugly talgo]Black Mesa & Lake Powell's unique E60Cs:ugly, but coolSNCF's BB16500 class:uglySNCF's new BB60000 class:
ugly
Anything that is European Locomotive is ugly as sin! The first picture the locomotive looks like a hamer shark.
There is a photo of a B&O camelback about halfway down the page (ignore the model pics, the photo is of the real thing) Rob
http://www.toytrains1.com/consolidation.htm
Cederstrand wrote:
Ah..the Crampton design, originated in France where they were fast express engines often exceeding 60 mph. Ugly as sin, but they were apparently very successfull engines for their era.
BTW these never went that fast..I always considered the true Camel types locomotive where the entire cab rode on top the lenth of the boiler and used by the Pennsy and the B&O back in the 1850's to be pretty durned ugly, but I cannot find a picture.
Have fun with your trains
That's should be the Ugly locomotive that I have seen....
fafnir242 wrote: Does anyone else find this monstrosity completely hideous?www.steamlocomotive.com/bomuseum/co490.jpg
Does anyone else find this monstrosity completely hideous?
www.steamlocomotive.com/bomuseum/co490.jpg
I think that loco is prettty cool! I really like the fluted stainless steel sides on that engine.
What about this for ugly
http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/pix/600wshipa.jpg
http://www.csx-sucks.com/pictures/?6532.jpg
Priceless!
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/co/co18742as.jpg
That's is ugly as sin!
hf1001 wrote: vsmith wrote: How about this abomination...What model is that Santa Fe anyway?
vsmith wrote: How about this abomination...
How about this abomination...
What model is that Santa Fe anyway?
It's a heavily rebuilt version of one of the boxcabs that served as the power for the original heavyweight once-a-week "Super Chief" http://rosters.gcrossett.com/atsf/pwr0000.htm
ML
fafnir242 wrote: CSSHEGEWISCH wrote: hf1001 wrote:I'm sorry, but I think all foreign locomotives are ugly.From Oz, http://locopage.railpage.org.au/photos/CLP10_Footscray.jpg This is ugly only if you consider a bulldog nose to be ugly.What is that? That is the coolest locomotive I've ever seen. The only thing I find remotely scary about it is the fact that it seems like Gennessee and Wyoming is taking over the entire planet.lol jkSeriously, though, I like the G&W. They own the local shortline in my hometown, and I like their paint scheme. It really compliments that locomotive.
CSSHEGEWISCH wrote: hf1001 wrote:I'm sorry, but I think all foreign locomotives are ugly.From Oz, http://locopage.railpage.org.au/photos/CLP10_Footscray.jpg This is ugly only if you consider a bulldog nose to be ugly.
hf1001 wrote:I'm sorry, but I think all foreign locomotives are ugly.
From Oz, http://locopage.railpage.org.au/photos/CLP10_Footscray.jpg This is ugly only if you consider a bulldog nose to be ugly.
What is that? That is the coolest locomotive I've ever seen. The only thing I find remotely scary about it is the fact that it seems like Gennessee and Wyoming is taking over the entire planet.lol jk
Seriously, though, I like the G&W. They own the local shortline in my hometown, and I like their paint scheme. It really compliments that locomotive.
It's an AT26C built under license by Clyde Engineering for Commonwealth Railways. CR was absorbed with South Australia Railways into Australian National Railways, which is now under G&W ownership as the Australian Railway Group.
NScalerookie wrote: http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=14040 Was looking at some pics on another site, found this, it needs help.
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=14040
Was looking at some pics on another site, found this, it needs help.
NA, wash and wax and you're good to go.
NScalerookie wrote:This is what I would consider ugly. http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=45963#
This is what I would consider ugly.
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=45963#
Hehe.....well, there's your problem.lol
I think that most definately qualifies as ugly, not to mention a bit f-ed up.lol
Don't go too far but I think the Genesis are in the same category.
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=78978
Oh boy!
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