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Posted by Lord Atmo on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:13 PM
 CNW 6000 wrote:

These are bad:
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=31870

This is the worst!
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=42703

These are the best!
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=8391

not a fan of the star spangled snoot, eh?

i hear ya on the patches

and the C44-9Ws looked better in fresh paint indeed...cept the unit behind it dominates! Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by chefjavier on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:06 PM
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:54 PM

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Posted by YoHo1975 on Monday, December 10, 2007 6:48 PM
 chefjavier wrote:
 nanaimo73 wrote:

Lord Atmo, do you like this one-

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=894890

Dale:

It's this a SDP40F/F40C I guest they got the idea from this picture.Confused [%-)]

 

Those are E9B units that have had a cab hacked on to turn them into A units. 

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Posted by chefjavier on Monday, December 10, 2007 6:35 PM
I couldn't copy and paste the picture. You are in on the competition..
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Posted by Lord Atmo on Monday, December 10, 2007 11:49 AM
 nanaimo73 wrote:

Lord Atmo, do you like this one-

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=894890

i'd rather see a crandall cab than a crash 9. that's for sure

 chefjavier wrote:

Let's cast your votes for the ugliest locomotives for 2007..Dinner [dinner]

1. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=139608&skip=-1 Chefjavier

 

2. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=149862  Boomer Red

 

3. http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%205400/St.L&H%205447.htm

4. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=177591TheDerailedtrain

5. http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=53260 Boomer RedII

6. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=157557&nseq=1  Naimano73

7. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=580260  Nainamo73

 I also forgot to input the photo pictures but they are also are part of the votes.

HEY where are MY submissions?

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Posted by chefjavier on Sunday, December 9, 2007 11:07 PM
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Posted by chefjavier on Sunday, December 9, 2007 10:54 PM
 nanaimo73 wrote:

Lord Atmo, do you like this one-

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=894890

Dale:

It's this a SDP40F/F40C I guest they got the idea from this picture.Confused [%-)]

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Posted by nanaimo73 on Sunday, December 9, 2007 9:53 PM
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Posted by Boomer Red on Sunday, December 9, 2007 9:31 PM

        I'm pretty sure that this is one of the RS3's that Penn Central and later Conrail repowered with a EMD engine. The edges of the hood are too round for an RS1 and thecowl on top of long hood was to clear the taller GM powerplant.  Here's one that is pretty ugly too but appears to be a match!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=580260

    I've read that crews hated these units and as a result most were sold off or scrapped by the early eighties!Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by cprted on Sunday, December 9, 2007 7:40 PM
 chefjavier wrote:
 TheDerailedtrain wrote:

check out this turd!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=978745

It looks like a old Alco RS-1.. not bad at all..

Indeed, it just needs a new paint job like there is no tomorrow!
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Posted by chefjavier on Sunday, December 9, 2007 5:11 PM
 TheDerailedtrain wrote:

heck out this turd!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=978745

It looks like a old Alco RS-1.. not bad at all..

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Posted by Lord Atmo on Sunday, December 9, 2007 2:56 AM
 ArtOfRuin wrote:
 Lord Atmo wrote:
 chefjavier wrote:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=139608&skip=-1

 

Can anyone beat that ugly boat...

i can

http://lord_atmo.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=467938

ewwwww 

This might be Sign - Off Topic!! [#offtopic], but Lord Atmo, I remember your old signature saying something to the effect of, "I'm a CNW fan who hates the duo." Would the crash 9 be "the duo," or is it something else?

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Posted by TheDerailedtrain on Sunday, December 9, 2007 12:32 AM

heck out this turd!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=978745

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Posted by ArtOfRuin on Saturday, December 8, 2007 10:15 PM
 Lord Atmo wrote:
 chefjavier wrote:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=139608&skip=-1

 

Can anyone beat that ugly boat...

i can

http://lord_atmo.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=467938

ewwwww 

This might be Sign - Off Topic!! [#offtopic], but Lord Atmo, I remember your old signature saying something to the effect of, "I'm a CNW fan who hates the duo." Would the crash 9 be "the duo," or is it something else?

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Posted by Lord Atmo on Saturday, December 8, 2007 9:57 PM

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Posted by trolleyboy on Saturday, December 8, 2007 9:39 PM
 marcimmeker wrote:
 trolleyboy wrote:

Oh I don't know but these two don't win many beauty contests either.

Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder!

The TEE cars are now in the Netherlands and are slowly being restored. One cab end has been repainted in original TEE colors: red and cream.

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This poor set is still in North Bay Ontario as a waterfront display piece along with a CP caboose and a railroad consolidation.Even through the graphiti and a couple fires, they intend to at least cosmetically restore them. I took this picture when I was up in North Bay this past summer.

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Posted by chefjavier on Thursday, December 6, 2007 6:20 AM
 spokyone wrote:

Ding Ding Ding! I think we have a winner.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=157557&nseq=1

 

I think is on the top 3's. Hopefully, by next week we would get a vote on the pictures. Shock [:O]

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Posted by YoHo1975 on Thursday, December 6, 2007 12:34 AM

I remember back in the 80s MR had one of those on the cover in I think Seaboard colors with an article on how to kitbash one.

 

It begs the question why you would want to kitbash one. 

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Posted by spokyone on Thursday, December 6, 2007 12:12 AM

Ding Ding Ding! I think we have a winner.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=157557&nseq=1

 

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Posted by strikefour on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 4:49 PM

WARNING: WAIT 30 MINUTES AFTER EATING TO VIEW PHOTO. 

i did some searching for and here it is: GE's BQ23-7

and CSX paint schemes didn't help it one bit.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=157557&nseq=1

 

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Posted by MStLfan on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 3:19 PM
 trolleyboy wrote:

Oh I don't know but these two don't win many beauty contests either.

Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder!

The TEE cars are now in the Netherlands and are slowly being restored. One cab end has been repainted in original TEE colors: red and cream.

greetings,

Marc Immeker

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 2:06 PM

Oh I don't know but these two don't win many beauty contests either.

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Posted by IRONHORSE77 on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 1:01 PM

EMD'S BL2'S

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 12:47 PM
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Murphy

To tell you the true not even the blue color will give it is place. It's ugly as sin. Sign - Dots [#dots]

I have seen pictures of FM C-Liners in one of the Canadian passenger schemes, the one with the beaver on the side(?), that I thought looked pretty sharp.Thumbs Up [tup]

     Now, FM Erie builts, and ALCO DL109's, those were not as attractive.  In my opinion, the early, boxy U-boats had a look only a mother could love.Dead [xx(]

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Posted by ArtOfRuin on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 12:15 PM
Except the Sharknose locos, pretty much every diesel built by Baldwin has been aesthetically challenged. They ranged from homely (VO- series and S- series switchers), to ugly (Centipede/Babyface), to double-ugly (Janus), to fugly (DT-6-6-2000 center cab).
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Posted by MStLfan on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 11:51 AM
 Bucyrus wrote:

The worst looking steam locomotives are 4-4-0s that were built with short smokeboxes and later had them extended.

Not quite. Painting the frame and wheels of your steam locomotive red (the Germans did/do!), now, that is ugly!

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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:21 PM

Fresh out of the Borracho RR workshops, looks like newLaugh [(-D]

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Posted by chefjavier on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:32 PM

Murphy

To tell you the true not even the blue color will give it is place. It's ugly as sin. Sign - Dots [#dots]

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:29 PM
 chefjavier wrote:
 Murphy Siding wrote:
 chefjavier wrote:

 Murphy Siding wrote:
 cprted wrote:
I always found the C-Liners to be ugly ducklings.
  I thought they looked rather elegant, in the right paint schemes.

That's ugly as sin! Not even a color would change the shark looking style.

Close your eyes, and picture it in ConRail blue.Wink [;)]

 

I could see it Blue....and Conrail Diagram.Big Smile [:D]

I bet you could picture every locomotive in ConRail blue.Wink [;)]

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