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doghouse
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Posted by doghouse on Thursday, August 7, 2008 8:28 PM

 

Looks like a highschool shop project.  If you're going to paint the body, why not paint the handrails and the tank as well?

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CSSHEGEWISCH
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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, August 8, 2008 10:14 AM

Do these count as ugly Australian locomotives?

My personal favorite:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/anr/cl.html

The first road diesels in Australia:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/anr/gm.html

For Alco fans:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/sra/44.html

A bulldog nose on each end:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/vline/b.html

Look familiar?  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/bhp/ph_sd40-2.html

Once in Australia, now in Utah:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/private/hi_60.html

 

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Friday, August 8, 2008 3:02 PM
Some of them aren't ugly, just alternate versions of our own models.  Some of the differences are strange though because you wouldn't be used to it in this country.
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Posted by Awesome! on Friday, August 8, 2008 8:20 PM
 CSSHEGEWISCH wrote:

Do these count as ugly Australian locomotives?

My personal favorite:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/anr/cl.html

The first road diesels in Australia:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/anr/gm.html

For Alco fans:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/sra/44.html

A bulldog nose on each end:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/vline/b.html

Look familiar?  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/bhp/ph_sd40-2.html

Once in Australia, now in Utah:  http://locopage.railpage.org.au/private/hi_60.html

 

Paul

Some of them look normal but like alcos locomotives they are ugly as sin! Whistling [:-^]

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Posted by Awesome! on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:18 PM
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:33 PM
Yo Awesome!  Couldn't get that one to work either!!!! IT'S A CONSPIRACY I TELL YOU!
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Posted by Kootenay Central on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 3:14 PM

 

Ugly? Or, Just Odd?

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 3:50 PM
Little of both..is it really pulling that whole line of cars by itself?
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Posted by Awesome! on Sunday, September 7, 2008 6:54 PM
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=94503 after a crash is not a pretty sight.
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Posted by doghouse on Sunday, September 7, 2008 9:08 PM

 

I don't know if you can count wrecked locomotives as "ugly" in the sense that this thread has defined the word.  Their appearance wasn't planned, nor were they designed that way. 

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Monday, September 8, 2008 5:58 PM
I feel bad for that poor SD40.  I wonder if it got rebuilt?
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Posted by Awesome! on Sunday, September 14, 2008 12:11 AM

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=94786

It needs some help...

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Monday, September 15, 2008 7:07 PM
That's weird, parts of the front and back of the frame appear to be just ripped off.
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Posted by Awesome! on Sunday, September 21, 2008 9:05 AM

http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/54639

http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/38618

It looks like a box car...

 

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Sunday, September 21, 2008 10:01 AM

The Cushing Stone locomotive is an EMD Model 40.  It was a less than successful attempt by EMD in 1940-1941 to compete with the 44-tonner.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:16 PM
A local tourist line, well one about 50 miles from where I am, has one of those. They are neat to see but small comparitively.  I believe they were powered by a large truck engine.
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Posted by Awesome! on Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:39 PM

http://www.mdrails.com/images/sweeper.jpg

What is the model of these piece of S*&^!

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Posted by MStLfan on Monday, September 22, 2008 8:46 AM

Interesting piece of equipment. What was its use?

Seems someone forgot to scrap it and when the track was scrapped it was left in place.

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, September 22, 2008 4:17 PM
Trolley snow sweeper.  Used to sweep snow off the rails...

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:51 PM
It needs to be restored, not rotting away like that.
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Posted by Awesome! on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:28 PM
Who's going to pay for it?
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:05 PM
Generous people like us?...
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Posted by blade on Monday, November 3, 2008 11:28 AM
with a face like that not even a mother could love......ha....ha....ha....ha
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Posted by Awesome! on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:57 AM

Take a look at this switcher only a mother could love!Headphones

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Posted by Awesome! on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:08 AM

CARWASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How long it take a locomotive to get wash? Are they in the 90 Cycle?

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:26 PM

AT least they are having fun with the dirt on it.    I guess a locomotive gets washed when they get a moment, obviously this one hasn't yet.

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Posted by Kootenay Central on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:24 PM

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Posted by Awesome! on Monday, December 15, 2008 10:20 PM

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I never seen this type of mufflerQuestion

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Posted by Awesome! on Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:17 AM

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=98247

 

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Posted by fafnir242 on Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:53 AM

Awesome!

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=98247

 

It's not supposed to do that, is it?lol

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