I actually do like the looks of the Genesis units. More than I do the F40. The Genesis engine has a purposeful I-mean-business look about it. To me the F40 looks like a very poor, boxy attempt to harken back to the classic covered wagons, and failing badly.
Lithonia Operator I actually do like the looks of the Genesis units. More than I do the F40. The Genesis engine has a purposeful I-mean-business look about it. To me the F40 looks like a very poor, boxy attempt to harken back to the classic covered wagons, and failing badly.
According to the GE folk at Erie I used to deal with, one of Amtrak's criteria for the Genesis carbody was it needed to be fairly easy to fix wreck damage. Given the number and frequency of road crossings these locomotives would encounter - compared to Acela, for example - they couldn't have any tough to fabricate or patch streamlining.
I think they look pretty good but look much better with paint schemes that disguise the high slot-like windshield windows.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
How about a Motive Power unit, as built and used on various commuter lines? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metra
Is it just me or are the high slit windows of the Genesis reminiscent of that New York Central RDC that they stuck jet engine on top for a speed run?
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
To me, the Genesis units resemble a boxy version of M-497's shovelnose.
The Genesis units' nose reminds me of the 1960's version of Iron Man, specifically the animated series ca 1967.
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