Ugliest Trains?

[miyakoji]

[Socimi]

[Martijn Meerts]

 

 

Careful now ;)

[NB1231]

Careful now ;)

Shots fired! Haha I think the rapi:ts are far from ugly.

 

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[Socimi]

Sotetsu has some of the ugliest trains in my opinion: the 8000 and 9000 series.

 

 

They would be nice looking trains except for the single headlight in the middle of the front. How they would look better?

 

E233 (or Sotetsu 11000) style.

 

 

And the much better E231-500 (or Sotetsu 10000) style.

 

[Socimi]

Here is a Ugly-Boxy-Tram from Shizuoka. Built with spare pieces?

 

[gibranalnn]

That new Soutetsu train...

 

© Soutetsu/trafficnews

[Socimi]

Wait. WHAT?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where did i already saw it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, yes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysler PT cruiser

Edited June 11, 2016 by DavideTreni

[miyakoji]

That artist's rendering of the new Sotetsu model seems a bit out of proportion, too tall/narrow.  I'll wait until I see the real thing.  It'll probably be fine.

[Mudkip Orange]

That new Soutetsu train...

 

 

This looks like someone took a monorail train and added train wheels on the bottom.

[Densha]

The Joshin Railway 1000 and 6000 series are not the ugliest train in existence, but they are certainly ugly:

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%BB%E9%89%841000%E7%B3%BB%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%BB%E9%89%846000%E7%B3%BB%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A

[Socimi]

Something from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

 

Series 1600

 

 

Designer: "Here is the brand-new 1600 series"

Driver: Aren't the front windows too small?

Designer: Nah, just go straight, blow the horn and hope for the best.

 

And here is the 5500 series

 

[velotrain]

While looking into the Seibu, I found a new candidate.  Talk about a cramped cab. 

 

Info here:  http://www.hcn.zaq.ne.jp/cadzy500/HP1/chinsya-htm/seibu_b15/seibu_b15.htm

 

 

[HantuBlauLOL]

DD51 in Myanmar, something looks really wrong..

 

 

 

and some were cut into 2 locomotives, resulting these

 

 

the other side (this one looks much better)

 

[railsquid]

Real-life B-train shorty?

[velotrain]

Speaking of which, here's a proto Seibu B-train shorty, although it's missing an end casting and some doors.

 

 

[Suica]

Aw, so that was the end of the Seibu Galaxy Express train. I didn't know that.

 

 

Let's talk ugly again, though.

 

How about the Škoda Type 109 E1?

 

I think there's a good reason one of its many nicknames is "bathtub".

 

 

[HantuBlauLOL]

somehow it looks like ES64U..

[Kiha66]

Los Angles got some new locomotives recently, and i think they qualify for ugly trains.  The artist rendering is awful, the proposed paint schemes aren't great, and the final product looks like someone melted one end of a boxcab and added lipstick. 

[marknewton]

Fugly!

 

Mark.

[railsquid]

Aw, so that was the end of the Seibu Galaxy Express train. I didn't know that.

 

 

Let's talk ugly again, though.

 

How about the Škoda Type 109 E1?

 

I think there's a good reason one of its many nicknames is "bathtub".

 

Surely the Taucherbrille takes the prize for the Czech Republic (former CSSR)?

 

[Suica]

Taucherbrille

 

Hey, let's go snorkeling!

 

SNCB AM86

 

Funny how similar their paintjobs are.

[Densha]

I think the MS75 is the winner of the ugliest Belgian train contest though: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotrice_AM75

 

Especially when you actually see them or have to ride them in person... oh my god. I've never been on a train that had that much graffiti on it and was as dirty as that MS75 was.

Edited December 4, 2016 by Densha

[Suica]

I think the MS75 is the winner of the ugliest Belgian train contest though: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotrice_AM75

 

Especially when you actually see them or have to ride them in person... oh my god. I've never been on a train that had that much graffiti on it and was as dirty as that MS75 was.

Hmmm...

 

[Densha]

That's the post-overhaul version, which I have yet to see or ride on in person. I don't really see the point in doing a midlife overhaul for these trains considering that they're already more than 40 years in service. Maybe that's the reason why they've only overhauled one or two sets yet...

 

Anyway, as the last paragraph already indicated, all of these trains are already more than 40 years in service without any overhaul, a new coating of paint or any maintenance not related to keeping them somehow in service, so they're in a pretty deteriorated state. The SNCB should really order some new rolling stock and buy the AM75 a one-way ticket to the scrapyard. This is just a lost cause.

 

Most look like this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marknl/8669761018/