Ugliest Trains?

[HantuBlauLOL]

Did we have the UK's Fell Diesel yet?

 

 

 

 

every UK bulldogs looks weird imho.. this one might be the better one with those wheel rods

[Wonderbolt]

Did we have the UK's Fell Diesel yet?

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Derby_works_fell_diesel_geograph-2390424-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg/800px-Derby_works_fell_diesel_geograph-2390424-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

I quite like the Fell one of those quirky little prototypes in the UK from the 50s and 60s.

The GT3 English electric Gas Turbine loco being one of my favorites which some may consider ugly.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b3/d4/8e/b3d48e349c46087a32afe76dcd372ac8.jpg

Edited February 18, 2017 by cteno4

[velotrain]

Or this retro-futuristic "Monorail" ?

 

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/matsam/17556459/4045835/4045835_original.jpg

 

 

That looks like the McKeen motor car, which I'm quite fond of.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKeen_Motor_Car_Company

 

I see that some made it to Australia.

[medusa]

Hm... spontaneous thoughts:

 

- Fell: reminds me to an Orc loco from W40k.

- GT3 never can be ugly since it's a turbine. Even if covered in chocolate.

- McKeen certainly is from the 1960ies series "Raumpatrouille Orion"...

[velotrain]

Ugliest DE10 ever.

 

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1718/24716710330_9237932caf.jpg

 

OK - this is a South Australia version, and clearly mislabeled ;-)

[marknewton]

DE10 started out life as a petrol-electric loco, built by Davenport in 1928. A better view is here:

 

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww76/howlerbus/P6060287.jpg~original

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[medusa]

The upwards pointing "nose" is incredible...

[Socimi]

Another entry, this time a tram.

 

http://www.vlaky.net/upload/galeria/000353/003744.jpg

 

This is an Ukrainian-built Лт-10 (LT-10) series tram, made between 1994 and 1998 in 16 units.

 

Wikipedia page:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%A2-10

[Pashina12]

- McKeen certainly is from the 1960ies series "Raumpatrouille Orion"...

 

Thank you kindly, I'm going to have the theme music stuck in my head all day...

[velotrain]

I generally like Plymouths, but that could be because up to now I've only been familiar with those manufactured in Ohio.

 

This is "An example of locomotive manufactured by Primus (Plymouth), Nagata Goryngi." It somehow looks like it belongs in India - or nearby, with that gaudy paint job.

 

http://g-gauge.world.coocan.jp/PROTOTYPE/osada/osada.html

[Suica]

Thanks, Romania!

[velotrain]

Thanks, Romania!

 

You don't care for the headlight housing?

 

It seems rather innocuous otherwise.

[railsquid]

Yup, headlights are a bit offputting but overall it looks more like a proper locomotive than some of the "designed by a designer" ones which have appeared in the last few years.

[ToniBabelony]

Looks more like an overhaul from an old loco (Swedish based design). Not something 'new' like that company proclaims.

[Suica]

I don't know, it just looks wrong. Just check more pictures on google. The shape of those side windows. The dented metal skin even on new locos.

[E6系]

Another entry, this time a tram.

 

http://www.vlaky.net/upload/galeria/000353/003744.jpg

 

This is an Ukrainian-built Лт-10 (LT-10) series tram, made between 1994 and 1998 in 16 units.

 

Wikipedia page:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%A2-10

 

Hello,

 

You mean they got it wrong 16 times???

[Takahama Trainwatcher]

I don't know, it just looks wrong. Just check more pictures on google. The shape of those side windows. The dented metal skin even on new locos.

Do you mean how the light is reflecting unevenly off the side of it? That is curious.

[Socimi]

Hello,

 

You mean they got it wrong 16 times???

 

Yes. They basically did a single body type and16 different colour variations. Wich doesn't help either.

[Suica]

I think we haven't had the ICE's grandfather, DB BR 403 "Donald Duck", yet.

I know there are many people who absolutely hate its looks. I for one love it.

After being left to rot for 20 years one unit is currently being restored to serviceable condition.

 

 

Do you mean how the light is reflecting unevenly off the side of it? That is curious.

Yup, that.

[kvp]

I don't know, it just looks wrong. Just check more pictures on google. The shape of those side windows. The dented metal skin even on new locos.

They seems to be rebuilt CFR EA locomotives from 1965 with new fronts and control systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFR_Class_EA

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softronic

[railsquid]

I think we haven't had the ICE's grandfather, DB BR 403 "Donald Duck", yet.

I know there are many people who absolutely hate its looks. I for one love it.

After being left to rot for 20 years one unit is currently being restored to serviceable condition.

 

I kind of like those, I remember seeing one in a Lima catalogue I had in the 1980s. The N gauge Lima version pops up on Yahoo Japan every now and again and goes for silly prices, so it seems popular here.

[Socimi]

I agree on the Softronic Phoenix. The transmontana isn't better either. Especially in the green paint.

 

https://www.softronic.ro/engb-locomotive-transmontana.html

 

Again, the headlight arrangment destroys the whole design.

 

 

Right is the photoshopped version. Headlights taken from a danish DSB EA series.

 

Then Back to japan. This is JR Kyushu's 815 series.

 

Edited April 18, 2017 by Socimi

[splifdfx]

Awww... the 815 looks more funny that ugly.

[lighthouse]

It looks like screaming "kill me!!!" :laughing6:

[Densha]

Not sure if this certifies as a train, but it is certainly a rail vehicle. It's an Ikarus 60 bus body mounted on railway trucks, with a MiG-15 jet fighter engine fitted to serve as snowblower. Obviously a Soviet invention.

 

https://twitter.com/sovietsoreyuke/status/856810164967440384