Steam may be popular in the UK, but I wouldn't consider all their steamers hits in the looks department. Some may disagree, but I've never been a particular fan of English steam locomotive streamlining:
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PhotoID: 287375 Photograph © Richard Stevens |
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PhotoID: 284018 Photograph © Jack Prentice |
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PhotoID: 226443 Photograph © Rail Archive Stephenson |
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PhotoID: 188994 Photograph © John Hewitt |
Of course, other countries built some less-than-stellar looking steamers too:
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PhotoID: 305658 Photograph © Alan-Crotty |
And the UK has no corner on the market for ugly "modern" motive power:
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PhotoID: 305383 Photograph © Boldizsár Rell |
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PhotoID: 299523 Photograph © Joachim Bertsch |
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PhotoID: 286308 Photograph © Patrick Schadowski |
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PhotoID: 283421 Photograph © M.J. Vis |
Of course, we shouldn't forget the Espee's foray into the wonderful world of diesel-hydraulic traction:
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PhotoID: 171913 Photograph © Drew Jacksich |
But these here have to be some of the ugliest engines ever built - I mean, seriously, a steam engine without horizontal cylinders and side rods? Come on!!!
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PhotoID: 302348 Photograph © Walter Scriptunas II - www.scriptunasimages.com |
Sorry, Walter!
Jon
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