Ugliest Train in the UK?

[TheSouthern171]

Hello folks!

Today i have a little bit of a poll for you all, What do you think is the ugliest train in britain?

You can pick many choices or choose a different one not in the list (please specify).

Class 142

Class 41

Class 156

Class 460

Class 43 (Warship Class)

Class 700

Class 800/1/2

Class 385

Class 70

Class 150/0/1/9

Hope you enjoy picking!

 

[TheICTardis]

The class 385 or the class 43 (Worship)

 

[TheICTardis]

The VivaRail class 230

 

[TheSouthern171]

Warship* also yes i could agree the 385 is very ugly

 

[TheSouthern171]

why would you pick the 230 though? i dont think that it is ugly

 

[43096]

Hello folks!

Today i have a little bit of a poll for you all, What do you think is the ugliest train in britain?

You can pick many choices or choose a different one not in the list (please specify).

Class 142

Class 41

Class 156

Class 460

Class 43 (Warship Class)

Class 700

Class 800/1/2

Class 385

Hope you enjoy picking!

How odd.

Why the NBL Warship, but not the Swindon built ones?
Why the 700 and not the 707?
Why the 156 and not the other gangwayed Sprinters.

 

[SouthernOne]

Got to be a 313!! They're ugly.

 

[hexagon789]

Class 385, no contest

 

[Islineclear3_1]

Very subjective but +1 for the 385 front end

Now nothing wrong with a 313...

 

[Rail Blues]

For all ird faults (some real, most imagined) the 800 is not an ugly train by any stretch.

 

[TheSouthern171]

How odd.

Why the NBL Warship, but not the Swindon built ones?
Why the 700 and not the 707?
Why the 156 and not the other gangwayed Sprinters.

Its the sliding leaf doors that put me off. I like plug leaf doors or sliding double doors. The 700 is practically the same as a 707 so you could say the 700 as they have the same bodyshell

 

[johnnychips]

The front of the new Sheffield tram-trains looks a bit strange. Looks like Plug out of the ‘Bash St Kids’.

 

[TheSouthern171]

The front of the new Sheffield tram-trains looks a bit strange. Looks like Plug out of the ‘Bash St Kids’.

yes i could agree with that i kinda come up with this on the spot so yes i have looked a picture and it makes me vomit XD

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Another vote for the class 385 "Alien" here...

 

[xotGD]

Class 57s that have had all the ugly gubbins stuck on the front.

 

[D365]

... so yes i have looked a picture and it makes me vomit XD

My word. However will they get approval to run on Network Rail metals.

 

[Mag_seven]

Surprised no-one has mentioned the class 70 yet - I believe they were nicknamed "Ugly Bettys" when they first came out.

 

[TheSouthern171]

Surprised no-one has mentioned the class 70 yet - I believe they were nicknamed "Ugly Bettys' " when they first came out.

the fact that the 70 is ugly is my reasoning for liking it though lol

 

[TheSouthern171]

My word. However will they get approval to run on Network Rail metals.

yes they will require that

 

[pdeaves]

Surprised no-one has mentioned the class 70 yet - I believe they were nicknamed "Ugly Bettys" when they first came out.

Most definitely. Almost like the 'aesthetics' designer walked out too late for the company to do anything about it without missing a deadline.

 

[Ianno87]

Class 70s ain't pretty

 

[randyrippley]

as there are no 43 Warships left, then I guess any old diesel is up for grabs. So I'm certain the Fell loco/10100 would win, or maybe 10800/Hawk.
Though some of the early shunters, especially those from NBL/Hunslet/Yorkshire were pretty grim to look at

 

[6Gman]

as there are no 43 Warships left, then I guess any old diesel is up for grabs. So I'm certain the Fell loco/10100 would win, or maybe 10800/Hawk.
Though some of the early shunters, especially those from NBL/Hunslet/Yorkshire were pretty grim to look at

The Fell was truly, truly awful!

 

[47271]

Class 70, no contest. It's up there with the Ssangyong Rodius and the Cumbernauld Shopping Centre as one of the ugliest things ever created by humanity.

According to Wikipedia 'the distinctive front end is due to crashworthiness standards'. That cab had better be very, very safe in a collision to justify looking like that.

 

[edwin_m]

The 313-315 and 507-508 units still look modern to me (when in decent condition). The early 317s and 455s produced next were a bit of a shock, just looked like all the necessary parts were bolted together rather than actually being designed. Later units based on the same bodyshell tidied things up a bit.

 

[alansheppard77]

class 150

 

[corsaVXR]

class 319
class 321/322/323
class 455/456
class 442
class 345

Probably the 321-323 are the worst, but the rest are pretty bad

 

[507021]

How odd.

Why the NBL Warship, but not the Swindon built ones?
Why the 700 and not the 707?
Why the 156 and not the other gangwayed Sprinters.

I'm with you on this one, the 700 and 707 look exactly the same.

But, in answer to the OP, I'm not really a fan of the Class 150/2 or 385.

 

[swt_passenger]

458 pre-conversion. Nobody realised they could use 3 dimensions once they got the front off the drawing board...

 

[Ash Bridge]

Another one for the Fell locomotive, nothing even comes close to that monstrosity!