Ugliest Train in the UK?

[LiftFan]

Oh yes! Perhaps the ugliest steam loco ever. The huge bogies were wildly out of proportion to the body. (It was also a frightful job to fire it, as the poor fireman was stuck in a tiny space between the coal-bunker and firebox.) Bulleid's turf-burning loco in Ireland was a better-looking loco.

To me it just looks like a 1983 stock tube train, without doors or windows and massive bogies

 

[Cowley]

See?

Brilliant!
And it’s just reminded me that I always thought John Noakes looked like a class 24...

John Noakes

Class 24


Might have got those the wrong way round. Can’t be sure though.

 

[Wivenswold]

Ha, brilliant. I'm not the only one to see faces on the front of trains. James Bolam and a class 22. DeForest Kelley (Star Trek) and a Class 50.

I've bottled that up for 45 years. Boy it feels good.

 

[Cowley]

Ha, brilliant. I'm not the only one to see faces on the front of trains. James Bolam and a class 22. DeForest Kelley (Star Trek) and a Class 50.

I've bottled that up for 45 years. Boy it feels good.

Might make quite a good thread sometime...

 

[bastien]

I always thought the 47, 56 & 87 just looked like transit vans. The 321 is definitely a Ford Sierra MkII.

 

[GusB]

Ok, now this is getting a bit silly. Whatever it is you lot are smoking, please do pass it round
I've heard of some units being referred to as "Darth Vaders", but I always thought the 700s resembled Stormtroopers.

 

[pdeaves]

I've heard of some units being referred to as "Darth Vaders"

Class 460, in case anyone was wondering.

 

[PaxVobiscum]

I’ve been wondering If they are related.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Brilliant!
And it’s just reminded me that I always thought John Noakes looked like a class 24...

John NoakesView attachment 44991

Class 24
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Might have got those the wrong way round. Can’t be sure though.

View attachment 45004 I’ve been wondering If they are related.

 

[Blaahh]

73951 and 73952, zombie 73s..

 

[hexagon789]

View attachment 45004 I’ve been wondering If they are related.

Oh, most definitely!

 

[hexagon789]

I think I would add the "Flying Brick" railcars to the list, they look quite literally as there nickname suggests and not very pretty at all.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Class 460, in case anyone was wondering.

The 345s look more like Darth Vader than the 460s ever did...

 

[BurtonM]

I'm surprised nobody has said DBSO!

The flat end of Driving Van Trailers doesn't look as good as the 90/91 styled end, it's like it's crashed into a wall but just flattened like it was something out of Looney Tunes.

A lot of the old MxxxxxM units were ugly things, the 506 just looks plain scary:

There's something unsettling about this picture.

 

[Bletchleyite]

The "flat end" of DVTs is a corridor connection.

Do you mean the "flat end" of a Class 91 which does have a cab?

 

[Bletchleyite]

There's something unsettling about this picture.

Trypophobia from the pattern of lights perhaps?

(DON'T Google it with images on if you think you may have it)

 

[edwin_m]

The 1938 Underground stock had the same pattern of lights (some kind of route indicator?) and looked quite homely.

 

[eastwestdivide]

I think it's the high "forehead" on those 506 units, at least at the non-panto end, that looks weird.
That picture also looks slightly odd colour-wise, with a predominance of blue/grey "cold" colours combined with a bright yellow front end.

 

[Mikey C]

To me it just looks like a 1983 stock tube train, without doors or windows and massive bogies

Yes, it's another Vivarail project, taking unwanted Underground stock, and turning them into go anywhere steam locomotives!

 

[nat67]

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!

Class 345
Class 350 (LNWR livery)
All Pacers
All Voyagers (inc Merdians)
332 and 333 (Bug eye)

 

[RichJF]

Oh... also forgot to mention the 2 car class 309/1 EMU on the GEML. Hideous things with the pantograph right above the corridor connection & the number box inside the corridor.

 

[Dr_Paul]

The conversion job that put a driving cab on a Mark II carriage produced a particularly ugly and cheap-looking result.

 

[TRAX]

The conversion job that put a driving cab on a Mark II carriage produced a particularly ugly and cheap-looking result.

Well this just looks like a 442 without a gangway

 

[Jonny]

The conversion job that put a driving cab on a Mark II carriage produced a particularly ugly and cheap-looking result.

It originally did have a gangway!

 

[Dr_Paul]

Well this just looks like a 442 without a gangway

I don't agree! The 442 looked as if it was properly designed and not a Mark II carriage attacked by someone with a hacksaw and pop-rivet gun.

 

[TRAX]

Come on the 442 end is just the end of a Mk3 with two holes filled with glass and headlights.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Come on the 442 end is just the end of a Mk3 with two holes filled with glass and headlights.

Sorry can't agree there, a world apart from a mk2 DBSO cab.

 

[sprinterguy]

Come on the 442 end is just the end of a Mk3 with two holes filled with glass and headlights.

You must be kidding - There's a significant amount of aesthetic consideration gone into the design of the class 442 cab, most readily apparent in combination with the original Network Southeast livery treatment, which really was striking.

 

[hexagon789]

Sorry can't agree there, a world apart from a mk2 DBSO cab.

Personally I like the Wessies very much, best of the Mk3-derived EMUs.

The 455s aren't that pretty.

 

[hexagon789]

Never particularly liked the look of these:

The 80 Class were much more stylish!