Kneedown
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Any gangwayed Sprinter, but especially 153 small end.
I think they look worse in Dutch yellow.
Actually, most NS rolling stock is ugly. The "dog snouts" don't look good on anything other than a Class 37 or Deltic.
Now THAT is ugly!Yeah I don't mind the Dutch units, either those ones or these ones
TBH, they are quite nice trains, travelling in the motor coach is great fun.Yeah I don't mind the Dutch units, either those ones or these ones
Now THAT is ugly!
The Dutch and the Belgians never quite got the hang of through-gangwayed units...
Exhibit B:
Yikes.If we're going foreign ugly, this cheap, nasty, horrible plastic thing from Queensland is positively vile...
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Yikes.
Sorry to plagiarise your photo 43096, but if you turn it upside down - this bit looks like it was stolen from the front of a milk float...
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I'm sure they are better for drivers, particularly compared to the latest British gangwayed units... but they ain't pretty!I don't mind those either. Also seen in Denmark.
Both these and the Dutch Koploper can connect with a through gangway...arguably in more elegant manner than most UK units which interrupt the driver's view with a door.
I'm sure they are better for drivers, particularly compared to the latest British gangwayed units... but they ain't pretty!
Without wishing to divert the thread too far off-topic, does anyone know what actually happens when those Belgian units couple? I saw some already coupled when I was over there but didn't ride them. I have no idea what happens to the cab/control desk!
Going a bit off topic.... but I've always thought many SNCF locos are quite ugly brutes.
Minus the back wall of the cab, presumably?The whole thing hinges back into the unit I believe.
Minus the back wall of the cab, presumably?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC3I'm sure they are better for drivers, particularly compared to the latest British gangwayed units... but they ain't pretty!
Without wishing to divert the thread too far off-topic, does anyone know what actually happens when those Belgian units couple? I saw some already coupled when I was over there but didn't ride them. I have no idea what happens to the cab/control desk!
No way! The Cassez Nez family are beautiful locos. A CC 7200 in orginal livery looks a right treat!
Much appreciated, thanks. Presumably there's a moveable back wall to the cab too, to give drivers some privacy/protection? The wiki article didn't appear to cover that aspect.
Now THAT is ugly!
The Dutch and the Belgians never quite got the hang of through-gangwayed units...
Exhibit B:
By calling them Belgian, you mean? I suppose such a grave insult would've been quite hurtful had it been deliberate!How to offend Denmark Rail... Mock sexy danish units
I agree, I always thought of them as the French equivalent to a British 47 although with perhaps a few more horses under the bonnet.
Some how they made an uglier ICE train - it looks like a toy Intercity train.
To get back on topic. Ugliest trains in the UK
GTR Class 455/8. They were bad enough to begin with (the /9s look much better) but the cab air con mod... *shudders*