Class 70?

[cawky22]

come on guys give the Genesis a chance. yes may look ugly but may sound beastly. think about the horn it may have. iv heard rumours it could have near the same horn as the usa genesis amtrak horn. if so do not ask for a tone or you may need a hearing aid haha.
FX

You can hear its horn on the new vid here:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czF7n0umETo
filmed on wednesday 19 th of August

 

[90019]

You can hear its horn on the new vid here

AFAIK, they can only use one of the tones whilst it's there, so that could either be the low or high one.

 

[Royston Vasey]

Well, here it is in the new colours, every bit as beautiful as we thought! Looks a hell of a lot better in that livery though.

http://twitpic.com/htvd8

 

[starrymarkb]

Oh my word....

 

[37401]

its horrific! the font on Freightliner has changed....for the worse

 

[ukrob]

Looks pretty good to me.

 

[Daimler]

Hmm. That's fairly awful. Every bit as ugly, in fact, as before it was painted! In fact - let me go and check - yes, the 66s look positively stylish in comparison!

Oh well, at least it doesn't 'ying' like the they do.

And what's with that stupid grey 'swoosh' down the side?

 

[fgwrich]

Hmm. That's fairly awful. Every bit as ugly, in fact, as before it was painted! In fact - let me go and check - yes, the 66s look positively stylish in comparison!

Oh well, at least it doesn't 'ying' like the they do.

And what's with that stupid grey 'swoosh' down the side?

Agreed...Thats HIDEOUS!... Still reminds me of a thread that came up on one of the forums...FUGLY...And you can guess what that stands for...

You know i think it actually looked better unpainted than painted...And why those stupidly painted buffers with upper buffers as used on modern units nowadays...Its a freight loco- so there not going to have anything that high up go bang into it!

Funny how this finnaly makes the 66 look like the HST of freight locos...

And as for the grey swoosh...whatever possed Frightliner to do that i dont know...Guess there designers are on a long holiday...

rich

 

[starrymarkb]

The High buffers are for crashworthiness. New UIC rules to protect the driver from frontal impacts* Most builders hide them under streamlined fairings (see Class 380, Desiro City, Electrostar 2, DB S-bahn class 422, Siemens Taurus mk2 and Bombardier TRAXX) - its why most new designs stock have pointy noses

*from obstructions, ie the EMT 158 that hit the bridge.

 

[jopsuk]

head on (like 70005 on the right) it doesn't look too bad.

On 3/4 shot, like 70006- *boik*

Even if it for crash-worthiness, why couldn't they have faired it? Would be easy to make it look much better with a glass fibre cowl surely? In fact, i bet if they had given it a small nose/bonnet fairing, then many here would be in instant love with it...

 

[starrymarkb]

That was the point I was making - other companies integrate it into the design - with most you don't know its there - GE have just stuck it on the front as an afterwards

 

[Moodster020]

Darth Vader lives on!!

 

[37401]

I wonder what FL drivers make of it

 

[Pumbaa]

I'm sorry - that looks truly hideous. Come back 67s... All is forgiven! Seriously though, it just doesn't look right... At all. Nada.

 

[MCR247]

I must agree! Its horrible. when the page loaded I was shocked

 

[fgwrich]

Congratulations Frightliner, Youve got the most hated loco ever to run on UK Rails...Now lets see what happens with Frightliners traffic, and see which services these get put on...

Please Dont be through Basingstoke Though!!!

 

[ukrob]

Congratulations Frightliner, Youve got the most hated loco ever to run on UK Rails...Now lets see what happens with Frightliners traffic, and see which services these get put on...

Please Dont be through Basingstoke Though!!!

I hardly think they care what some enthusiasts think on a forum on the Internet

 

[FLHH East Anglia]

They'll grow on you,don't suppose anyone liked 66's for a start,but hey ho:roll:

 

[Ferret]

don't suppose anyone liked 66's for a start,but hey ho:roll:

Nobody likes 'em now either!!!

As for the 70s, well, at least they'll provide some variety! They do look strange though.......

 

[Jordy]

Different, and hilariously ugly!

 

[Dave R]

looks ugly but i think it'll grow on me, am i right in saying only 30 are to be made and shouldn't dominate freightliner workings, will stand corrected though

 

[Electrostar]

I like them. Freight locos aren't meant to be pretty. They're there to do some hard graft. My only objection is extending the grey swoop to the cab.

 

[Royston Vasey]

Interesting that the only comments on the photo that havent been deleted are the positive ones. Earlier there was a guy saying how hard it would be for operational staff to access th couplings etc., and someone saying how ugly it was!

 

[Daimler]

I like them. Freight locos aren't meant to be pretty. They're there to do some hard graft. My only objection is extending the grey swoop to the cab.

That doesn't mean that design should be ignored or - seemingly as on these - should be deliberately poor.

 

[starrymarkb]

as said on another forum.

We could have sympathy if we knew what was behind those warts. ie "This box is a compressor" or something like that.

The one bit they have styled is the Cab Aircon grill, and that looks like a Ford Edsel! The Hidious Noge Titanium coach comes to mind!

 

[Daimler]

as said on another forum.

We could have sympathy if we knew what was behind those warts. ie "This box is a compressor" or something like that.

The one bit they have styled is the Cab Aircon grill, and that looks like a Ford Edsel! The Hidious Noge Titanium coach comes to mind!

That's quite a point, actually! <shudders>

 

[Bittern]

Well, here it is in the new colours, every bit as beautiful as we thought! Looks a hell of a lot better in that livery though.

http://twitpic.com/htvd8

*Picks up a chair*

BACK! Back you disaster of nature!

 

[fgwrich]

as said on another forum.

We could have sympathy if we knew what was behind those warts. ie "This box is a compressor" or something like that.

The one bit they have styled is the Cab Aircon grill, and that looks like a Ford Edsel! The Hidious Noge Titanium coach comes to mind!

God knows why the designed that like that...it looks like a half melted cheese grator!

Oh well...thatll be all very nice when a pigeon hit the front! Obviously GM didnt think of that one either...

And ive got to say, i actually thought the 60's were ugly...This is far far far worse...At least the 92's had abit more style...

 

[Oswyntail]

What do we want from a freight loco? IMHO, the 56/60/92 family was OK, but the 58/59/66 "style" makes no attempt to reflect anything other than a box on wheels. At least this design bristles with brute force. Come on! I know there are others out there who like it!

 

[BlythPower]

Right, you heard it hear first! The nickname for these beauties will be "Plugs". They're plug ugly and that triangle of headlight/horn enclosure plus the two marker light clusters make them look just like a three pin plug. Freaky. Not in a good way.