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Nostalgia & History > The Best Looking Locomotive Ever?Date: 08/30/15 15:39 The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: MartyBernard PRR GG1 4859 in Harrisburg, PA on December 15, 1986.
Enjoy, Marty Bernard   Date: 08/30/15 15:41 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: icancmp193 I always thought the GG-1 looked like an orthopedic shoe but many others might disagree.
Tom Y Date: 08/30/15 15:42 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: miralomarail I thought you had a photo of a Santa Fe Alco PA-1 to show us , Or a SP GS-4 in Daylight Paint
Date: 08/30/15 16:10 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: Out_Of_Service just some fyi ... the PRR never referred to the electrics as locomotives ... their diesels were called locos/engines/units and the electrics were called motors ...
Date: 08/30/15 16:26 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: tomstp I'll go for the shoe bit!
Date: 08/30/15 16:34 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: UP3806 Just my opinion, but the mid-thirties produced the epitome of locomotive design; the PRR GG-1 and the Challenger steam engines. Both with a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement. Everything after that was just a variation on a theme.
Tom Date: 08/30/15 16:35 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: 41 I thought we were gonna see the E5.
Date: 08/30/15 16:48 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: MartyBernard I showed you an E5 yesterday. Note the question mark in the subject line.
Marty Date: 08/30/15 16:53 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: CPR_4000 Man, this is a tough crowd! :-)
Date: 08/30/15 16:53 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: run8diesel My vote is the E5!
Steve Zahn Gelnview, IL Date: 08/30/15 16:53 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: Lackawanna484 Raymond Loewy
Art Deco and the later Art Moderne still engage and interest thoughtful observers Date: 08/30/15 17:16 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: boejoe This perspective from the stairs at Hbg. station is one angle of the G's we don't usually see. Nice shot.
Date: 08/30/15 17:29 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: agentatascadero I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say "most beautiful", but I would say "most iconic", as she is, to me, THE inage of an electric locomotive. Given that there are so many categories and eras to choose from, it would be very difficult to crown any one locomotive "Most Beautiful". AA
Stanford White Carmel Valley, CA Date: 08/30/15 17:33 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: CPR_4000 Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Raymond Loewy > > Art Deco and the later Art Moderne still engage > and interest thoughtful observers It's a little-known fact that the GG-1 inspired Raymond Loewy to design a line of orthopedic shoes . . . it must be true, you just read it on the internet! Date: 08/30/15 18:00 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: Frisco1522 I'm still laughing over the orthopedic shoe remark. As in anything else, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Date: 08/30/15 18:23 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: SpeederDriver As one who was brought up close to the Hudson River Line when steam was king, I want to yell Niagra or Hudson, but the truth is that the most beautiful locomtive ever built may still be in service. The 611.
Date: 08/30/15 18:34 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: wcamp1472 IMHO..."MOST BEAUTIFUL....?"
THE CLASSIC SP DAYLIGHTS AND THE MATCHING TRAINS THEY HAULED.... INDISPUTABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRAINS IN THE WORLD... YET, I'm a dyed in the wool PENNSY FAN, & I adore the big Gs --- they're beautiful at speeds over 100 per! Wes C. Date: 08/30/15 18:58 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: gbmott Well Marty, you certainly got the troops stirred up! Whether the absolute best looking or not may be open to debate, but the GG-1 is without question a timeless classic. Those are excellent photos, by the way.
Gordon Date: 08/30/15 19:19 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: RuleG My rail interests lean towards the Midwest and the West, but if anyone claimed a GG1 in PRR colors was the best looking locomotive ever, I wouldn't argue.
Thanks for sharing. Date: 08/30/15 19:29 Re: The Best Looking Locomotive Ever? Author: BoilingMan I don't model HO- but I have an HO GG-1. Couldn't resist!
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