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European Railroad Discussion > EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the PondDate: 08/12/24 12:37 EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the Pond Author: exhaustED A beautiful sunny evening today, just begging for the camera to get out... so here are a couple of well-loaded intermodal trains heading north along the UK's West Coast main line, just entering Rugeley Trent Valley station, north of Birmingham. The first is a Freightliner (G and W) EMD class 66 working from London to Liverpool and the second is a Freightliner GE class 70 heading from Southampton to Crewe (and ultimately Glasgow behind electric traction).
  Date: 08/12/24 18:42 Re: EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the Pond Author: dwatry Nice shots! Impressive superelevation.
Date: 08/25/24 03:42 Re: EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the Pond Author: coach EMD's look better.
Date: 08/25/24 04:10 Re: EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the Pond Author: exhaustED coach Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > EMD's look better. Ha ha, the vast majority of people would agree with you! But i really prefer the GE class 70s; they're more powerful, they sound much better and they're very distinctive with their single windshield and hood with access doors design. Each to their own, the 66s are very successful and I do still like them also... Date: 08/25/24 19:04 Re: EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the Pond Author: PHall exhaustED Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > coach Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > EMD's look better. > > Ha ha, the vast majority of people would agree > with you! But i really prefer the GE class 70s; > they're more powerful, they sound much better and > they're very distinctive with their single > windshield and hood with access doors design. Each > to their own, the 66s are very successful and I do > still like them also... The GE's look like a bunch of modules that were slammed together with not a care about appearance. Date: 08/26/24 01:09 Re: EMD and GE Locos Working Hard Across the Pond Author: exhaustED PHall Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The GE's look like a bunch of modules that were > slammed together with not a care about appearance. I think appearance isn't often of very high priority when lfreight ocomotives are being designed; function is what they're about.In my opinion the 66s are particularly bland and conservative,2 windows, no snowplough and a cheap-looking corrugated flank with a high waistline that exposes lots of quite unsightly pipework etc. |