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The shot of Sandwich snaking out of PE with a long train of mainly blood and custard coaches is a glorious and for me, unashamedly nostalgic reminder, of  just how wonderful our railways used to look. Gilbert, I salute you! 

 

Best wishes one and all,

 

Alastair

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34 minutes ago, 3rd Rail Exile said:

Are you stretching "streamlining" to include "air-smoothing"? The two are not the same... :) 

 

If so:  Best - either variety of Spam can.  Worst - streamlined "King" as mentioned previously...

Good point, yes, streamlined or air smoothed both count, as really trying to achieve the same thing.

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55 minutes ago, great northern said:

 

There were also some mentions of dodgy attempts at streamlining, so we shall have that as the theme of today's poll. Votes please for the best and worst looking  streamlined steam locomotives, and we will extend this world wide again. Once more aesthetics matter,  rather than success or otherwise of the design in doing what it was supposed to do.

 

 

 

Best looking streamlined loco:

 

SNCB Type 12

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCB_Type_12

 

Worst looking; for me also GW Castle.

 

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1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

Sandwich approaches the photographer.

 

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

The last time I went to Sandwich I was watching Tiger Woods. 

I find it more usual for the photographer to approach the sandwich.

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Best and worst looking streamlined locomotives.

 

The best is easy. The A4.

 

The worst I find more difficult as there were so many awful looking streamlined efforts. At first I though about the GWR attemps but no, they were daft not ugly. Eventually the interweb provided me with this. A French 4-6-0 apparently nicknamed Joconde (Mona Lisa) by railwaymen. I cannot see the resemblance...

 

image.png.164853d82fdb1ab2a642add7f9191932.png

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

 

I find it more usual for the photographer to approach the sandwich.

I accept no responsibility for the LNER's policy regarding the naming of locomotives. However, I shall be doing as you suggest very shortly.

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47 minutes ago, TrevorP1 said:

Best and worst looking streamlined locomotives.

 

The best is easy. The A4.

 

The worst I find more difficult as there were so many awful looking streamlined efforts. At first I though about the GWR attemps but no, they were daft not ugly. Eventually the interweb provided me with this. A French 4-6-0 apparently nicknamed Joconde (Mona Lisa) by railwaymen. I cannot see the resemblance...

 

image.png.164853d82fdb1ab2a642add7f9191932.png

 

 

 

De Gaulle more like. It really does have a huge nose.

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1 hour ago, TrevorP1 said:

Best and worst looking streamlined locomotives.

 

The best is easy. The A4.

 

The worst I find more difficult as there were so many awful looking streamlined efforts. At first I though about the GWR attemps but no, they were daft not ugly. Eventually the interweb provided me with this. A French 4-6-0 apparently nicknamed Joconde (Mona Lisa) by railwaymen. I cannot see the resemblance...

 

image.png.164853d82fdb1ab2a642add7f9191932.png

 

 

 


Another vote for the French Monstrosity de moi, and not just because it is French, but because it is truly ugly !

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Beaten to the 'Joconde'.   Even my (French) wife said it was a monstrosity.

 

I'd be very specific and say the silver A4s.   The only thing I've seen which looked better than an A4 when put next to it was the Bugatti they reckon inspired it (in the NRM a few years ago, not sure whether it's still there.

 

 

 

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As a lover of ALCo diesels,I’m going to vote for the ‘World series’.
 

As the name suggest similar designs went right around the world although I was never lucky enough to see them in their prime in the States. My experience is in Greece, Spain and Australia, but I love the look wherever it is.
 

https://images.app.goo.gl/AQWWRLvVSgYdjDiv7

 

I don’t have a wide enough knowledge to vote for the worst.

 

Andy

 

 

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1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

So you like Loewy but not Dreyfuss. And the T1 does seem to have been a bit of an enigma - Lucius Beebe described it as having "burning of Rome smoke effects". Next we'll be discussing Budd versus Pullman Standard!

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1 minute ago, thegreenhowards said:

As a lover of ALCo diesels,I’m going to vote for the ‘World series’.
 

As the name suggest similar designs went right around the world although I was never lucky enough to see them in their prime in the States. My experience is in Greece, Spain and Australia, but I love the look wherever it is.
 

https://images.app.goo.gl/6NXffvjH6A3F6AbWA

 

I don’t have a wide enough knowledge to vote for the worst.

 

Andy

 

 

Umm, I think that image is EMD E7s? Did you mean Alco PAs?

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If the EMD was classified as a streamliner then surely the same could apply to any bonneted diseasel?

 

Funnily enough one could argue that the best looking streamliner on British rails os our trusty friend the HST, except that's not steam either!

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3 minutes ago, thegreenhowards said:

As a lover of ALCo diesels,I’m going to vote for the ‘World series’.
 

As the name suggest similar designs went right around the world although I was never lucky enough to see them in their prime in the States. My experience is in Greece, Spain and Australia, but I love the look wherever it is.
 

https://images.app.goo.gl/AQWWRLvVSgYdjDiv7

 

I don’t have a wide enough knowledge to vote for the worst.

 

Andy

 

 

I did specify steam locomotives Andy. Would you like to have another go?

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