Sir TophamHatt Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Does anyone have any ideas of attractive locos to collect? I haven't really noticed before but the City of Truro is quite an attractive looking engine. I know it's personal preference but any that are particularly high on your list to collect? Or one train you're really glad to own? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 LMS Pacifics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted February 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2017 Look out for the n gauge Highland railway duke, now that's a pretty engine, if only it was available in 4mm.... Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The ALCo PA is a design classic. Get one in ATSF Warbonnet and sit back and marvel at it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The ALCo PA is a design classic. Get one in ATSF Warbonnet and sit back and marvel at it. On another thread a 16xx Pannier tank is described as 'cute'. Close enough? Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big James Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Rebuilt SR light Pacific are my favourite class and I think the most attractive. Big james Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted February 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2017 Where to start? So many, how about: LMS Princess Coronation/Duchess, de-streamlined. Yes, it's a cliche but possibly the finest hour of British steam Bulleid air smoothed and rebuilt pacifics, both MN and BoB/WC, flawed brilliance and in rebuilt form some of the finest looking of any kettles GWR Castle, there is something especially elegant about GWR 4-6-0s and the Castles were the finest of themall IMO Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Duplex, Raymond Loewy styling, perhaps the most striking kettles? New Haven I5 Hudson, aesthetic brilliance Class 47, two tone green, a design classic E444, production series, blue/grey, Italian greatness E428 castano/Isabella, third series, tremendous!!! E636 castano/isabello, Italian quirkiness, maybe an acquired taste but a taste which is compelling once acquired Class 87, BR blue DB Br103, cream/redwith skirts, a genuine icon Plenty more but that's enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 DELTIC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Turpin Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 My advise is: for God's sake grab an Ivatt Atlantic in GNR livery while you can, they don't come any more attractive than those, then look out for a Brighton Atlantic to go with it when someone announces a pre-grouping version. Everything else after that will just be personal preference, but you might just consider a GNR Stirling single to keep the Ivatt Atlantic company. At that point you might start looking into how to build/paint coaches, wagons to go with them. Whayay you have got a hobby. Happy day! What more did you want out of life. Where's the beer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Way too many Bulleid "MN" and Light Pacific parts stashed away in various places. Same thing with Stanier Pacifics and BR Standards..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 10, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2017 GNR(I) locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted February 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2017 Another iconic train is the Series 0 Shinkansen/bullet train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hornby Pecketts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Once had every livery version of Hornby's 101 Holden tank. That was colourful. Awaiting the 1p 0-4-4T in Midland livery from Bachmann. That should be pretty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Where to start? So many, how about: LMS Princess Coronation/Duchess, de-streamlined. Yes, it's a cliche but possibly the finest hour of British steam Bulleid air smoothed and rebuilt pacifics, both MN and BoB/WC, flawed brilliance and in rebuilt form some of the finest looking of any kettles GWR Castle, there is something especially elegant about GWR 4-6-0s and the Castles were the finest of themall IMO ...Class 47, two tone green, a design classic ...Class 87, BR blue ... Plenty more but that's enough. Personal taste, I guess, but most design gurus would put a Western high up the list of pretty British diesels and it may also have been Misha Black's best design (I'd agree. and I'm not generally a Western fanboy). For the electrics, I think classes 81-85 are pretty special; all designed to have a family look. Clean, very 50s modern in that peculiarly restrained British way. I have a soft spot for the looks of the Clayton. They may be notorious as one of the least successful British diesel designs, but the aesthetics were pretty bang-on, especially when enhanced by the original and rather lovely two-tone green paint job. Ken Grange's styling of the HST is also very purposeful - to my eye they look best in their original blue/grey "flying banana" livery, while the modern redesign of the light units has rather spoiled the smooth good looks of the face. Lots of people will have massively different views about the finest-looking steam locos. I think the D16 and B12 family from the GER are very fine-looking locomotives. For purposeful power, the Southern's Schools class is hard to beat. And I confess to having a huge soft spot for Bulleid's Q1, pure Bauhaus smuggled onto the railway while everyone else was distracted. To the OP - happy collecting! Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted February 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hornby Pecketts. I'm not a steam fan, but got to agree - even I'm tempted by one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Most steam locomotives in pre-grouping livery. The C class in fully lined SECR livery is stunning (if you can get one now for a realistic price) and the NRM DELTIC is really good eye candy. Also the class 03 as 03179 in NSE livery is pretty. The H&P Peckett is certainly the prettiest of the first release trio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Terriers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I really like the late Victorian small 0-6-0s - good examples available as models are the J15, Dean goods and C class - which remained essential for moving freight on secondary routes into the 1960s, when road transport finally eliminated their role. The general format had been well developed by the 1870s, and they are consistently workmanlike and 'honest' machines; yet harmoniously styled and finished almost without exception. (The LB&SCR managed to weird up one of their designs by incongruously sticking two domes on, but that's Brighton's celebrated lack of taste all over, it must have looked unexceptional to eyes accustomed to Fatty's beach hut.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Definitely in the eye of the beholder - LMS Beyer-Garratts, 9Fs, Q1s, The Big Boys, 'Cab Forwards', S.P. 'Daylight' loco, NSW 3801 and the entire RHDR fleet for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 The saying is - Go West - where two locos really do it for me - The Manor Class - I don't know why (the design is somehow tighter than the Grange, it is overall more appealing..) But for outstanding harmony in design and the purest steam locomotive beauty it can only be the Collet 4575 Prairie tank.. Nothing comes close - It demonstrates the heart of a great designer.. Which is why I have one immortalized in brass at O scale... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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