I guess I'm in the minority of railfans that prefers "big and brutish" over "pretty and dainty" when it comes to locomotives.
I prefer the cast steel pilots on Pennsy steam over the bar pilots. Similarly, I"ll take a NYC J-3 Hudson over a J-1, especially one with a PT tender.
The "Britification" of some locomotives, such as the B&O's Lord and Lady Baltimore experimentals and many D&H hogs did nothing for me.
To each his own.