Given the other enjoyable threads, I didn't see this topic posed. So, what is the most beautiful electric ever made?
I would have to go with the green 5 stripe GG-1 as the most beautiful electric. This locomotive is among the finest of Raymond Loewy's industrial design triumphs, although, as will properly be noted below, he added finishing touches to the exterior of the GG-1and was not the actual designer. My father surprised me one Christmas morning with the postwar version to operate on my Super "O" layout. Given the comparative price tag at that time, I clearly didn't expect this loco as a present. One of my friends had a Brunswick GG-1 which I loved, and my dad obviously noticed me asking questions about the green 5 stripe GG1 at Lopo's Camera and train about a month before Christmas. Alas, the engine had been sold, and, was no longer in the case the next time we visited Lopo's before Christmas. Of course, I soon found out who bought it...
I still have and run that engine. As a constant, pleasant reminder, I have the beautiful smaller scale version made by Hallmark for Lionel, with its display track and case in the center of the mantle in our family room.
An infinitesimally close second though is the NH EP5 Electric in the McGinnis paint scheme, with that gorgeous black, white and vermilion livery. This New Haven locomotive is clearly a show stopper.
So, there were some definite additional advantages to N.Y. City outlawing steam engines such a very long time ago.
