Folks I like researching the web, and I have collected some fascinating photos of real locomotives and rolling stock. I'd like to show my most interesting ones and of course, everyone is welcome to post their own interesting photos.
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In a word,,,,,,,,NO! In fact, not only no, but he)) NO!!!!!!!
It makes the Selkirk front end of late NYC look good.
I understand your sentiments.
On the other hand, it would certainly add variety to your lay-out.
Just paint it Hiawatha colors. It would be a lot closer than that Northern.
Pete
The tender is especially hideous...
MELGAR
Vincent Massi posted:I understand your sentiments.
On the other hand, it would certainly add variety to your lay-out.
Not really, as it is European.
OK, how about this American engine?
BTW, Vincent's post depicts Dutch Railways locomotive# 3804 circa 1936.
Farmer_Bill posted:OK, how about this American engine?
No problem! I would have loved to of owned a model of that Southern Pacific "Shop Switcher", i.e. "Taylor Round House", in Los Angeles, or ANY of the other SP "Shop Switchers". Note that it is working among all the big SP cab forward locomotives.
Farmer_Bill posted:OK, how about this American engine?
SP Shop Switcher. Yes. I have two others already.
Pete
None of the above......they did build some ugly streamliners, didn't they? Of course, maybe like VW bugs, '34 Hupmobiles, and Chrysler Airflows, they might "grow" on you.
Here you see the Dutch 3804 on a contemporary poster advertising. Not that bad I think.
Regards
Fred
Yes to both.
There is not one thing posted here that I would even think about owning, European or not.
Dave
I'd love one of those armored German trains in O; locomotive, passenger/troop cars, and big gun cars. Bonus if the gun is Legacy controlled and I can shoot foam darts from it.
Farmer Bill believes "BTW, Vincent's post depicts Dutch Railways locomotive# 3804 circa 1936." I have also seen it identified as an early German armored locomotive.
I think both locos are pretty cool but I'm not sure I would want either on my layout. Neither loco fits in with my layout scheme but both would be fun to run. The Dutch loco would, IMHO, look good pulling some passenger cars.
Vincent that looks like something the Germans did during WWII to protect the locos from Allied air attacks. If you were modeling Europe during that time frame it would be perfect.