From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
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    "conklin"  wrote:   
      
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   > news:7p2k4ade9d4ltuq5ugajtuu3c8q9958998@4ax.com...   
      
   > > Some of them may have thought such locos a bit brutal looking with   
   > > much of the piping and other bits visible compared to a British Loco.   
   > > Conversely after that the period the final post war builds of British   
   > > Locos were designed with features incorporating North American ideas   
   > > where the accessibility to maintain the bits was becoming more   
   > > important than an uncluttered look.   
      
      
   Into 1956, British Rail was still building 0-6-0 steam locomotives that   
   looked like this:   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:9466_Tyseley_(1).jpg   
      
   Then, for a 6 wheel diesel replacement, there were several hundred of   
   these kicking about all over the country:   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yeoman_Class_08.JPG   
      
   It's easy for me to see why British steam locomotives seem so much more   
   popular than their diesel locomotives.   
      
   > You are rightt that ease of service was the issue, with the  sleek look   
   > making service harder and the American focus was on keeping the working   
   > parts accessible.   
      
      
   There was also the deal where the typical British steam locomotive   
   didn't need an air pump and related air brake pipe scattered all over   
   the boiler since they used vacuum brakes during the steam years.   
      
   Imagine what Great Northern locomotives, in their splendid Green and   
   Silver paint, would have looked like had they not also had to have air   
   pumps on them:   
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnm3000/7860816500/   
      
      
   > However, fo diesels, I don't see the ugly designs we get today, compared to   
   > the "steamliners," is a service issue.  Ugly cars don't sell.  Ugly engines   
   > do.   
      
      
   With the decline of passenger trains in the USA, the only thing left is   
   what pulls freight trains. For the most part, the management of the   
   railroad doesn't care what the locomotive looks like so long as it is   
   working well   
   http://www.railpictures.net/photo/331015/   
      
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