Best looking locomotives?

We've got an ugly locomotive thread why not a good looking locomotive thread?

Its kinda hard for me to narrow it down to just one so I'll give a top 5:

1) EMD F Units
2) GG1
3) ALCO RS3
4) D&RGW K36's
5) PRR T1

1. EMD E Units
2. SD40-2
3. Alco S1
4. P42
5. GG1

My favorite 5, in no particular order:

GE Genesis series
EMD SD80MAC/SD9043MAC
EMD SD45
GE AC6000
GE C39-8 (preferably with flames shooting out the stack)
Honorable mention goes to EMD GP20 & SD24, ALCO C430 & C636, GE C40-8M, BBD HR616, and... oh hell, I think all locomotives look great!

Ignoring steam locomotives, many of which would be high on my list, I'm partial to

GG1
EMD E units
Alco PA
SD45

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1 ALCO PA-1/2
2 ALCO C-628 (AF-27)
3 ALCO RS-2/3
4 ALCO FA/FB 1/2
5 EMD FT-A/B

Anything ALCo., particularly the PA and FA carbody units (although, not really a fan of the DL-109).
ALCo. GE/Ingersol Rand Boxcabs (yes, the boxcabs).
EMD Carbody units (E & F).
EMD Hood units up until the 70 series.
Santa Fe's CF-7s (one of the few things I will ever call "cute").
GE units up to the AC- blah, blah, blah stuff.
Baldwin/BLH Sharks, babyfaces and centipedes (we're going on esthetics, not practicality here...)
FM Erie Builds

And of course, the GG1

So, to sum up... curves and streamlined forms and classic EMD hoods.


My thoughts anyway, whatever they're worth.

The GG1 was beautiful in PRR livery, either red or green. But any paint job Amtrak, Conrail, Penn Central, or the commuters put on was butt-ugly.
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Cabs have more appeal to the esthetically-inclined, of course, but I have always operated on the assumption that form follows function. A freight locomotive should present a clean, symmetric design, and streamlining just gets in the way.

And the neatest hoods, in my book, were the early EMD six-motor jobs; the SD-9 was probably the best-known example, but I previously overlooked a clutch of high-nose SD-24's specifically designed for Southern's notorious "Rathole" Division in the early 1960's. Everything about those units spoke raw power.

my top 5:
diesel- 1. emd F7
2. alco PA
3. fairbanks morse trainmaster
4. emd SD 45
5. emd FL9
electric- 1. GG1
2. EP5
3. EP3
4. AEM7
5. E60
steam- 1. 4-8-8-4 big boy
2. 2-6-6-6 allegheny
3. 2-8-4 NKP berkshire
4. pennsy T1 duplex
5. chicago, burlington and quincy 4-8-4s

and to think ive only seen like 2 of these in service..im only 22 so i missed all the good stuff and i get to tell my kids one day that i saw a genesis when i was younger....yay..

Don't know if this is on or off topic, but why can't they build a modern passenger locomotive, with all the latest technological improvements, on an E-8 or 9 carbody? Those Amtrak units are butt ugly.

They could, but it would be prohibitively expensive (curves cost a lot more than straight lines), and there's also the issue of trying to convince the general public the rail travel is the wave of the future rather than a relic of the past.

When it comes to diesels and electrics, I'm partial to the early boxcabs and side-rodders, or anything with spoked wheels.

not in any particular order

1. SD80Mac
2. SD40T-2
3. DD40X
4. U34CH
5. F45

1.Alco RS-1
2.Alco RS-3
3.GE U-25B
4.EMD GP-9
5.Alco C-425

Phase II SD60M (1991-1995)
E9
SD70M
C40-8
SD45
SD45-2
SD50
GP40