How are we doing?

[E7]

GMO? A face only a mother could love.

Took the words right out of my mouth! My only other thought was: I wonder what it looked like before the wreck?

[up148]

Yeah, you have to ask yourself, "what was the designer thinking of with that nose".

[De Bruin]

OK I personally don’t like Rutabagas…But I really like Otto Kuhlers DL109’s; opinion they look like speedy “hot-rods” and are certainly stylistically consistent with Kuhler’s other “Buck Rogers-ish” designs for streamlined locomotives from the 30’s and 40’s like the Milwaukee’s F7 Baltics, LV’s K-5’s etc. The GM&O’s DL-105 versions were originally delivered around 1940 in GM&N’s crimson and silver scheme to pull the Gulf Coast Rebel which was a heavyweight train modernized with stream-styling designed by Kuhler as well.
In my view Craig’s DL was the real star of the Southwest show along with Jim’s Fred Bradley-built Ingalls road switcher. Thanks for posting the photos Jim. As an aside I'm looking forward to getting a shot at finishing one of those door-stop Bay State DLs.

[E7]

Pete, While I doubt one will ever make it into my stable, if it appeals to your sense of style, go for it, as in to each his own. Maybe we should have an ugly engines thread?

[DaveJfr0]

I spent most of the night sorting prototype and project photos. It takes so much more time just to sort through and properly name image files than actually writing blog posts. I barely made a dent. No wonder I've been putting this off for so long.

I cleaned up a few blog post drafts from 2017 and decided to click the submit button. There's some others that I think need a few blanks filled in before I can continue.

I only got in three posts tonight. Maybe more this week or next weekend. What's the point in crafting all of these projects if I don't share them...beyond my brain development, perhaps not much. Enjoy:

https://davejfr0.blogspot.com/2023/12/o ... -test.html

https://davejfr0.blogspot.com/2023/12/o ... odels.html

https://davejfr0.blogspot.com/2017/05/d ... sheet.html