Most Beautiful Locomotives

[Roy]

Wow, I wasn't aware any articulateds were streamlined. That photo makes it look like it has fairly clean lines.

[webenda]

LMS Princess Coronation Class 6229 Duchess of Hamilton

[Roy]

They sure keep those Coronations up nice.

[Roy]

Even un-streamlined, the Coronations look pretty good:



Larger image: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2918/14430839488_82a1cfd176_b.jpg

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Even un-streamlined, the Coronations look pretty good

Clean and tidy lines; sleek w/o encumbrances with those nice fine spoked wheels, and a sharp paint scheme.........all around nice!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Jaw-dropping, both those Coronation engines. I never saw anything like them. Thanks for those photos, Wayne, and Roy (!)

And that Czech locomotive on the previous page looks like a celebration , nearly a riot. Stunning.
Murph

[Roy]

A Russian train:



Larger image: http://i.imgur.com/d3DOXON.png?1

[webenda]

If I google Moscow I get this:


Holy Toledo Roy! I have never seen Moscow like it is in your photo!!!


When did this happen?

[Roy]

It's not Moscow, St. Petersburg or Magnitogorsk - so I don't know where the Toledo it is. In a comment on the photo, someone said it was a train to Putin's Gulag.

[webenda]

It's not Moscow, St. Petersburg or Magnitogorsk - so I don't know where the Toledo it is. In a comment on the photo, someone said it was a train to Putin's Gulag.

It is Moscow City, Moscow, KR.
Reference: https://thetowerinfo.com/supertall-skyscrapers-moscow/
https://globalcoinreport.com/64bb4443d5 ... 03f7ac427/

[MurphOnMillerAve]

When I saw that photo with the dreamy skyline behind the train, I had assumed it was a photo-shopped effort at contrasts, not an actual portrait of any city in Russia, let alone Moscow (!) But we all know what happens, at times, when we assume.

[Roy]

It is Moscow City, Moscow, KR.
Reference: https://thetowerinfo.com/supertall-skyscrapers-moscow/
https://globalcoinreport.com/64bb4443d5 ... 03f7ac427/

How do you know it's Moscow?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

It is Moscow City, Moscow, KR.
Reference: https://thetowerinfo.com/supertall-skyscrapers-moscow/
https://globalcoinreport.com/64bb4443d5 ... 03f7ac427/

How do you know it's Moscow?

How? Wayne is a master at research.
And for me, "Holy Toledo, Roy! I have never seen Moscow like it is in your photo!!!" Wayne's replies hold great weight with me, even when early-on in a discussion, and open for modification later. But don't get excited. I didn't KNOW if it were Moscow.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

How do you know it's Moscow?

By it's ugly nature.......

[Roy]

The engine is a Russian P36 class 4-8-4, built in the 1950s. Some other P36's are green and red. One of the things that attracted me is the combination of the blue engine with the stainless steel cars.