Most Attractive Trains

Maybe the 87/1s but not the 87/2s aka the 90s

 

I would say so as they are both bland design wise. I do think the 90s, or whatever you want to call them, look more attractive than the 87s but the original 87s are better overall.

 

I call the 90s the 87/2s because they are technically the same train, with updated bodywork and a newer system

 

They are mechanically very similar.

 

One of my faves and a one I’d love to see on TSW would be the class 50 in Network Southeast livery.

 

Class 222 DMUs

 

I did like 87s a bit but much preferred roarers especially 83s

 

I personally would take a 87 or an 86 over a roarer

 

The 180s actually look nice in GC livery. Looks can be deceiving!

 

It is not just 222s almost all second generation units I just find hideous.

 

Fair enough

 

They are better looking than Voyagers. Cover the coupling and they would look much better.

 

Yep, meridians are the best looking 125mph dmus

 

Mmm, I would say 180s and then 222s.

 

Personally, I think the voyagers have a better look... in the old Virgin Trains livery.

 

They don't look bad but I prefer the similar XC livery on them.

 

That works too.

The Avanti livery just looks ugly. The same with the Pendolinos.

 

Just in case anyone has been living under a rock this is the XC livery:

 

Agreed, it's a horrible looking scheme.

 

There is a reason why they have been forgotten in this thread. Look how ugly these are:

 

Well the more important thing is now anyways is that they do they job not how they look

 

How about a JR West/Central N700s On the Kyoto to Kagoshima route this train gets treated as a commuter train if you need to go Kyoto to Kobe round trip using the Shinkansen 1.435m tracks.

If you are standing inside Kyoto Station on the 1.067m tracks how about the JR EF210 this will run there down to Hiroshima or in tow with a Dual Voltage 20kv 50/60hz 1.5kv DC loco towards the Kamon Tunnel

 

I wouldn't call the first one particularly attractive and the second one is pure ugliness!

 

The N700s get a no, but the 700s get a yes.


But the 500 series are absolutely gorgeous.

 

Not in this thread!

 

I know everyone has different tastes but these are just plain ugly!

 

I can only agree with you mate.

 

Sorry, but I personally think they look better than some of the UK boxes already posted in this thread.

 

They look better than the 460s I’ll admit that, but otherwise they really look rather horrible personally!!!

 

Ok then and speaking of a JR West Kyoto locomotive which one will be an attractive one

 

This absolute beauty, the proposed INTERCITY 250

 

Do you mean a Darth Vader EMU due to their fronts? how about a Riesa-Dresden DB BR180 DR BR230 Knödelpresse

 

The 800 is nice and all that, pretty, smooth & clean looking a more realised 395 and a better Hitachi model frankly, but it's kinda safe, cookie cutter high speed with all the roundness, dangling near the edge over-streamlining, loosing all distinctive character & striking edge, turning it into another slick pill. Like modern Shinkansens, they're all too goofy looking.


I see Hitachi models as indicative of everything becoming homogenised, just not that exciting to me, and nothing compared to the TGV Sud Est. A classic 'sports train'.


On the flip side the Renfe Class 100 is an example of how to spoil a great design. Just a TGV guilty of eating too much Paella on holiday!

I mean I tell you what if we ever get a piece of ECML, and if it's only one piece of intercity stock, it better be the 91 as the 801 will be the boring choice imo.

 

Both of these would be in the ugly pile personally.

 

No I meant the BR class 460s that had been referred to earlier in the thread!!!
That is ugly

 

The 250 looks better than the 225 for me

 

No way! The 225 is much nicer looking!

 

Ye!

 

Put them in the ugly thread mate!

 

imo it might look better in another color rather than yellow nose

 

Maybe.

 

The atlantique is the prettiest TGV train

 

The 250 looks like something HS2 would use, wish it became a reality

 

That is hideous

 

Why all the hate for the IC250

 

Cuz it isn't very elegant. It looks like the APT but downgraded.

 

Just no. Modern British trains look wrong without yellow fronts and they are there for more than aesthetics.

 

The 250 or HS2?

 

Because it is hideous

 

A 101 with a nice long rake of IC coaches, and driving trailer



Same goes for a class 87 in IC Swallow with Mk3s



The ICE1


The 321 family is a neat design, particularly in this superb livery