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Originally Posted by Dave Rowland
Nicknames - a big unsightly blob at each end with a thin bit in the middle - which slightly resemble Dumb-Bells (empahasis on DUMB), which could easily become DUMBOS? It works for me. God, they ARE awful!
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I would vote for Dumbos / Dumbells.
They still look awful, even in that paint job. Why they didn't bother to design them any better is beyond me. There is just no grace or style to locomotive design anymore.
Even for steam fans, you have to admit, any old first generation British Rail diesel loco looks like a work of art compared to whatever that thing is.
And I thought Class 66 and 67 looked dumb.