Dale Kraus
Photo by Micro-Metakit
It’s a personal opinion, but in the panoply of steam locos, this has to be among the ugliest ever conceived. It’s an Austrian class 57 with a condenser and draft blower attached.
Ugliest Steam Loco Ever?
August 17, 2016Written by Dale Kraus
Looks pretty ugly to me!
Yep, I’d have to agree! Certainly surpasses the Southern Railway’s Q1 class, which until today was atop my list for just plain ugly: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Feltham_Locomotive_Depot_Q!_Class_geograph-2979665-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg