Best looking ALCo?

In your opinion what was the best looking ALCo diesel(s) ever built?

IMO the best looking are the low nose RS11s, RS36s and RSD15s. I just love the long nose with the notches on the corners, something about it just looks "right". Runners up would be the Century 420 and the classic RS3.

Highhood RS11's & C628's enough said.....

C430 and M640

Alco made a bad looking locomotive?

metman499 wrote:Alco made a bad looking locomotive?

only a few!
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my favorite would be the C420 and the PA/FA.
all very stylish.
the high-hood RS11 is also very good looking.

I was never a big fan of the RS2/RS3 design..too bulbous.

Scot

M420W. Of course, I'm kind of biased since those were the only Alco-based units I ever saw in operation.

The old HH models, low hood RS3, high hood RSD12 and RS11 are my favorites.

The BBD HR616 was pretty badass looking.

metman499 wrote:Alco made a bad looking locomotive?

Its not the looks that count, but that one and only Alco sound!

C628, hands down.

Alcoman wrote: Its not the looks that count, but that one and only Alco sound!

I like the U-boat sounds too...

RS-27. It just looks "right."

Petz wrote:

Alcoman wrote: Its not the looks that count, but that one and only Alco sound!

I like the U-boat sounds too...

I thought U-Boats were GE...

The best looking Alcos is definitely found in Lakeville, New York.

The best of the best looking is certainly the LAL's Alco C424 # 424...

I don't know about BEST, but the C636 seems to me to be one of the Alco-iest looking ones: roofline like a Vermont farmhouse that has hada succession of shed/extension add-ons, each one of a different height