Harry,
You wrote:
> >But ... but ... the PROTOTYPE did it!!
> >Steve
>
> But that didn't make it attractive. Petticoat Junction set the
> public's image of locomotive aesthetics back 100 years.(?) Now on the
> other hand, paint a locomotive lilac purple, line and stripe and polish it
> from head to foot, hang the name of a town in brass and garlands of poseys
> as well as a gilt-edged portrait of 'er Majesty on it, now THERE'S
> aesthetics for you! :-)
Didn't someone once say "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?" But the
Brits weren't alone in extensive - one might say garish - ornament. The
decorative aspects of mid-19th century American locomotives yield numerous
examples as well!
- - Steve
