roxyguy Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 General Motors made this in the fifties. I was a complete flop for various reasons. Always thought they looked cool. I have a the original varney model from the fifties. Con-cor have done a fabulous version recently aswell. Here's a video of the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 General Motors made this in the fifties. I was a complete flop for various reasons. Always thought they looked cool. I have a the original varney model from the fifties. Con-cor have done a fabulous version recently aswell. Here's a video of the model. So why did it flop? Know anything about the Air Suspension system mentioned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UP6936 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 It flopped for a number of reasons. Firstly, the coaches were two axle bus bodies, so had a harsh ride. Secondly, the loco was underpowered, as it was essentially a switching loco in a casing. In addition, the casing made maintenance difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxyguy Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 That's right. It was underpowered and had suspension issues. In terms of its looks its a bit of a marmite character - love or hate it. I love it. It combines design elements from classic american car design and sci-fi of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I have this loco on the front of one of my old books from the 70's, always thought it looked amazing. I'm a tad underwhelmed to realise it's the lovechild of a Ford Capri and a 121, with the performance of neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Used get 2nd hand childrens' picture books of railways of the world as a kid, one had a pic of one of those as the 'way of the future' so to speak. The books were so old I thought places like Ceylon and Rhodesia still existed...and one book had a full colour pic of a GNRI VS on the Enterprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxyguy Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 it's the lovechild of a Ford Capri and a 121, with the performance of neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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