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Out of the Big 3, who had the most A E S T H E T I C steam locos?
>American
>huge, "dirty," very industrial looking
>designed purely with performance in mind, very little thought given to streamlining and aesthetics until the Art Deco movement
>British
>QUINTESSENTIALLY
>kawaii as fuck, glossy finishes, very conservative styling, regal
>German
>dat red-black livery, dem smoke deflectors
>sort of a hybrid between American and British locos in the attention towards being physically pleasing to the eye while still retaining exposes plumbing that gives off a very macho aura
inb4 a bunch of turbo-autists whining about why I didn't include their irrelevant country's locomotives in the list
