>>1446053For me it would be German (both West and East) and Polish steam. Pic related PKP class Pt31, introduced in the thirties, in service well into seventies, also served as the basis for the post-war class Pt47. The "thirty-one" is said to be the most successful Polish express steam locomotive (inb4 Pm36-2, she's an overrated, experimental bitch). These locomotives look simple yet aesthetic enough when compared to, say, non-streamlined NYC Hudsons or Niagaras, which look like rugged workhorses despite also being express locomotives.
As of the German steam - any 2-3-1 of theirs is glorious, some of them were used by PKP after the war (class 03 as Pm2 and the streamlined class 03.10 as Pm3).
