GM Nobabs

Cold Spring Shops mentions the classic GM Nobab locomotives, once seen in Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg and Hungary, looking very much like a double-ended version of the classic EMD F-Unit.

I have always associated these locomotives with a family holiday in Denmark, when I was nine years old. They were the first foreign trains I had ever seen, and my first sight was one waiting to leave Esbjerg with what I presume was a boat train. They seemed pretty much ubiquitous in the country, with just about everything loco-hauled I remember seeing having one of these maroon beasts on the front. I even had haulage behind one, from Roskilde to Copenhagen and back.

Not exactly appropriate for Switzerland, but I couldn't resist running one in the classic Epoch III livery of maroon with gold 'go faster' stripes. Unfortunately the Minitrix model is one of their older, cruder models. This is a iconic loco (a bit like the equally iconic SBB Ae6/6 visible in the background) that really cries out for a state of the art model.