Sometimes locomotive design is so bad, so misguided, that the results can be downright lethal.

""Fowler's Ghost" is the nickname given to an experimental fireless 240 steam locomotive designed by John Fowler and built in 1861 for use on the Metropolitan Railway, London's first underground railway. The broad gauge locomotive used exhaust recondensing techniques and a large quantity of fire bricks to retain heat and prevent the emission of smoke and steam in tunnels."

"The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) No. 6399 Fury was an unsuccessful British experimental express passenger locomotive. The intention was to save fuel by using highpressure steam, which is thermodynamically more efficient than lowpressure steam."

"The British Rail Class 220 Voyager is a class of dieselelectric highspeed multipleunit passenger trains built in Belgium by Bombardier Transportation in 2000 and 2001. They were introduced in 2001 to replace the 20yearold InterCity 125 and almost 40yearold Class 47hauled Mark 2 fleets operating on the Cross Country Route. They were initially operated by Virgin CrossCountry and since 2007 have been operated by CrossCountry."

"The British Rail Class 21 was a type of Type 2 dieselelectric locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for British Rail in 1958–1960. They were numbered D6100D6157. Thirtyeight of the locomotives were withdrawn by August 1968; the rest were rebuilt with bigger engines to become Class 29, although those locos only lasted until 1971."

"Doodlebug or hoodlebug is a nickname in the United States for a type of selfpropelled railcar most commonly configured to carry both passengers and freight, often dedicated baggage, mail or express, as in a combine. The name is said to have derived from the perceived insectlike appearance of the units, as well as the slow speeds at which they would doddle or "doodle" down the tracks. Early models were usually powered by a gasoline engine, with either a mechanical drive train or a generator providing electricity to traction motors ("gaselectrics"). In later years, it was common for doodlebugs to be repowered with a diesel engine."

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