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Anonymous
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Favorite railroad
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 2:53 PM
Whats your favorite railroad[?]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 3:00 PM
That's easy (and obvious), the Union Pacific. Southern Pacific and N&W, too............. I guess I can't pick just one, they're all great! (UP still is my fav., though)
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Posted by foxtrackin on Monday, January 12, 2004 3:00 PM
Nickle Plate ( New York,Chicago and St. Louis R.R.) Lake Erie and Western Div.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 3:08 PM
Hands down winner is the Florida East Coast Railway. What other has gone to sea or lasted, without merger or take-over for more than 100 years.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 3:11 PM
Mines the Green Mountain Railroad/Vermont reailroad. The Vermont railroad owns the Washington County RR,Green Mountain RR, Clarendon and Pittsford RR, and the New York and Odgensburg. All these short lines run throughout Vermont and New York.
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Posted by dougdagrump on Monday, January 12, 2004 3:17 PM
For me it has to be the one I went to work for right out of high school as a fireman.
The B&O !
Unfotunately that was cut short by the Vietnam draft.

Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.

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Posted by nfmisso on Monday, January 12, 2004 3:23 PM
guess <G>
Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 5:49 PM
mine is the CNW and Route Rock of course.


Jeremy
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Posted by PistolPete on Monday, January 12, 2004 5:53 PM
BN is the main line I will be modeling but with MEC a very close second. Since it's my world to model maybe I will have an interchange between the two.
"Model Railroading is a great pastime, BUT SOCCER IS A WAY OF LIFE" Enjoy Life Pistol Pete
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 6:39 PM
The New York Central would be my favorite. 20th Century Limited, Pacemaker Freight, Lightening Stripes, Grand Central Terminal, Hudsons & Niagras.
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, January 12, 2004 6:41 PM
Canadian Pacific, the first true Trans-Continental railroad.

Gordon

Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!

K1a - all the way

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Posted by ShaunCN on Monday, January 12, 2004 9:01 PM
Canadian National and Chessie System railroads are my favorite.

ShaunCN
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 9:05 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by nfmisso

guess <G>


Uhhhh.....UP? (Ducks) [:-,][:-^]

Jay
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Posted by EL PARRo on Monday, January 12, 2004 9:07 PM
check my sig
huh?
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Posted by NHRRJET on Monday, January 12, 2004 10:18 PM
My favorite is the New York, New Haven & Hartford. . ."Serving New York, and the great industrial states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island".
Richard L. Abramson
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 10:40 PM
Linking 13 States with the Nation. The Baltimore and Ohio. Its tracks ran 2 blocks from my house when I was growing up. I used to watch the trains from across the street on my grandmother's front porch. Ah, the lovely E's and F's that went by.

In 1955, I did see one steam locomotive go by, but it was partially obscured by the trees and the hillside and I was much too young (3) to know anything about steam locomotives.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:15 AM
Favorite Railroad? That's a no brainer...THe Denver & Rio Grande Western! Mountain railraoding at it's BEST!!
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