What railroads have you seen?

[Anonymous]

CSX: Stealth, YN1 (all versions), YN2, YN3, Chessie, RF&P, Conrail, EMD, Seaboard System, Family Lines, C&O.

NS: Horsehead, other scheme, Conrail.

BNSF: H2, H1, Santa Fe warbonnet (Red & Silver), Santa Fe Warbonnet ( Blue & Yellow), BN Executive, BN, BN Whiteface.

UP: Regular Scheme, Lightning Bolt w/ wings, Lightning Bolt w/ wings & flags, Southern Pacific, Cotton Belt, CNW, Rio Grande.

KCS and affiliates: KCS, TFM, TM.

CN: CN North America, Regular scheme, Wisconsin Central, Illinois Central.

Canadian Pacific: Golden Beaver, Pac Man, Dual Flags.

Rent-a-wrecks: FURX, GCFX, CEFX, HLCX, HATX, HLGX, BDLX, LTEX

Delaware Coast Line

Maryland Midland

Nebraska Central

MARC

WMATA

Septa

I'm sure there's more but I can't think of any others right now.



-JOhn Zuna

[Anonymous]

I haven't been around long enough to see lots of stuff, but I have seen lost fo NS stuff, Amtrak, and some Southern freight cars.
Reed

[Anonymous]

Well sence I live in southern ontario I've only seen 3 railroad paint shceme's CP rail, CN and rail link

[Anonymous]

In the ancient past, C&NW commuters, C&NW trains pulling with the occasional UP (in the early 70s), SP, D&RGW, or N&W (leased or bought & not repainted, not sure). I seem to remember also seeing B&O or C&O. Of course, UP's about as common as dirt around here now.

And the late, great Wisconsin Central.
White Pass & Yukon
CN
CP
SOO
Milwaukee Road
Amtrak (Hiawatha and Empire Builder)
Santa Fe (hauling at over 70 mph southbound between Matfield Green and Cassoday, KS)

I think I remember seeing a big white F7 or 9 in Sarasota when I was 3 (mid-60s), and maybe a BL2.

I saw Milwaukee Road #2057 two years ago switching in Milwaukee at Froedtert Malt.

And just today saw a Wisconsin & Southern way freight go by pulling one car.

As many places as I got to when I was a kid, it's a wonder we didn't get stopped by more trains (dad had 2 weeks off every July for factory shutdown & inventory).

[Anonymous]

L.I.R.R.
Metrolink
Amtrak
Amtrak California
NYC Transit
Utah Railway
SEPTA
NJT
UP-almost everyday
Santa Fe
BNSF
Conrail
Metra
RF&P
L.A. metro

Not much.

[Anonymous]

Conrail, NS, CSX, most of the leasing companies, LMS, UP w/ flags, Amtrak, MBTA, Guilford, New England Central, P&W, CN, BNSF

[Anonymous]

Class 1:
CSX
NS
CN
UP
Conrail
CP

Regional:
Guilford
Wisconsin Central
New England Central
Bangor & Aroostook
Montreal Maine & Atlantic
Providence & Worcester

Shortlines:
Central New England
Connecticut Southern
Housatonic Railroad

Passenger:
Amtrak
MTBA
Metro-North
METRA

Leasers:
HLCX
CEFX

[Anonymous]

What have I seen?

In person:

CP
CN
VIA
ONT (Ontario Northland)
BCR (BC Rail)
INCX (Inco)
StL&A (St. Lawrence & Atlantic)
AC (Algoma Central).
DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn)
BR (British Rail)
GOT (GO Transit)

Power:
All the above, as well as:
UP
SOO
ATSF
BNSF
DRG&W
AMTRAK
NS
CR
CSX
WC
IC
KCS

I won't even start counting rolling stock.

[Anonymous]

Lets see
BNSF
BN
ATSF
UP
CNW
KCS
NS
SP
DRGW
CSX
GT
SOO
MRL
FURX
HLCX
MSDR
FWWR
Quincy Railroad
Amtrak
CN
CP
IC
WC
R&S
G&W
B&S
B&P
Conrail
SSW
AZCR
Gulf Colorado & San Saba
Metra
TRE
Metrolink
GO Transit
Coater
Kansas & Oklahoma (GP30's Wichita, Kansas Harry St.)
GCRY
DGNO
Indiana Railroad
Indiana & Ohio
New England Central
CEFX
Georgia Southwestern
GATX
Alliance Auto Facility switcher
Trinity Industries Switcher

I may have forgotten a few.

-Matt

[Fergmiester]

I'm envious

CN
CP
Devco
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia CBNS
Burlington Northern with CBNS over right
Rail Lease
Via
Terra Rail (CN Newfoundland Railway)
Guilfords
LMS
British Rail
New Brunswick Southern

[Anonymous]

Counting museum pieces I'd I've seen 250 railroads, I didn't post museum stuff because of size.

[Anonymous]

Wow, none of you older guys mentioned the second transcontinental, the Northern Pacific or NP. If you saw the GN, you likely saw the N.P. too. At 54 I think I've forgotten more than I can remember!

[Anonymous]

This is what locomotives I've seen actually operate, if I went by photos that would be almost every railroad ever in the USA...

BNSF
Heritage I and II
"Executive" scheme
ex-Santa Fe blue and yellow
ex-BN Cascade Green

NS
black "Thoroughbred" scheme

UP
yellow scheme, of course.

KCS
both white and gray schemes

CN
"North America" scheme with "zebra stripes"

Wisconsin Central
Utah Railway
some leasor with an all-blue locomotive paint job...
and probably some more that don't come to mind now.

[andrechapelon]

Domestic Class 1:

Pre Merger era (i.e. prior to 1980):

ATSF
SP
UP
GN
SP&S
CMStP&P
SAL
ACL
L&N
D&RGW (Std & Narrow)
WP
C&NW

Post merger era:

BN
BNSF
UP
SP
ATSF
Conrail
NS
CSX

Regional/shortline:

Guilford
Green Mountain
Vermont
SJVR
Arizona & California
Northwestern Pacific
Farmrail
McCloud River RR
Yreka Western
OC&E
Amador Central


Also, the usual commute/passenger suspects like Amtrak, MetroLink, Cal Train, MBTA, Metro-North, METRA

Preserved:

Niles Canyon
Nevada Northern
Roaring Camp
Sierra (Railtown 1897)
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington
Belfast & Moosehead Lake
Conway Scenic
Valley Railroad
Georgetown Loop

Foreign:

Mexico:

NDeM
FCP
S-BC

Canada:

CN
CP
BCR

New Zealand:

NZGR (now NZTrans or some such nonsense)

UK (includes preserved lines):

British Rail
Bluebell
Mid-Hants
Severn Valley
North Yorkshire Moors
Strathspey
West Somerset
Kent & East Sussex
Welsh Highland
Ffestiniog
Llangollen
Gloucestshire & Warwickshire
South Devon

Continental Europe:

DB
SNCF
RENFE
FS
OeBB
SBB
BLS
NS
MAV



Andre

[Anonymous]

Hmmm............
UP
BNSF
NS
CR
SOO
CSX
B&O
C&O
ATSF (both schemes, and even an SF/SP Kodachrome)
BN
Sea Board Air Line
FEC
KCS
Rio Grande
SP
Cotton Belt
FURX
Oakway
CP
CN
Grand Rapids Eastern
Mid Michigan Rail
Grand Trunk
Pere Marquette
South Shore Line
Amtrak
METRA
Wisconson Central
Wisconson Southern
EMD
GE
Nickel Plate Road
HLCX
CNW
IC
Chessie System
VIA Rail
Coopersville & Marne
Central Vermont
Penn Central

[Anonymous]

I forgot that I've also seen an Oakway SD60.

[Noah Hofrichter]

Well, from what I can remember,

Class 1's
CSX
BN (Sighting Pre Merger)
ATSF(sighting pre merger)
BNSF
CP
UP
NS
SOO line
CNW
WC
IC

Leasors
HLCX
FURX
EMD Demonstrator

Reional
WSOR

Tourist
Mid Cotinental Railway (North Freedom WI)

Passenger
Amtrack
the EL in Chicago

I've probably seen a good deal more than this in a few areas, but i don't remember them at the moment.

Noah

[Anonymous]

In my life time, PRR,B&O,READING,LIRR, NH,ACL,SAL,RF&P,SOUTHERN, FEC AND NYC.

[Anonymous]

All I have seen so far:
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
CSX
Chessie System
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (RIP)
Nickel Plate Road (what's the official name?)
Ford Motor Co. industrial swithcers
Amtrak
VIA Rail
Canadian National
Nacionales De Mexico

[BRAKIE]

I seen locomotives from:
Fallen Flags
C&O,B&O,Erie,Wabash,NKP,E-L,PRR ,AC&Y,NYC,N&W,Southern, L&N,DT&L,D&TSL,Santa Fe,UP,NH,CRR,ACL,SAL,SCL,NH,RDG,PRSL,GN,CB&Q,MP,GM&O PC and Chessie.
From todays
BNSF,UP,IC,CP,CN,R.J.Corman,Ashland RY,NS,CSX,WC,I&O,NOW,FURX,CEFX,HLCX,OC and TTI

[Anonymous]

CSX, Conrail, NS, UP, BNSF, CP Rail, BN, KCS, SP, N&W, CN, B&LE, DM&IR, B&P, G&W, W&LE, and that's all I can remember off the top of my head.

The only BNSF I've ever seen was nine somethings (too far away) sitting outside the GE plant in Erie.

[Hawks05]

as far as locomotives i've only seen. UP, NS, CSX, SOO Line, BNSF, if you count the BN green BNSF loco i saw sunday then its 6.

i know you said no freight cars but i've seen some weird ones around here. Cotton Belt, KCS, British Columbia Railway, Conrail, Grant Trunk, Winchester & Western Railroad.

[Anonymous]

BNSF, UP, KCS. ATSF, BN, CRI&P, NS, SOU, CSX, SSW, SP, MKT, TRINITY, CONRAIL, WP, and GN.

[Junctionfan]

I have seen KCS, TFM, UP, Cottonbelt, Guilford, BNSF, ATSF, BN, CN, CR, NS, CSX, Alaska, CNW, CP, SOO, STLH, DW&P, GT, IC, WC, Ontario Northern, BC Rail, SP, QGRY, CEFX, FURX, GATX, HATX, LLPX, GEC Alstom, Algoma Centreal, ex Pennsylvania F units on a CN train, D&H 10 years ago, VIA, Amtrak, Guilford B&M, GEXR, Hamilton Raillink, Trillium Railways, EMD, and Montana Raillink. Saw them either in Ontario or in Buffalo.

[Anonymous]

Well let's see....going back to when I was a kid I saw MoPac, Frisco, GM&O. In later years BN, UP, WP, D&RG, Pennsy, PC, B&O, ATSF, SP, SLSW, Katy, Plus numerous short lines and leased units.

[Anonymous]

You have seen a lot.

[Anonymous]

Here is my list, this is for locomotives, not freight cars


Class 1's

Norfolk Southern
Conrail

BNSF
Santa Fe (both schemes)
Burlington Northern

CSX
Richmond Fredricksburg & Potomac

Union Pacific
Cotton Belt
Southern Pacific
Rio Grande
Chicago & North Western

CP Rail (almost every scheme)
St Lawrence & Hudson
Soo Line

Canadian National
Wisconsin Central
Illinois Central

Leasors:

FURX
CEFX
HLCX
GCFX

Regionals:

Reading & Northern
New York Susquehanna & Western
I&M Rail Link
Iowa Chicago & Eastern
Dakota Minnesota & Eastern
Providence & Worcester
Bangor & Arostook
New England Central
Guilford

Short Lines:

Delaware-Lackawanna
Black River & Western
New Hope & Ivyland
North Shore
Nittany & Bald Eagle
Lycoming Valley
RJ Corman Allentown Lines
RJ Corman Pennsylvania Lines
Mohawk Adirondack & Northern
Morristown & Erie
Erie Mining
Lancaster & Northern
East Penn
New York & Atlantic
Claredon & Pittsford
Vermont Railway
Vermont Rail System
Carbon & Schulkill
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern
Blue Mountain & Reading (both RBMN and BM&R were merged into the Reading & Northern)
Conemaugh & Black Lick
Philidelphia Bethlehem & New England
Northampton Switching Railroad

Tourist Railroads:

Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
Adirondack Scenic
Western Maryland Scenic
Strasburg
Steamtown
Delaware & Ulster
Gettysburg Scenic
East Penn Scenic
Railtours

Passenger:

Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
Septa
Long Island Railroad
MBTA
MTA
MARC
METRO
Shore Line East

All engines were seen on the northeastern United States in the last 10 years