Which Western Railroad do you miss?

[jwar]

Western Pacific, heck anything that "rides on the Feather"...Keeps me tickled.[;)]

[Anonymous]

for me it is a western becuase i am in MI

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

east coast lines SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:o)][B)][:O][:P][bow][%-)][swg]

To some of us, CNW is an eastern road. [:p]

[Anonymous]

east coast lines SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:o)][B)][:O][:P][bow][%-)][swg]

[Anonymous]

I miss ATSF. Those Warbonet and Bluebonet diesels were truly a sight to behold.

[Anonymous]

I voted other, as in none of em!!!!! [:-,][(-D][:-,][(-D][:-,][(-D][:-,][(-D][:-,][(-D][:-,][(-D]
Long live the east coast roads!!!!!

[Anonymous]

The Western Pacific.

[Anonymous]

The Katy ran close to my old back door. Then we moved and I had the sounds of the Rock Island Line at night. They are now replaced by the BNSF and TRE.

RMax

[Anonymous]

I miss all of them! However, I have chosen to model the Northern Pacific, which was the second trans-continental. I think the competition of all the RRs was good for the country. Now we have mega corps., which have manners akin to the proverbial bull in the china shop. Glad to hear folks in the true west have opinions about where west is! Those folks east of the Mississippi, think it starts on the western bank of that river.

[Anonymous]

oh look i found one of the poll's i started with my old User name

[Anonymous]

MoPac. Period.

[Anonymous]

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific !!!

The Rock Island line was a mighty fine line !!!!!!!!

Still is ... on my layout !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I miss Pacific Electric the most of all !
I grew up in LA.
Burt

[NevinW]

For me:

1. D&RGW (by far the best for me from a railfan's point of view)
2. Western Pacific
3. Southern Pacific

- Nevin

[AntonioFP45]

Loved all of the wester roads. Each with it's own uniqness. But, While the UP & SP (formerly Central Pacific) were first on the scene, it was the Santa Fe that set the standard for top notch frieght & passenger service that the customers would compare the other roads to.

[Anonymous]

I voted for Other. The Mopac, Frisco, and the Katy were not on your list.

Dale B.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to add that while I miss the RIo Grande greatly, a part of me misses the Wobbly and Pathetic....er...the Western Pacific. It was built with D&RGW money and drove them into receivership...but I did like seeing the Silver, Black and orange diesels tracking across the Salt Flats between Salt Lake City, UT and Wendover, NV.

[bluepuma]

Southern Pacific I miss... but I forgot ATSF... they are not really gone, just transformed.

Missed PE after they quit running.

I like seeing the SP painted locos on the UP tracks, and SP traincars. Guess I'll not be finding a N scale SD70 in SP colors. Got two in BNSF pumpkin, but ya know what? I decided I don't like how they look at home. If I get more BNSF, either red/silver or ATSF decoration.

NYC Lightning Stripe has more of a SP "feel" so I may get more of the pre-conrail locos, maybe more B&O or MP.

I see SP between Rochelle to Clinton, Iowa, but two BNSF lines are closer.

[Anonymous]

I miss the Denver& Rio Grande Western, Baltimore & Ohio, Milwaukee Road, & Rock Island railroads because of their pride and glory & how much fame they had on the beautiful gleaming rails. by:keith bunner [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

I miss the Grande. They were one of the great pioneers of railroading. Their paint shcemes were always sharp, even if not always clean! Those locos worked hard for a living!

[ddechamp71]

QUOTE: Originally posted by oprr

Please vote I am very curious.[|)]

I definitively miss the SP and their rusty and dust covered heavy diesels.

[Anonymous]

Here's another vote for The Milwaukee Road

[n2mopac]

How about the good old MoPac. Here is a major player in the industry until merver with UP in 1983 that very often gets forgotten. Go MoPac.
Ron

[FThunder11]

I live in colorado and read a lot about them

[randybc2003]

D&RG was a fiesty little Class 1 that whiped mountains, weather, competition, and economics to hold on to and survive in it's own little nich. SP was too toxic for it to survive, and therefor fell.
I am also a fan of GN and AT&SF. Most of GN is still visible, albiet in ghosts.
I don't care what the sign on the side of the loco says. If fit is Scarlet & Silver Warbonnet, it is SANTA FE.

[Anonymous]

The SP&S tops my list, followed by the Milwaukee Road, which curiously is missing from the list. "Other" doesn't do it justice.

Please note, Wisconsin Central doesn't make the cut as a "western" railroad, while someone could make the argument that C&NW is perhaps nominally so (although in my opinion it doesn't qualify as nominal western railroad, the Powder River Basin not withstanding). A western railroad, to many of us who live in the West, is one that operated through or west of Rockies -- SP, WP, UP, Santa Fe, SP&S, NP, GN, MILW, D&RGW, CP, CN, BCR, et al.

[Anonymous]

BC Rail

[Anonymous]

1. Rio Grande, but the Santa Fe is 1a. Also don't forget the Western Pacific.

Tom

[Trainnut484]

Of course I miss the ATSF the most. I also miss the Rio Grande and MKT ( I didn't see any Katy, but wished I did), and CNW.

Take care,

Russell