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Posted by K4sPRR on Friday, February 13, 2015 7:13 PM

In addition to the "Standard Railroad of the World", add "Serving the Nation" for the PRR.

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Posted by 16-567D3A on Friday, February 13, 2015 7:39 PM

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Posted by ACY Tom on Friday, February 13, 2015 10:15 PM

There was a line in Eastern North Carolina called "The Mullet Line" for the fish that they carried.  Maybe somebody can refresh my memory as to the name of the RR.

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, February 13, 2015 10:36 PM

"Golden Chariot Route" - Mohawk and Malone (later the NYC Adirondack Division).

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Posted by Andrew Falconer on Friday, February 13, 2015 11:53 PM

Ulrich

Grand Truck - "The Good Track Road"..

GM&O "The route of courteous Service".  

 

 

 

 

Close:

It was the Grand Trunk Western

'the Good Track road'

https://www.flickr.com/photos/101431753@N02/14334528395/in/photostream/

 

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Posted by Andrew Falconer on Friday, February 13, 2015 11:55 PM

My own photos from flickr will not post correctly.

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Posted by Wizlish on Saturday, February 14, 2015 9:29 AM

One of the better ones: "Linking 13 Great States with the Nation" (and a boxcar graphic to match).

The 'vomit bonnet' is BNSF 9647:

Don't confuse this with the ATSF freight scheme from which some of the design elements on the nose were taken, which came IIRC in two blue-and-yellow variants -- yellowbonnets and bluebonnets.

 

 

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Posted by Deggesty on Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:03 AM

Did the bluebonnets run just in Texas?Smile

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Posted by MARTIN STATION on Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:38 PM

The Dixie Line- NC&STL

The Rebel Route - GM&O

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Route Superior for Superior Service

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Posted by cabforward on Thursday, April 9, 2015 10:46 PM
in dec. '14 i posted a list of rr. slogans and asked for the rrs. that owned the slogans.. there is a website that posts hundreds of rr. names and slogans that describes them.. there are the official slogans and there are the unofficial slogans, some of which are not for family reading.. but the site is terrific.. many rrs. have the same slogan and some rrs. have more than 10.. the listing is by rr. and slogan.. some rrs. have similar names.. easy to confuse them.. the website may have been already cited as a source in this forum; anyway, GO CRAZY! http://www.rlhs.org/Reference/rr_names.shtml

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Posted by Victrola1 on Friday, April 10, 2015 2:31 PM

Mid 20th Century Rock Island - The Route of Planned Progress

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Posted by NDG on Friday, April 10, 2015 3:32 PM

http://gallery.12mm.ru/albums/userpics/10010/CP-252370.jpg

Note. this car and car to left still have stirrup at right angles to track so Trainmen can climb to brake wheel or roof if car next to a loading platform or other reason.

Employees would board an approaching car using these stirrups and fatalities resulted.

Most were later cut off save for some cars found in MoW service.

Thank You.

 

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Posted by tatans on Friday, April 10, 2015 5:36 PM

"Spans The World" - - - Canadian Pacific

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Posted by ACY Tom on Sunday, April 12, 2015 8:40 PM

Bath & Hammondsport was "The Champaign Route" because the road served N. Y. wine country.  Their 2-6-0 no. 11 in now owned by the Everett RR in PA.

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, April 12, 2015 8:55 PM

ACY

Bath & Hammondsport was "The Champaign Route" because the road served N. Y. wine country.  Their 2-6-0 no. 11 in now owned by the Everett RR in PA.

 

Viewing the B&H's tracks at Bath (where I stay when racing at Watkins Glen) - hope Champaign likes 10 MPH track.

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