In addition to the "Standard Railroad of the World", add "Serving the Nation" for the PRR.
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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.
Tom
"Golden Chariot Route" - Mohawk and Malone (later the NYC Adirondack Division).
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Ulrich Grand Truck - "The Good Track Road".. GM&O "The route of courteous Service".
Grand Truck - "The Good Track Road"..
GM&O "The route of courteous Service".
Close:
It was the Grand Trunk Western
'the Good Track road'
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My own photos from flickr will not post correctly.
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.
Did the bluebonnets run just in Texas?
Johnny
The Dixie Line- NC&STL
The Rebel Route - GM&O
Go Great-Go Great Nothern
Route Superior for Superior Service
COTTON BELT RUNS A
Blue Streak
Mid 20th Century Rock Island - The Route of Planned Progress
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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.
"Spans The World" - - - Canadian Pacific
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.
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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