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Posted by wabash1 on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:16 AM
ED why be so hard on carknockers? remeber when the goverment said hire the handycapped?
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Posted by ValleyX on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:33 AM
Coming soon (August 1 (?)) Chicago, Fort Wayne, and Eastern, on the PRR main from Chicago to Crestline.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:32 PM
OK here's a regional:
Wheeling and Lake Erie

Beltway:
Akron Baberton Belt

And Finally Tourist:
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:57 PM
I have got one for you...actually two for you!
Winston-Salem Southbound ... HQ: Winston-Salem, NC
Yadkin Valley ... HQ: Rural Hall, NC

Pix on the later coming!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Dough

In north Georgia, the Hartwell has recently expanded to become the Hartwell and Athens Line. Also its sister road the Great Walton.

Between the two of them their are about a dozen different fallen flag locomotives rolling down the rails.
Dough: A few specifics on those lines in NE GA pls, my family comes from Oconee Heights and I am a bit courious - Go Dogs
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Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:55 PM
Carknocker?
All they do is eat everything they find, then hide for the rest of the shift....[:D]

Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

QUOTE: Originally posted by mainecentral229
mudchicken, you should change your username to guru or something, you seem to know almost everything[:)]


Guru? Huh? What the? Just a humble mudchicken out on the high prairie. On here with everybody else to have a little fun, learn from each other and maybe keep up with LC, IronKen, UniHead and the others....and avoid being the main course for Mookie on the prowl!

Also, have had the good fortune to work in many different places around railroads and learn from some really good teachers.... Gotta keep tabs on what's going on and where the work is at......Also a little opinionated from a trackman, technician and managers point of view- as if you had not noticed[;)]. We still really need to find a carknocker around here somewhere to get active on the forum.....


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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:46 PM
Originally posted by Dough

In north Georgia, the Hartwell has recently expanded to become the Hartwell and Athens Line. Also its sister road the Great Walton.

Between the two of them their are about a dozen different fallen flag locomotives rolling down the rails.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:03 PM
Some more Colorado railroads:
Canyon City and Royal Gorge
Georgetown Loop
Leadville & Southern (?)
Pikes Peak Cog Railway


Note: This is the LAST season for the Georgetown Loop as we know it. A new group will be running it, if one can be found. They will have to have their own equipment as
the current operators will be taking theirs with them.

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Posted by Dough on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:01 PM
In north Georgia, the Hartwell has recently expanded to become the Hartwell and Athens Line. Also its sister road the Great Walton.

Between the two of them their are about a dozen different fallen flag locomotives rolling down the rails.
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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:27 AM
The Chicago area has a fair collection:
Iowa Interstate
Illinois, Chicago & Eastern, previously I&M Rail Link
Chicago Rail Link
Erie Western, later Chicago & Indiana, now abandoned.
Chicago, Central & Pacific, absorbed back into IC
Wisconsin Central, absorbed into CN
Chicago SouthShore & South Bend
Indiana Harbor Belt
Belt Railway of Chicago
The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 14, 2004 7:03 PM
Winchester & Western. They haul sand from Gore, VA to Winchester,VA. They also operate the old Pennsy line from Winchester to Hagerstown,MD.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 14, 2004 7:02 PM
Winchester & Western. They haul sand from Gore, VA to Winchester,VA. They also operate the old Pennsy line from Winchester to Hagerstown,MD.
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Posted by Rustyrex on Monday, June 14, 2004 1:48 PM
TCWR- Twin Cities & Western Railroad, a shortline in Minnesota running from Minneapolis/St Paul, through south central Minnesota to Appleton, MN, then BNSF rights to Milbank, SD. Line is the start of the former Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension, then former Soo Line.

MPLI- A sister road to TC&W, Minnesota Prairie Line Operates a line connecting with the TC&W at Norwood, MN running out to Hanley Falls, MN. Line is former MSTL, then C&NW. Last check, their locomotives were two GP10s painted in the MPLI scheme, but I had heard the GP10s were on their last days and might be using different power currently.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:35 PM
Jordan [:)]

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Posted by Jordan6 on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 7:44 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffhergert


Also saw something about a new operator for the former UP (ex-CGW) line from just outside Waterloo, IA to Oelwein, IA.

The ex-CGW line from Waterloo-Oelwein is now owned and operated by Transco Railway, Inc. They repair and rebuild railroad freight cars from all over the U.S. According the the Oelwein Daily Register's volume 119-#91, Transco received approval of a $234,000 Community Economic Betterment Account from the Iowa Department of Economic Development in 2002. Heres a link if you'd like to check it out: http://www.transcorailway.com
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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, March 29, 2004 3:49 PM
California Western.It used to be owned by a lumber co.then went through several owners.It was on its last legs when Sierra Railroad bought it,presumably for excursion service.
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Posted by SALfan on Monday, March 29, 2004 11:11 AM
Is the Dardanelle and Russellville still operating in Arkansas? Also, the Georgia Central and another shortline divided CSX's ex-SAL line from Savannah, GA to Montgomery, AL
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 29, 2004 10:14 AM
Did some one say Minnesota Commerical or Twin cities and western
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:56 PM
Some in Western NY and northern PA

Livonia Avon and Lakeville, (Ex Erie)with their subsidiaries, Western NY and PA, (ex erie), Bath and Hammondsport,(Ex DL&W, Erie, and Bath and Hammondsport) and Ontario Central (Ex someone, i don't remember who, i think Lehigh Valley) Also is physically connected to the Rochester area NRHS group

GWI, (Gennesee and Wyoming Industries) numerous shortlines around the country,

Finger Lakes Railway (Ex NYC, PRR, and Lehigh Valley)

Wellsboro and Corning (Ex NYC) also Tioga Central tourist railway on same line.

Arcade and Attica, yes that attica, tho they don't go there any more. Both Freight and Tourist, steam loco currently under rebuild

Buffalo Southern (don't know who they were before, PRR i think)

Owego and Harford (Ex LVRR) as well as the Tioga Scenic, a tourist railway.

Ontario Midland (ex nyc) operates excursions in co-operation with one of the area NRHS groups.

There are also several others, two owned by the D&L people, and a whole mess of little things around buffalo that seem to change alot.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:14 PM
E&N Railway on Vancouver Island....

only moves a few cars a week, most of the old line has been abandoned, won't likely be around much longer.
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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:15 PM
It seems "oops" I forgot at least one in KY: Big South Fork Scenic RR.
There may be a couple more that I'm not familiar with.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:12 PM
Heres one that won't be around much longer:
The Sierra Pacific railroad. It is owned by Sierra Pacific as an outlet for there mill in Susanville. That mill is sch. to close in a month or two (not shure of the date). It runs between Susanville,Ca. and Wendel,ca. where it connects with the SP (Oops, UP).
Since this is the only reason for this remaining southern end of the Modoc lines existance, I don't expect it will be to long befor UP abandonds its section from Wendel to Flannigan,Nv.

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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:58 PM
Mount Hood Railway,(Oregon)
Filmore&Western
Santa Cruz,Big Trees& Pacific
Roaring Camp&Big Trees(narrow guage tourist line)
Sierra Railroad
Mc Cloud Railway
Yolo Short Line
Apache Railroad(Arizona)
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:09 PM
When I wrote of NB Southern I forgot about New Brunswick East Coast
of Northern New brunswick which runs from Moncton New Bruswick to
Medipeidia Quebec.(they got bad trackage as rode VIA and found it like a dirt
road)there road power is ex CN EMD and ex CP MLW.s.they move hundreds of
cars..

David brown

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:43 PM
We have New Brunswick Southern Railway operated by Irving oil limited
on the former Canadian Pacific railway line runing from Saint john to Brownsville
junction.they connect with CN Rail in Saint John and Guildford railroad and the
Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railroad in Maine.cars moved by the fleet of engines
number in the hunreds per week.


Go Ground hog

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:33 PM
Well,

Kentucky has:

P & L already listed
Ky. Railway Museum
Bluegrass Railway Museum
r.j.Corman; they are running the branch from Bardstown Jct. to Bardstown (My Old
Kentucky Dinner Train)
They have a branch in eastern Ky. An old C & O line connecting with the CSX around
Paintsville.
r.j.Corman is also running trackage rights on the old L & N from Winchester towards Berea. Also from Lexington to Louisville at Osborn Yd.
They are running trackage in several other areas;along with their derailment? (maybe
rerailment crew)out of Nicholasville,Ky.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:00 AM
I bet there are more shortlines and regionals that can be named. [?]

How about it, someone name some near them. [:p]

Don't forget about tourist railroads either, they count. [:)] [;)] [8D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:57 AM
A few more from Texas:

BLR--Blacklands Railroad

ANR--Angelina & Neches River--paper mill recently closed--future uncertain.

MCSA--Moscow, Camden, & San Augustine

SRN--Sabine River & Northern.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:37 AM
Here are some more Railroads in Arkansas [:)]


Caddo Valley Railroad Co.

Delta Southern Railroad

Fort Smith Railroad Co.

El Dorado & Wesson Railroad Co.

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