OvermodWhen you come right down to it, B&M.
The musical fruit?
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charlie hebdo Ulrich Maine Central. BAR
Ulrich Maine Central.
Maine Central.
BAR
BaltACDWheeling & Lake Erie still exists and is larger in the 21st Century than it was in its original form.
And the last time I looked they were happily providing a home for orphaned SD40-2's.
dcm74 BaltACD Remember we have gone from roughly 130 Class 1 carriers of the 1950's to nominally 6 today. In the 1950's a railroad was considered Class 1 if it had $1,000,000 in revenue.
BaltACD Remember we have gone from roughly 130 Class 1 carriers of the 1950's to nominally 6 today.
Remember we have gone from roughly 130 Class 1 carriers of the 1950's to nominally 6 today.
In the 1950's a railroad was considered Class 1 if it had $1,000,000 in revenue.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Convicted OneWell, if the Wheeling and Lake Erie qualifies as "sizable", then so too should the Minneapolis and St Louis the "Tootin Louie"
Wheeling & Lake Erie still exists and is larger in the 21st Century than it was in its original form.
https://www.wlerwy.com/railway-map/
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Many railroads "back in the day" that were considered Class 1's would today be considered regionals...
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Has anyone mentioned Toledo, Peoria, and Western?
Convicted One Well, if the Wheeling and Lake Erie qualifies as "sizable", then so too should the Minneapolis and St Louis the "Tootin Louie"
Well, if the Wheeling and Lake Erie qualifies as "sizable", then so too should the Minneapolis and St Louis the "Tootin Louie"
Good choice!!
The Tootin' Louie!
Elgin Joliet and Eastern
Alton & Southern
Illinois Traction/Terminal
Murphy Siding In my neck of the woods, The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway - The Omaha Road. The reason it was relatively obscure was that The Chicago & Nortwestern controlled it for 90 years before merging it. Most people didn't know it as anything other than the C&NW.
In my neck of the woods, The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway - The Omaha Road. The reason it was relatively obscure was that The Chicago & Nortwestern controlled it for 90 years before merging it. Most people didn't know it as anything other than the C&NW.
Minneapolis & St.Louis
Atlanta & West Point. Western of Alabama.
Still in training.
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Gainesville Midland
Winston Salem Southbound
Clinchfield.
Russell
Quanah, Acme & Pacific. Hosted Frisco-Santa Fe LA-Southeast hot shots until the early 1970's.
The Muskogee Roads - Midland Valley, Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf and the Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka. Operated hundreds of miles of track in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Arkansas. Remained independant until purchased by the Missouri Pacific in 1964. MV and KO&G were merged into the somewhat obscure Texas & Pacific. OCCA was sold by the MP to the AT&SF.
The Rutland. Operated a handsome fleet of 4-8-2's.
Chicago Attica & Southern (and its relationship to C&EI)
....and what qualifies as "sizable"
SALfan1 You almost never see Seaboard Air Line mentioned anywhere.
You almost never see Seaboard Air Line mentioned anywhere.
Well, the Seaboard is certainly remembered here in the Richmond VA area, at least by the railfans.
But I'd guess the Seaboard's less remembered than other southern 'roads because in many ways it was the "Avis" to the Atlantic Coast Line's "Hertz," if anyone remembers those old rental car commercials.
At least it's mentioned in the Johnny Cash song "Orange Blossom Special."
"It's the Orange Blossom Special, comin' down the Seaboard Line!"
A long consist of covered wagons doing the same thing with a single 'locomotive' road number, no less...
BEAUSABRE Piedmont & Northern - Was it an interurban that thought it was a railroad or a railroad that thought it was an interurban? Piedmont and Northern Railway - Wikipedia
Piedmont & Northern - Was it an interurban that thought it was a railroad or a railroad that thought it was an interurban? Piedmont and Northern Railway - Wikipedia
Piedmont & Northern was similar to Illinois Terminal and South Shore, it started out as an interurban that changed into a "steam" road.
Before anybody challenges me, South Shore began losing its interurban character when Insull bought and re-equipped the road. By the late 1950's, the only thing that appeared interurban about South Shore was the overhead and the street running.
Bamberger Railroad
Beaver Meade & Englewood
Fremont & Elkhorn Valley
Apache Railway
Chicago Great Western.
Awesome name.
Three dozen 2-10-4 steam locomotives with 92,590 lbs tractive effort and another 13,300 lbs from a booster to tie the whole yard to the tank and pull it all out of town.
Long consists of covered wagons doing the same thing a generation later.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Kankakee Beaverville & Southern along with Green Bay and Western are 3 my hubby talks about.
The L&NE folded still solvent and making a profit, but realized the coal traffic that was the key to their operation was going away and their wasn't enough traffic to the NH at Maybrook to support both it and the L&HR. And the L&HR was owned by the roads that fed traffic to both, so how much was the L&NE going to get. CNJ picked up the viable pieces in the "Cement Belt" around Allentown
Some other nominees
Iron Mountain - St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway - Wikipedia
International-Great Northern - International–Great Northern Railroad - Wikipedia
Miuskogee Group (The Oklahoma City, Ada & Atoka, The Midland Valley, The Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf) - joint ownership Muskogee Roads - Wikipedia
Norfolk Southern - Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982) - Wikipedia
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas - "The Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad was a partly double-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad, situated entirely within the State of Louisiana. The main line extended from Algiers, on the Mississippi River opposite New Orleans, to Lafayette, where it connected with the line of the Louisiana Western Railroad Company. It formed an important link in the through route of the Southern Pacific Company between New Orleans and San Francisco. The principal branch lines extended from Lafayette to the Mississippi River opposite Baton Rouge, from Lafayette to Cheneyville, from Breaux Bridge to Port Barre, from Breaux Bridge to Cade, and from Thibodaux Junction to Napoleonville. There were a number of other branch lines of an average length of about 10 miles, which served the numerous sugar plantations along parts of the line"
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