tree68 BaltACD Not Sioux Line? To honor Native American/First Nation people Not in NY. The governor has banned any Native American mascots...
BaltACD Not Sioux Line? To honor Native American/First Nation people
Not in NY. The governor has banned any Native American mascots...
Pity Juniatha will not see this; she'd likely have some comments.
tree68 BaltACD Not Sioux Line? To honor Native American/First Nation peoples. Not in NY. The governor has banned any Native American mascots...
BaltACD Not Sioux Line? To honor Native American/First Nation peoples.
Go South and you have the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Florida
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BaltACDNot Sioux Line? To honor Native American/First Nation peoples.
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SD60MAC9500Scrap the CPKC and just call it Soo Line..
Not Sioux Line? To honor Native American/First Nation peoples.
Scrap the CPKC and just call it Soo Line..
I think this is an option..
I guess you are saying that CPKC means "Can't Paint. Kill Combination."
If this were Jeopardy and the category was Railroad Mergers, it would be the answer to the question "Why aren't you branding your locomotives in a new paint scheme?"
railfanjohnI believe the Saint Louis - San Francisco Railroad (the Frisco Lines) never went anywhere near the city of San Francisc.
There was a lot of that back in the 19th century. Minneapolis - St. Louis never served Missouri, let alone St. Louis. Several railroads had "& Pacific" in their name that never got close to the ocean. That's why I said the names reflected where the railroad went or where it wanted to go.
BTW I was not advocating that CPKC or whoever should be renamed using city names, was just responding to a question about why KCS used Kansas City in their name when it was (supposedly) such an unimportant city. KCS name goes back to 1900 by the way.
I understand (via Cowcatcher magazine) that although the merger has taken place, STB is going to be 'closely monitoring' the railroad for a period of seven years, to see if any problems develop. I suspect the railroad won't do anything re new name - paint scheme during that time just in case...you know, "Shouldn't Paint So Fast".
Or CANUM (Canada-United states-Mexico)
Overmod PaNAmerican? (Europeans seem to be taught that Central America is part of North America, so not as farfetched as it appears))
PaNAmerican? (Europeans seem to be taught that Central America is part of North America, so not as farfetched as it appears))
One last one:
Canada Midwest & Mexico
National birds?
Quetzalcoatl, Bald Eagle, and Goose. (Service is for the birds...)
(Yes, I appreciate that 'Eagle' is probably a registered trademark of UP, via Missouri Pacific, and therefore reserved by the competition: hence the 'Bald Eagle' which has its own railroad connotation.)
"Canamex" is the term to use for the expedited through-freight service, not the railroad itself.
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Based on the above, perhaps we could consider:
"Edmonton, Mississippi, & Mexico City"
old fashioned, but an ample description.
The Beaverton, Fanno Creek & Bull Mountain Railroad
"Ruby Line Service"
Every time I see the new name - "CPKC" - I think of Kentucky Fried Chicken. (KFC)
I believe the Saint Louis - San Francisco Railroad (the Frisco Lines) never went anywhere near the city of San Francisc.
Major cities? Edmonton and Mexico City respectively.
Don't know which cities these are, so someone please help me. (Northernmost city on CP), Kansas City & (southernmost city on KCSM).
n012944 KBCpresident I read an article awhile back sayign that BNSF and CSX need to have more descriptive names. Written by who?
KBCpresident I read an article awhile back sayign that BNSF and CSX need to have more descriptive names.
I read an article awhile back sayign that BNSF and CSX need to have more descriptive names.
Written by who?
“BNSF, CSX, Please Buy a Vowel,”page 4, February 2008
source: https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/tom-dannemans-ideas-for-restyling-bnsf/
So I guess to answer the question, The editor of Trains Magazine at the time. Been awhile sincwe I read the article,but I know he propposed renaming BNSF "Great Western"
In the spirit of playing with names, I awhile back sugested using airline names:
CSX could be "Eastern Airline RR" (a nod to the Seaboard Airline)
BNSF could be Braniff Railways.
No idea how teh new system could fit into this.
Let's try this again...
Ulrich Mecanus..
Mecanus..
That would be popular.
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Canamexus do what?
It's probably passe for railroads to use cities in their names. Much as I like the old custom, as someone earlier pointed out, we today live in an age of Exxon, Enron, and CSX-type names.
So I'll suggest CANAMEXUS. Descriptive, one word, easy to remember, and trips right off the tongue.
How about the 'Halifax, Vancouver, Chicago & Mexico City'
or Montreal, Saskatchewan, Kansas City & Chihuahua
I wonder how much traffic the NS loses in the Chicago-New York lane because both cities are north of Norfolk.
An "expensive model collector"
Backshop Having the KC name in a railroad that big seems kind of odd. I know that it's in homage to the KCS but to an outsider, it doesn't make any sense. It's not that big or important of a city.
Having the KC name in a railroad that big seems kind of odd. I know that it's in homage to the KCS but to an outsider, it doesn't make any sense. It's not that big or important of a city.
KBCpresidentI heard a conspiracy theory that BNSF was so-called because they wanted Norfolk Southern thus BN NS SF.
Burlington Northern - Santa Fe.
A Canadian railway can buy an American railroad, but they can't become an American railroad. Up until a few days ago, CP's rail lines in the US were technically owned and operated by the Soo Line, headquartered in Minneapolis. With the new CP-KCS deal, their US trackage will now all be owned by KCS with headquarters in Kansas City. KCS-Mexico will probably continue as a separate legal entity, as will KCS's Panama Canal Ry.
Ulrich And now is CPKC..
And now is CPKC..
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