TOP 3 RAILROADS

[Anonymous]

I want to know what everyone thinks are the TOP 3 RAILROADS.

[edblysard]

Current or past roads?
You didnt qualify which, so...
in no paticular order,
Pennesy, class act passenger and freight,
UP, still doing business, leader in inovational locomotives.
Santa Fe, really class passenger service, a paint scheme everyone reconizies, and I have never run into a former Santa Fe employee who didnt love working there.
Stay Frosty, and let the fights begin..
Ed

[Anonymous]

I want to know what you think are the top 3 railroads of all time, Past, present, future,and oh yeah ED STAY FROSTY !!! Now let the fights begin.

Nathan

[Anonymous]

Oh yeah,I think the top three railroads are Norfolk Southern, West Tennessee Railroad, and Kennecott Copper Corp. railroad.

Nathan

[edblysard]

Nathan,
Put me down for the three I mentioned.
Your post should generate a lot of responses, you have a way to keep tabs?
Still Frosty,
Ed

[edblysard]

Wasnt Kenecott the outfit with the F9 in mine service?

[Anonymous]

has to be SP for sure because they had the most beautiful train in the world , they once were the best and they r just heaps cool , second would probly be UP because they own everything and 3rdly would be maybe amtrak? because they r the main passenger service in america . well thats what i reckon anyways..

[Anonymous]

Ok I got to break the rules. My fave 3 are the Pensey, CNW, and the UP. A 4th runner up would be NYC. UP would have to take #1 because they are the only ones standing still!
Icemanmike

[JoeKoh]

Hi
My top 3 are B&O Nickel Plate and Union Pacific.
have a safe weekend
Joe

[BRAKIE]

My choice.

Old:C&O,N&W and Southern.

New: NS,CSX,BNSF.

As Honorable mentions:
Old: L&N
New: UP.

[Anonymous]

Canadian National, Canadian National, Canadian National. This company really got there act together. (Not to mention I made BooKoo bucks from there stock.) This company is moving in the right direction, and with it's routes has potential for even more growth. They have a exellent managment team in place. If I were Union Pacific, I would be worried about this company. If CN keeps growing, UP is going to find it is no longer the big boy on the block.
TIM A

[csxns]

Clinchfield Seaboard Coast Line Southern Railway..And Targubright Canadian National is great but if i were a RR i would be worried about trucking.

[kschmidt]

Lets throw some new names out there. I would have to say Chicago Northwestern, Milwaukee Road - Hiawatha trains some of the best looking and fastest ever. Green Bay and Western ran Alco's and cabooses right up to the end.

Keith Schmidt

[Anonymous]

1. CP RAIL! CP RAIL CP RAIL! (www.cpr.ca)
-It was voted most noticable paint scheme (the 1998 Beaver paint scheme)
Serivice is friendly
Customer relations and support is/are great.
passenger cars as beatiful on the outside as they are on the inside.

2. CN CN CN CN (www.cn.ca)
somewhat bigger then CP rail, The Canadian National continues to Grow as we speak. The easily recognizable Red/Black paint scheme is a

3. CSX
I just love the paint scheme

now i'm gonna cheat -

678,957th place is: BNSF

The whole orange deal on their locomotivbes clashes with all its surroundings. They really need too lose the Orange paint scheme. its really a deploring sight.
don't get me wrong the old "Santa FE" red/yellow/gray was great.

Cheers,
kev

[JoeKoh]

Hi kev
Personally I miss the B&O Dome and the Chessie Cat. But thats just me.
Stay safe
joe

[CliqueofOne]

CN is the cats *** when it comes to making money for its upper echelon and major shareholders. But when its comes down to the Canadian public, minor industry and its employees it's a dismal failure. Hillbilly Harrison treats his people low down on the totem pole with such contempt that I would advise anyone with even a tiny morsel of pride and decency that wants a job with CN to look elsewhere. His disdain shown towards the Signal Department is simplistic and very unprofessional for a CEO of his supposed stature. What makes this even more disgusting is my union, the IBEW, doing nothing. Maybe Trains magazine should do another article on CN from prospective of the rank and file. A once proud Canadian institution destroyed. Gene B.

[Anonymous]

I spent most of my youth in Oklahoma, and I have to favor the Frisco, Rock Island, and Katy MKT railroads. In the good days the Katy ran red diesels with yellow cars....the best color combination ever. Sadly, why did Katy turn green?

[eolafan]

In order, U.P., B.N.S.F., N.S., C.S.X.

[eolafan]

In order, U.P., B.N.S.F., N.S., C.S.X.

[eolafan]

Sorry, I pushed enter twice and also misunderstood your original question.

NEW: As stated previously
OLD: Pennsy, NYC, U.P.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, but when I think of trains, I personnally think of passenger rail; in which case I have to say (of all time) CP rail of the early twentith century, with the stainless steel dome cars and oak (before they "art-decoed" after the war). Second would have to be the euro-star, from London to Paris - a remarkable engineering feet!!!!! And third has to be the bullet train...soorry but can you really not say that's just COOL!!!
Honourable mention to the current american orient express from Seatle through the Canadian rockies, on to Main. If you've ever seen this train it is so classically beautiful (should be for the price too!). According to the crew, it's falling apart, but man - it's some nice eye candy!
PS
How could ANYONE have voted for Amtrak!! Do you actually LIKE trains??!! I mean honestly! ACK! Hackhack!!

[Anonymous]

I cannot argue Tim, they are seriouly haulin' A** and buiding fast!
Icemanmike

[Anonymous]

Ok Ill also note fave passenger trains, Lionel, American Flyer, and Athearn ;) alright now outside of this room:
#1
Milwaukee Road's - Hiawatha's:
Who cannot love the wicked all glass observation car!?! Great looks + speed...Hard to belive this is not a car!

#2
The Japinise Bullet trains:
OMG are those things for real? this is the closest we will ever get to space flight!

#3
The European TVR High Speed trains
I thought the Bulet trains where rippin' rails! These trains are not as pretty as #'s 1 & 2 But its un-earthly fast!

I love HI Speed

Icemanmike-Milwaukee; Home of the Hiawatha's

[AlcoRS11Nut]

I don't know if you want the current railroads, or "all time" "TOP 3 RAILROADS", so I'll give both.

Current:
1. Union Pacifc
2. Wisconsin Southern
3. BNSF

All Time:
1. Union Pacifc
2. Great Northern
3. Wisconsin Central

[Anonymous]

Gene, I'm sorry to hear that. I do not work for a railroad so all my information comes from article's that I have read. (I did not read the Train's mag. article, I find them to be a bit one sided). Most of my information comes from the bussiness section of various newspapers. This Mr. Harrison sounds like one of those managment clown's who preaches to the little people how they do not see the big picture. Big shots like that usaully hang themselves.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

Am I reading this right. A fan from Eola, and EJ&E not mentioned? I thought all you guy's out west were die hard EJ&E fans.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

CNW b/c my father is from michigan and I inherited his like for it. I love the iron ore hauling. The Milwuakee Road because they were a real underated transcontinental carrier with some great lines in the pacific northwest and how they operated 70+ year old electrics over the cascades even in the 1970's. And finally and most ironically, the UP. Resiliant to this day. They built some amazing short lines, in particular the Oregon Short line and smaller ones in Idaho and Oregon that I'm partial to like the Camas Prarie railroad.

[moparrailfan]

Norfolk Southern,Union Pacific,Rock Island

[favuprailroadfan]

1. Union Pacific

2. BNSF

3. CSX

[Anonymous]

The three greatest railroads?

Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Pacific Great Eastern

John W. Baie, author,www.xlibris.com/TwoTrackMain.html