well.... it's a tie between:
the Chicago and North Western. i saw them as a kid. they were the first to introduce me to trains and have become the very definition of "train" to me. but nothing CNW from my childhood remains, so CNW's been kinda bland these days
the Denver and Rio Grande Western. cuz those units looked awesome and there's still some worthwhile DRGW stuff out there...er ok just 5371. but that's still something!
Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.
espeefoamer wrote: SOUTHERN PACIFIC! The Friendly Railroad.
You sure it's not that little shortline in Georgia whose engineers were famous for thowing stuff at people.
Railfan1 wrote: espeefoamer wrote: SOUTHERN PACIFIC! The Friendly Railroad.You sure it's not that little shortline in Georgia whose engineers were famous for thowing stuff at people.
HAR HAR HAR.....thats cute....
well......its a long list but ill shorten it.......
PRR
PFW&C
GR&I
i guess anything Pennsy........
the Pere Marquette is a close to my heart fav......
Long Live SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Dru
The Milwaukee road for me. If it wasn't for them then it would be the NP
The Greatest SD they ever built unless the SDL39 comes into play.
Happy railroading
James
Rock Island
Doug
When I was born (1958) there were I think 11 railroads serving my area, by the time I was 35 or so the last one (C&NW) had disappeared. Heck, now even BN is gone!!
I guess if I had to pick one, it would be the Minneapolis Northfield and Southern, although now Progressive Rail has taken over the line I grew up next to, and it's nice to see the same diesels being used in virtually the same paint scheme as the MN&S. (See the recent Trains mag article!)
SANTA FE ALL THE WAY!!
LONG LIVE CHICO!!!!
The Ma&Pa.
Enjoy
Paul
growing up in Richmond Ca, in the 50s,furthermost western point of the Santa Fe made me a Santa fe fan. I'd ride my bike down to Point Richmond to the Plunge and watch them switch the huge yard there. There was still a working ferry dock operation there untill 1971.
The branch to Oakland ran a block away from my house. They were still running the Chief through there in those days. They'd have locals and transfer runs too. I remember hopping a few freights for several blocks
There was a great place out in Pinole where the SP and the SF ran close together for a mile by the Bay. You see this in many Will Whittaker and Doug Richter photos. I'd ride my bike out there and sit in the grass and watch a whole parade of SF and SP going by right at the end of SP steam. I still go out there, its near Point Pinole Park, and watch BNSF and UP there sometimes when I'm down that way.
I miss the SP too, it dominated California. It's hard to tell which was my favorite, the War bonnet or the Daylight colors. The good news is that there's still War bonnets in Richmond and a few Blue and Yellow SF switchers there too--even a GP30. Still see a green BN GP there too
I live in OR near Eugene now and its UP --still can't get used to that Armour yellow and Grey. But there's BNSF in Portland and Willammette and Pacific and CORP and other short lines to watch also.
The Missouri Pacific. Not so much as a favorite, but as a RR that I would have liked to have seen more of. The MoPac didn't have much of a presence in El Paso, but still I would make my dad take me to their yard as often as we could. Their sawblade emblum was unique.
It should be obvious what my favorite is.
I would normally take the Frisco as second, as they run past my house, but when they changed their colors from black and gold to Mandarin orange and white they lost me. So when BN absorbed them, I didn't miss them.
GM&O is second because I rode them to Chicago often and had many good times in their club cars. They always seemed to have easy-going onboard personnel also.
If there are no dogs in heaven,then I want to go where they go.
The NKP
CMSTPP wrote: The Milwaukee road for me. If it wasn't for them then it would be the NPThe Greatest SD they ever built unless the SDL39 comes into play.Happy railroadingJames
Yep the good old SDL39, had tractions problums. That's what I've heard. Too bad they got shiped to chile. Shame Shame on CN, could of donated them to a Meseum.
I think you might be able to guess what my Fallen Flag is.
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I grew up in upstate NY and the Erie L was 1st on the list. We moved to Eastern Massachusetts and I was and still am, a New Haven nut.
My favorite fallin Flags are between three railroads.
The New York Central.
The New York, New Haven & Harford.
And the Lehigh And New England.
Mine would be Southern Railway, in the real world. They are still alive in my world.
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