Your fav. railroad

[Anonymous]

What is your fav. railroad?

I like the Pennsylvania RR

[Anonymous]

The name says it all [;)]

Pennsy, Reading, CNJ and NYC are favorites too

[Anonymous]

1. Pennsylvania (because they ran the incomparable GG-1)

2. Baltimore & Ohio

3. Western Maryland Scenic RR (May she survive the latest onslaught!)

wolverine49

[palallin]

Frisco

MoPac

Texas & Pacific

Mississippi River and Bonne Terre

[Anonymous]

So many railroads so littl........Aw shucks I hafta name just one? Well then it's gotta be the: NORFOLKANDWESTERNBALTIMOREANDOHIOPENNSYLVANIANEWYORKCENTRALCHEASAPEKEANDOHIODEUTSCHESBUNDESBAHNSCHWEIZERBUNDESGLEIS RAILROAD. [:D]

[Anonymous]

I like Southern Pacific. They had a big yard in Houston for many years. I grew up seeing many of their engines in southeast Texas. UP bought them out and merged and now the yard is closed. I haven't seen a SP engine in 5 years. It is all UP ,SF, BN and BNSF. No more SP.

[willpick]

Only two[:)][:)]: Florida East Coast and Norfolk Southern. UP can go bankrupt-
I wouldn't shed a tear[tdn]. BNSF- big deal[:p]

[Anonymous]

Hello All: Has to be Canadian Pacific, Canadian National , North Western Have a great day Steve

[Anonymous]

Louisville, New Orleans & Texas

[pbjwilson]

Lionel Lines, American Flyer Lines, Dorfan Lines, Ives Railway Lines
And any other railroads whose mainlines are ovals!

[Anonymous]

Great Northern RAILWAY !!!!

[wrmcclellan]

NYC, GN, SF, WP, Southern

[Anonymous]

Santa Fe & Rock Island

[Anonymous]

Tough call close split between -Providence and Wooster
-Richmond Fredricksburg and Potomac

[pennsy_fan]

the standard railroad of the world, of course

[laz 57]

The WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WIMITED WAIL WOAD.
BUCKEYE named it for me.
laz57

[Dave Farquhar]

Kansas City Southern.

[palallin]

QUOTE: Originally posted by willpick
BNSF- big deal[:p]

BNSF = "Been Nothin' Since Frisco" [:D]

[cnw1995]

Chicago and North Western - this June marks ten years in the UP

[Anonymous]

Hey Colin,

Mine is my local railroad, the shortline "Carolina Southern Railroad". Operates the ACL trackage from Mullins SC, to Chadbourn NC, then one way heads throught Tabor City NC, Loris SC, Station at Conway SC, then runs roughly 12 miles to Myrtle Beach, where the tracks end a block away from the Ocean. The Raiload Owned 72 miles of track before it purchased the line to Myrtle Beach, now currently has 84 miles of track. Owns 11 deisil engines, 7 of which are operable.

Engine 100, a GP 38?, is painted in the Companys flagship Red with a White stripe. This is the company's flgship locomotive. It was the first painted in the new company's paint scheme, and the first locomotive to pull a train into Myrtle Beach in 14 years in July 2001.

Its twin, whose number escapes me, is painted the same way. This is the engine that I was a geust on for a 100 car rock train run from the rock plant, 3 miles from the pine island drawbridge which takes the trains into Myrtle Beach, to Chadbourn.

I remember, my dad was video taping the run, and at the end he asked me if I had fun, then, I was only 4, I replied "Yes Sir, I have to go pee".

There are 2 ex Canadian National F units, also painted in the company's red with white stripe.

There is another GP 38? painted in the companys style, but pullman green, brown, and gray is substituted on this fine locomotive.

The is another GP 38 painted in the Mid Atlantic Coast Line, which operated the whole line exept the branch to Myrtle Beach, before it was purchased by the Carolina Southern.

Then there is a Waccamaw Coast Line GP9 painted in the Atalantic Coast Line Purple and Silver, and the same symbol, but the symbol and words have been changed. This line operated the Myrtle Beach Branch before it's abandondment, and its (the branch) purchase by the Carolina Southern 14 years later. In between that peiriod, the locomotive was operated, and still is, on the remainder of the line.

Bert and Mary Poppins aka Nick

[TonyGG1]

Where my grandfather and my uncle (his son) each worked over forty years: The Lehigh Valley Railroad

Actually my uncle worked for Conrail (the LV part) when that was formed in 1976 but started with the Valley in 1955.



Tony Sincius

[choochin3]

Americas First The Mighty B&O !!!!

Cheers,
Carl T.

[Anonymous]

Thats funny Nick! ! ! !

If somebody wanted to get a free train ride, all they would have to do is board the train, and when the conductor comes to collect the tickets, go in to the bathroom and sit there untill he gos away.


Easy Transportation!
1.PRR
2.SF
3.B&O
4.CNJ
5.NYC

[espeefoamer]

My user name says it all.SOUTHERN PACIFIC[:p]!
Followed by:
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
BN
Rock Island
Milwaukee
South Shore
New Haven

[underworld]

CP&LE!!!!! Also B&O and C&O .....they went right by my back yard when I was little.

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Kooljock1]

Tough question! After the Lionel Lines, I'd have to list the pre-MTA Long Island Rail Road, New Haven, P-Company, & Rutland. And I have a soft-spot for the New York, Ontario, & Western.

Jon [8D]

[Anonymous]

Wabash of course. Who else had the cannonball?

[Anonymous]

[Buckeye Riveter]

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and here is why[:D]

The Train Wreck
We left Baltimore’s Mount Royal Station in the usual fashion late in the evening. The big diesel engines growled as the brakes squealed entering the train shed. We boarded and took our seats in the sleeper car as usual. In the middle of the night we awoke from an awful commotion. The porter was yelling and my mother said we had to move. We left the compartment and began walking towards the back of the train. Injured passengers in the coach behind us could be seen in the dim blue night lights. Relocating to another sleeper car I fell back to sleep.

The train was traveling backwards when I awoke the next morning, and breakfast was not being served. At mid morning the train stopped in a small mountain town. We disembarked and walked to a small coffee shop near the train platform. A small breakfast was purchased, and we returned to the train just in time to see a railroad relic uncouple from the remanet of our train. The small coal black steam engine chugged along the tracks towards the old roundhouse, much to my delight.

Later we learned that our train had been wrecked when it struck a rock slide exiting a tunnel. The engines and baggage cars derailed and plunged from a bridge into a steep river gorge. Several cars left the tracks, including the dining car located directly ahead of our sleeper. The engineer and fireman were killed in the wreck.

March 2002
To celebrate my birthday this year, Molly and Kathy planned an outing at North Bend State Park in West Virginia. Molly being a senior at WVU, would meet us at the park. After reading the literature in the room at the park’s lodge, we discovered that the bike trail followed the tracks of the B&O National Limited. In the pamphlet it said that on May 31, 1956, the B&O’s National Limited exited Tunnel No. 13, struck a rock on the tracks and plunged into the creek, killing the engineer and fireman. I excitedly read to Kathy and Molly the story in the pamphlet, and Kathy looked at me and said that was the same story I had been telling her for years about my train wreck. We drove down to the wreck site and tunnel and took photos. What a wonderful birthday surprise!

[laz 57]

BUCKEYE what a great story or event. Too bad for the engineer and fireman, but to go through that and remember was something. No wonder you love trains so much.
laz57