Least favorite railroad

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

The Pennsy or the UP are my least favorites!

[Hawks05]

Union Pacific. i hate that railroad.

[Anonymous]

Don't really have a least fovourite RR, at least, not amongst the US ones. I agree that UP has been doing some dubious things recently (charging model train manufacturers to use their logos and paint schemes), but I'd be more inclined to say that my least favourite is the awful foul-up that has been made of our rail network over here in the UK - we now have new trains sat in sidings due to there not being enough power to run them! Accident rate seems to have risen too - compared to the old British Rail days.

[JeremyB]

Id have to go with the UP

[Anonymous]

Any of the mega-mergers. UP, BNSF, CSX, NS even the line I live along, the IC has been absorbed by the Canadian National!

[Anonymous]

NS and Penn Central. N&W, Southern, PRR, and NYC were great roads before those mergers happened!

[Anonymous]

It's seems real easy to "bash" the UP these days--but what other Class 1 has the wherewithal to actually put money into a steam program??? The list is short and ends with the UP. It's great to see the 3985 or 844 pulling a streamliner in the 21st century!!! I hope the rebuilding of the 844 is going well. NS gave up their program several years ago so UP is the last Class 1 standing--kudos to Steve Lee, the crew and the UP for active Class 1 steam!!!

[Anonymous]

i'm glad i am not the only one that hates CN

[Anonymous]

UP all the way. I'm sick of seeing that Armour yellow.

Thanks,
Jeremy

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by juby4life

UP all the way. I'm sick of seeing that Armour yellow.

Thanks,
Jeremy

I may not be big on UP but i'll take armour yellow over black and orange
i wish CN would[xx(]

[Anonymous]

Oh, and I HATE the Baltimoire and Ohioh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AggroJones]

Right now: Union Pacific

In the steam era: Any Canadian road

[Anonymous]

Aggro--congrats on 500- but what about UP steam?

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emory

Aggro--congrats on 500- but what about UP steam?

Thanks. When I say UP, I mean the modern mangement. 844 and 3985 are still spectacular machines.

Well then my least favorite road, equipment wise, is the (insert any Canadian road here).

[Anonymous]

I don't have a least favourite, I just wish CN would get their act together and spruce up their equipment, Peeling paint, burnt on grime is a tell tale and red flag. It's a sign of poor maintenance, which translates into accident stats. Not good when the line that goes by your workplace is hauling chemicals to a refinery.

[Anonymous]

Just a bump to the top. CN sucks

[Anonymous]

Norfolk Southern!!!!

[dandylines]

What ever railroad has the lawyer that wants to see royalties payed for using their roadname on any model railroad equipment.

[Anonymous]

Until recently, I would have no opinion. However, I have a gripe against U.P. for their managment's stupidity over the licensing issue! I read somewhere that U.P. is charging the steam group for the use of their logo! If this is true, I would take this to mean that the steam group is a separate entity from U.P. What's up with this Canadian Bashing?!? C.N. and C.P. are not owned by BNSF or U.P................................................................................................., yet! Go easy on our Canadian brothers!

[FJ and G]

Besides the UP for charging fees and abandoning Tennessee pass, I'd say the honors or dishonors go to Conrail.

They improved their bottom line by abandoning hundreds, maybe thousands of miles of track. Many small towns will never hear the whistle (horn) of a train again because of those greedy SOBs.

[lupo]

I won't answer, for obvious reasons [:P], but my son Tommy (7) has one:
The french TGV company because they use separate tracks where they have exclusive rights over,and won't share them with any other locomotive he thinks THAT is anti-social. For that reason he refuses to ride the TGV or Eurostar, he says: all trains must share all track available

BTW does the US ACELA also use "own" tracks or does that occupy normal tracks?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lupo
BTW does the US ACELA also use "own" tracks or does that occupy normal tracks?

No, it uses the same tracks regular Amtrak, MBTA, Shore Line East, New Jersey Transit, SEPTA, MARC, Conrail Shared Assets (Whats left of Big Blue), CSX and Norfolk Southern run on.

[lupo]

Thanks dougal, the European Highspeed trains run mostly on separate track, with wider curves, low grades and no railroad crossings, only bridges or tunnels allow roads to cross the tracks, so that they can maintain very high speeds at all time, mostly just before the few stations it stops, the separate TGV track joins regular tracks.

[the-big-blow]

Any railroad that has Black as their primary color on locomotives.

[Anonymous]

Bigblow69, Does this mean you don't like steam engines?

[Anonymous]

Som more,
UP, SP, GM&O, NS, Conrail, Mabey CSX, NYC, Southern, and most other roads that are east of chicago.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Oklahoma Train Nut


and most other roads that are east of chicago.

there are other railroads in the east?[;)][|)][X-)][:-,][#wstupid][:-^][swg]

[areibel]

FJ & G-
AMEN!!
They abandoned any line they found unprofitable- after their crappy service forced all the local customers to trucks. And other lines were ripped up- notably any line that could someday be competition for them! They tried their darndest to eliminate the local line, there actually was some rail traffic but they didn't want to bother. And after a rumored deal with a couple NY State short lines that would have let CN run trains right through the old Erie main, they decided it should be removed- Good thing a few people realized what was happening. Otherwise all we'd have is a great bicycle & hiking trail.

[brothaslide]

I never liked Chessie Systems - I always thought the paint scheme (orange, yellow, navy blue) was sort of toy like. On the other hand, SP is my favorite RR but has one of the most boring paint schemes around. - Go figure?!