What's your favorite passenger train ?

[Anonymous]

Its a 3 way tie, Any CNW Passenger train, Super Cheif(gotta love that warbonnet[:p]) and the Amtrak Bluewater service with a P42 in phase 5 on one end and a Cabbage on the other.

[Anonymous]

Of all the trains that I would have liked to have ridden, first choice would be C&NW's Twin Cities 400; but I was only about 14 when it was discontinued. The most recent trip (a couple of years ago) was on Amtrak's Capitol Limited, Chicago - Washington DC. Very nice ride and was the frist time wife and son were in a sleeping car and full dining car.

Other trains that I would have liked to have ridden are the Super Chief, 20th Centruy Limited, and Empire Builder.

[espeefoamer]

The 1961 San Joaquin Daylight.A-B-A set of PAs,17 cars, All red and orange except for some head end cars,and the diner.The train still had a dining car,and had the classic SP 3/4 dome lounge[:p]!

[RedGrey62]

The Denver Zephyr in the late 50's and 60's with the full skirted Budd stainless steel cars and the domes.

I also have to admit that the Empire Builder was a beautiful train as well.

And finally, the Hummingbird on the L&N.

RedGrey62

[SpaceMouse]

The Southern Pacific Sunset, birght red 50' woodside overland coaches, pulled by a 1890's 2-6-0.

[steveblackledge]

it has to be the now gone Royal Scot, London to Glasgow service, i once got a ride in the cab of the 87 electric loco at speeds of upto 110 mph in the 1980's, when i was a lad,
But today my favorite has to be this one below, The 71000 "DUKE OF GLOUCESTER" seen here at Brock in Lancashire this evening doing around 75 mph, [:P][:P][:P]

[Cox 47]

For me it has to be the"City of New Orleans" Love that brown and orange.. Cox 47

[rexhea]

Without a doubt,, the beautiful Queen of the South...The "Southern Crescent"

REX [:p]

[Anonymous]

The Cincinnatian. B&O railroad, blue paint job. I saw a picture a while ago and could not believe it. A railroad from my era, named after "my" town and in my wife's favorite color. What was not to like?

[skiloff]

Well, I remember watching the VIA passenger train run through town when I was growing up in Alberta. It was the Blue and yellow colour scheme and I always wanted a model of that style, but its hard to find. I did have the Rivarossi 8 pack in HO (with the Athearn F7) model, but I sold it when I went back to school. [sigh] The saddest thing is that I'm now in N scale and I don't think anyone makes that scheme. [:(]

I do think the Super Chief is cool though, and the California Zephyr.

[loathar]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe

My favorites are a 3-way-tie between:

1: The Santa Fe Super Chief
2: Burlington Zephyr
3: Amtrak Amfleet Phase II passenger trains being pulled by an F40PH.[:)]

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[Darth Santa Fe]

My favorites are a 3-way-tie between:

1: The Santa Fe Super Chief
2: Burlington Zephyr
3: Amtrak Amfleet Phase II passenger trains being pulled by an F40PH.[:)]

[DrummingTrainfan]

If it's a passenger train I like it. Period. But if you must My absolute favorites must be (WITH PICTURES[8D][8D])!the El Capitan , the Auto Train Corp. and (if they exist) ACL smooth side purple and silver.

[GN-Rick]

The 1955 incarnation of the Great Northern's Empire Builder is
far and away my favorite passenger train. I also like the GN's
International streamliner of the early '50s. It is one of those great
layout-sized trains that can prototypically appear through a scene
3 times during an operating session. The prototype ran between
Seattle and Vancouver B.C. Each of the two consists made one
and a half round trips daily-great for a model railroad. I am also
fond of the variety and operation of the GN's #27 and 28-the combined
Western Star/Fast Mail of the 50s (do you notice a trend here?)[:D]

[twhite]

My all time favorite has to be the SP "Coast Daylight" in the late 'thirties and forties'. It wasn't called 'The most beautiful train in the world' for nothing.
Other favorites--the Rio Grande diesel-powered "Prospector" of the 'fifties. Handsome train, especially when pulled by those colorful Rio Grande PA's.

Great Northern's "Empire Builder"--the streamlined version. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

Burlington/Rio Grande/WP "Exposition Flyer" in Pullman Standard, and a couple of "American Flyer" coaches. Handsome as all get-out, especially on the Rio Grande section where it was usually pulled by either the 1700 or 1800 series Northerns.

The Burlington/Rio Grande/WP "California Zephyr". Dome cars galore, but it went through scenery that justified them.

The C&NW/UP/SP "Overland Limited" after the three participating railroads stopped using two-tone gray (boring!) and began pulling from their own passenger car pools. Talk about TECHNICOLOR!

WP's "Feather River Express" , took eleven hours to make what should have been a five-hour trip (Oakland to Portola, CA), stopped at every fishing hole in the Feather River Canyon, but dang, was it cute!

Tom [:P][:P]

[Anonymous]

CSX's annual "Santa Train." Runs from Elkhorn CIty, KY to Kingsport, TN. Usually runs through here for watering and fuel. (Yes, watering. The local FD brings out a couple of huge tanker trucks. It's for the water in the passenger cars.)

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

I love the early 1950's Texas Eagle before Mopac got their dirtly little hands on it a repainted it all blue and put GP9's in the engine pool for it. But when Texas & Pacific had there 4-8-2 mountains and 4-6-2 Pacifics pulling it in full eagle colors it was by far my favorite. The T&P's E8s looked great until Mopac had them all reapainted that stupid all blue paintscheme.

[Tracklayer]

I can't honestly say that I have one favorite passenger train in particular, but I do like those from the 1950s era more so than any other - like the Santa Fe Super Chief.

Tracklayer [:D]