What's your favorite railroad to model?

[Anonymous]

Frisco (SL-SF). Ship IT on the Frisco.

Why, great engines, 1522, Decapods, Red Birds (E7's and E8's), etc. Plus, family connections.

[C):-)]

[IRONROOSTER]

My favorites are the Ma&Pa - I like the smaller locomotives and the truss rod equipment; the PRR for it's Belpaire (spelling?)fire boxes; and the WW&F for it's small 2ft gauge equipment and waterfront tracks on pilings.
Enjoy
Paul

[icmr]

ILLINOIS CENTRAL.



ICMR

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[Anonymous]

The Seattle and North Coast Railroad.

Reasons:

1) Rail marine interchange.

2) It only ran for about 4 years, so no agonizing over what "era" to model

3) Limited and interesting (mostly F-units) loco roster. You can build one of every engine they had without a midnight trip to Fort Knox.

4) A physical plant with, um, character.

5) Mostly rural/seacoast scenery.

6) Did I mention rail marine interchange?

Cheers,
George

[orsonroy]

In order of preferance:

NKP
IC
P&E
C&IM
NYC
PRR
TP&W

And anything else that has a neat steam roster!

[tankertoad70]

I have always been a fan of "Rocky", and those Glacier Green GN boxcars with the bold goat. I have advanced the GN era, however, to 1978......[C):-)]

[waltersrails]

g o chessiefan13 I like to model chessie/csx and also a little ic/cn sr/ns .

[nbrodar]

Delaware & Hudson....Grey and blue lighting stripes. Alcos everywhere. And the massives Consolidates that outpulled thier Challengers.

Nick Brodar

[Darth Santa Fe]

My favorite railroads to model are:

Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Burlington
Burlington Northern
Southern
CSX
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio and
Amtrak.

But my favorite of my favorites is Santa Fe. I can never get enough of their Warbonnet, especially on F units.[:D]

[tpd0418]

I like the ACL and Southern. These are roads I remember from childhood.

[Anonymous]

My favorite railroad is the Southern. Good looking steam and a neat diesel paint scheme.

Bob DeWoody

[therailnut]

I have to say mine is the BNSF. I live in Galesburg, IL. BNSF is represented here with a major classification yard. Plans are in the works for a layout for a modern BNSF layout and UP trackage rights.

[cwclark]

I'm an SP fan all the way...I model from El Paso to Houston Texas..i do have some UP stuff because of the merger so I'm going to model SP up to the time of the UP / SP merger...I model this railroad because I grew up with it...my entire family on my mother's side worked out of the East yard in San Antonio and the kerrville branch train to beckmann quarry went by twice a day which i saw from my backyard..a mile of limestone hauling open bay hoppers with a few cattle cars and box cars going to and fro kerrville each and every day ...chuck

[randyaj]

Since I grew up in northern Montana in the late 60's and 70's, it would have to be theGreat Northern. But interestingly enough, not the Big Sky Blue, but the orange and green that went out before I was born. I love the F units and the big steam engines together! A close second is the Burlington Northern that beautiful cascade green with the striped nose. I modeled it for a long time(circa 1975) until my wife's love for those round nose(F units) convinced me to backdate to the mid 50's. Now that I am there I am happy to be. Perhaps someday, when this verson of the layout is finished, I will purchase some BN equipment again and have two areas, but for now the orange and green (and the black steam too) rule the basement.
regards
Randy

[SP9811]

Southern Pacific

Born, and grew up with them