How many road names do you run?

[Trainnut484]

The Santa Fe is my main road. The UP and UP family (MKT<CNW etc) are secondary.

[Trainnut484]

The Santa Fe is my main road. The UP and UP family (MKT<CNW etc) are secondary.

[Martin4]

Canadian National, Union Pacific, Santa Fe (before BNSF), Western Maryland; no specific period from the 60s until today. I also run a TGV Atlantique set.

Martin
Québec City

[Martin4]

Canadian National, Union Pacific, Santa Fe (before BNSF), Western Maryland; no specific period from the 60s until today. I also run a TGV Atlantique set.

Martin
Québec City

[Anonymous]

Yes I have three, my main one ATSF. a few S. Pacific's, and one named after my wife; Zarina Pacific Rail( ZP Rail )this is a short line.

[Anonymous]

Yes I have three, my main one ATSF. a few S. Pacific's, and one named after my wife; Zarina Pacific Rail( ZP Rail )this is a short line.

[GerFust]

I run what I was given as a youth: motive power - Rock Island, Amtrak, Sante Fe, UPRR, C&O and B&O. I'll likely change them all to my own road name sometime later

[GerFust]

I run what I was given as a youth: motive power - Rock Island, Amtrak, Sante Fe, UPRR, C&O and B&O. I'll likely change them all to my own road name sometime later

[fec153]

I RUN THE D&P RR.. THE DISMAL AND PATHETIC.. NO BALLAST,ROADBED OR
SCENERY. FEC,N&W,GREAT NORTHERN,CSX,CONRAIL,NS,BM,ACL,SBD,UP,SP
AND WHAT EVER ELSE I WISH. WITH ABOUT 100 FEET OF TRACK,LOOP TO LOOP
AND A SECOND SHELF CONNECTED WITH 20 IN. RADIUS TRACK THERE ARE
ALSO THREE SIDINGS. I JUST ENJOY WATCHING THEM RUN.
TO EACH HIS/HER OWN. ENJOY MENT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.

[fec153]

I RUN THE D&P RR.. THE DISMAL AND PATHETIC.. NO BALLAST,ROADBED OR
SCENERY. FEC,N&W,GREAT NORTHERN,CSX,CONRAIL,NS,BM,ACL,SBD,UP,SP
AND WHAT EVER ELSE I WISH. WITH ABOUT 100 FEET OF TRACK,LOOP TO LOOP
AND A SECOND SHELF CONNECTED WITH 20 IN. RADIUS TRACK THERE ARE
ALSO THREE SIDINGS. I JUST ENJOY WATCHING THEM RUN.
TO EACH HIS/HER OWN. ENJOY MENT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.

[the-big-blow]

Three

Union Pacific, Milwaukee Road and Rock Island

[the-big-blow]

Three

Union Pacific, Milwaukee Road and Rock Island

[Anonymous]

I'm running 6 regional carriers most of which are now fallen flags that still live in my basement, Most of which have online interchange with my own Fictious AC&E RR
The others are B&M, MEC, D&H, CP and BAR . The RR is large, double decked, and divided into four main areas of service. B&M is predominant in one area with a smattering of MEC and my road doing a few jobs. MEC is the central player in another with the BAR & my road handling some of the work. Bar is predominant in another section with MEC making up a few consists. The road primarily handles wood products from the great Maine woods and ships them south and to the online industries (3 Paper Mills) Thie empties return North on other scheduled trains. The CP & D&H are merely interchanged and used as turns in two of the major yards.
My own AC&E RR has it's own yard and services a seaport and 16 industries (requires 9 units to handle the work). There is also a lot of run-thru traffic from one staging to another some 500 feet away.
All in all I'd say the answer to this question is whatever is plauseable and you have the space, ability & time to portrey in a reasonably realistic fashion is what works. Operations sessions (8+ Operators) are enhanced by the use of multiple schemes but a single carrier can be just as effective
There's no right answer or wrong for that matter. Just enjoy "keeping em on the tracks"

[Anonymous]

I'm running 6 regional carriers most of which are now fallen flags that still live in my basement, Most of which have online interchange with my own Fictious AC&E RR
The others are B&M, MEC, D&H, CP and BAR . The RR is large, double decked, and divided into four main areas of service. B&M is predominant in one area with a smattering of MEC and my road doing a few jobs. MEC is the central player in another with the BAR & my road handling some of the work. Bar is predominant in another section with MEC making up a few consists. The road primarily handles wood products from the great Maine woods and ships them south and to the online industries (3 Paper Mills) Thie empties return North on other scheduled trains. The CP & D&H are merely interchanged and used as turns in two of the major yards.
My own AC&E RR has it's own yard and services a seaport and 16 industries (requires 9 units to handle the work). There is also a lot of run-thru traffic from one staging to another some 500 feet away.
All in all I'd say the answer to this question is whatever is plauseable and you have the space, ability & time to portrey in a reasonably realistic fashion is what works. Operations sessions (8+ Operators) are enhanced by the use of multiple schemes but a single carrier can be just as effective
There's no right answer or wrong for that matter. Just enjoy "keeping em on the tracks"

[Anonymous]

i run my railroad name sagebrush and southwestern with a private logo on that equipment. but most of the equipment is santa fe. the layout is of a southwestern flavor and santa fe fits right into it. my branch line sagebrush and southwestern interchanges with the santa fe at needles ca. the layout is generic otherwise. a freelance design and runs between barstow ca. and santa fe nm.

[Anonymous]

i run my railroad name sagebrush and southwestern with a private logo on that equipment. but most of the equipment is santa fe. the layout is of a southwestern flavor and santa fe fits right into it. my branch line sagebrush and southwestern interchanges with the santa fe at needles ca. the layout is generic otherwise. a freelance design and runs between barstow ca. and santa fe nm.

[Anonymous]

I run almost all Great Northern (circa 1966-1967) with interchange from NP and Soo, but my 9 year old son sure likes modern Santa Fe and BN/BNSF so who am I to discourage him becoming a model railroader himself? The lash-ups might look a little strange but it's priceless.

[Anonymous]

I run almost all Great Northern (circa 1966-1967) with interchange from NP and Soo, but my 9 year old son sure likes modern Santa Fe and BN/BNSF so who am I to discourage him becoming a model railroader himself? The lash-ups might look a little strange but it's priceless.

[Anonymous]

My own lines, MCR, MHR, MSR and MTR, along with NS and CSX. From time to time you will also see leased /run-through units from BNSF, UP, CP, KCS and CN, along with individual leased units, including one from NERLX. Amtrak also operates on the MCR System.

[Anonymous]

My own lines, MCR, MHR, MSR and MTR, along with NS and CSX. From time to time you will also see leased /run-through units from BNSF, UP, CP, KCS and CN, along with individual leased units, including one from NERLX. Amtrak also operates on the MCR System.

[Anonymous]

I run CN and Quebec/Gatineau RR as well as VIA Rail for passenger trains. I operate on N scale and I am in the process of rebuilding my entire layout as I just move to my retirement house. I hope to have my new layout running by early Fall.

[Anonymous]

I run CN and Quebec/Gatineau RR as well as VIA Rail for passenger trains. I operate on N scale and I am in the process of rebuilding my entire layout as I just move to my retirement house. I hope to have my new layout running by early Fall.

[ssprokop]

The Delaware & Hudson. I don't follow the prototype exactly, I just use the name and logo along with the color scheme.

[ssprokop]

The Delaware & Hudson. I don't follow the prototype exactly, I just use the name and logo along with the color scheme.

[Anonymous]

I run 5 sf ,drg,sp,up,and the burlington .since my r/r is set in the early 60s

[Anonymous]

I run 5 sf ,drg,sp,up,and the burlington .since my r/r is set in the early 60s

[clinchfieldfan]

Three, the Clinchfield, Norfolk & Western, and the Southern. I model the mid-fifties in the southwestern Virginia area.

[clinchfieldfan]

Three, the Clinchfield, Norfolk & Western, and the Southern. I model the mid-fifties in the southwestern Virginia area.

[Anonymous]

3...NYC...erie lackawanna...and pennsylvania...

[Anonymous]

3...NYC...erie lackawanna...and pennsylvania...