Which Western Railroad do you miss?

Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 5:44 PM

As you may have heard, Canadian National bought out BC Rail. I'll probably miss those BC rail cars that always whent by my granma's house.

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CBQ_Guy

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September 2003
From: North Central Illinois
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 5:35 PM

Well I guess you can tell which railroad I miss the most by my signature line. But I miss them all as they are part of my childhood memories watching them while growing up in Chicago. You think they'll be around forever. I've heard the same said by the old timers about steam engines.

Happy Holidays!

"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~

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joseph2

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January 2003
From: indiana
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Posted by joseph2 on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 3:36 PM

Milwaukee.Especially through Montana.

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dwick

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May 2002
From: West Bend, WI
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Posted by dwick on Monday, December 8, 2003 11:13 PM

Of all the raulroadsi n the western part of our country, I miss the Southern Pacific and the Rio Grande. They were the true masters of mountain railroading. It's a shame that mega-mergers result in tossing rail history into the "ditch of the obsolete". The Golden Rule is: "Those that have the gold make the rules"! It was great to see some of those units [SP & D&RGW] sometimes lashed into some of the power which ran thru Illinois and Wisconsin and Iowa. I saw SP running in Arizona and California. Rio Grande units bursting out of Moffit Tunnel was always a treat too. Farewell to those pioneer roads.
Don Wick, West Bend, WI

Donald F. Wick dmwick@charter.net

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douginut

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January 2001
From: Orem Ut
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Posted by douginut on Monday, December 8, 2003 10:11 PM

MILW.
Little Joes, Olympian Hiawatha the Station at Tacoma, and the one in Chicago.

And of course, CNS&M

Doug, in Utah

Doug, in UtaH

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tutaenui

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November 2003
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Posted by tutaenui on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:59 PM

What about the Chcago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific! Sob

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Wdlgln005

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April 2002
From: Nashville TN
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Posted by Wdlgln005 on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:58 PM

I miss the Rio Grande, and their Zephyr. I hope the Ski Train runs again each winter. Denver to Salt Lake City & back. I hope to be able to ride the Durango & Silverton and the Cumbres Pass narrow lines.

Glenn Woodle

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Hawks05

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October 2003
From: Southern Minnesota now
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Posted by Hawks05 on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:06 PM

i chose GN. i like the logo, the paint schemes, and they fit in with the BN stuff i plan on getting. some of the others are CNW, CB&Q, WC, MILW, and Rock Island.

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cacole

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July 2003
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
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Posted by cacole on Monday, December 8, 2003 8:52 PM

The Southern Pacific is not quite dead yet -- some of their grungy locomotives are still being used mixed in with newer Union Pacific locomotives on the Sunset Route through southern Arizona between Yuma and New Mexico, and probably further East.