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Railroad evolutions...distasteful or otherwise

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:36 PM
New York Central (or anything else remotely associated with the Yankees.)

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Posted by shawnee on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:32 PM

It's not the trains to dislike, it's the railroad. Wink [;)]  The trains are cool.  Especially if they are dirty.  I've never seen a clean CSX engine. 

 

 

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Posted by loathar on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:26 PM
Sorry. I'm still drawing a blank even with the new criteria. If it's a train, it's COOL!Cool [8D]
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Posted by WCfan on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:07 PM

I started a thread kinda like this awhile ago. But compeletly oppsite. It's intitled, Can you really hate other railroads?

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1094069/ShowPost.aspx

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Posted by shawnee on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:00 PM
Ok, how about "Railroads you enjoy disliking with great enthusiasm"?  Wink [;)] Does that sound better?
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Posted by CPRail modeler on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:56 PM
 shawnee wrote:

And each new derailment or screw-up they have adds to the spice of life.

check out www.CSX-Sucks.com. if you really hate CSX, go there

as for my most DISLIKED that would have to be CNRail. they have so many derailments that polutte the rivers in Canada. to pay it off, they pay a small fraction of the damage. their paint schemes and locomotives are OK but they keep getting rid of so many locomotives. its just like the WC SD45s. those were all cut up along with a majority of the BCRail equipment. at least the CPR kept some TH&B heritage alive without repaints. if not, i would have an NW2 in the action red scheme. i just wish that BCRail was bought by CPRail because then i would see more CPRail stuff rolling through Squamish.

guess we all have to contend with this...

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Posted by RedGrey62 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:52 PM

I think its natural to "hate" the railroads that now run over territory of a predecessor road.  Especially now that some RRs don't include the previous RRs in their new names.  Plus its always easy to hate the big guys.

My least favorite (notice I didn't say hate) is Union Pacific.  Lots of reasons. probably none of them really any good.  But if I get stopped at a crossing with UP stuff, I'm just as excited as any other RR.

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Posted by EL PARRo on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:48 PM
None. While there are many railroads that I feel indifferent toward, there are not any that I would say I hate, or even dislike.
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Posted by Milwhiawatha on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:45 PM
all of them....Actually CNW was the one I hated but I now have a couple of rollingstock and a locomotive of theirs.
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Railroad evolutions...distasteful or otherwise
Posted by shawnee on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:43 PM

I'm going to take this slice of a post, cuz what the heck, why not raise a ruckus. Well, I now actually have a loco of them.

CSX...i've not quite gotten over my distaste that this northeastern/appalachian railroad is based in Jacksonville...FLORIDA, and now does an increasing amount of their remote control from there, with their executives no doubt luxuriating on lawn chairs in between checking their options and playing golf on breezy, verdant courses.  But I have too much love of the old C&O lines and WM to go on hating CSX for being CSX forever.  And each new derailment or screw-up they have adds to the spice of life.  And you got to have someone to compare NS to with a smile. 

Laugh [(-D]

Shawnee

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