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[tjsmrinfo]

my favorite fallen flag??????????hmmmmmmmmmm
#1 santa fe
#2 MKT
#3 sl-sf
the santa fe because of the red and silver warbonnet scheme
the katy mkt because i knew 2 guys that worked for the katy in denison,texas
the frisco because it went through my hometown of sherman,texas

if you dont like my answers oh well----you asked what our favorite fallen flag was those are mine

tom

[Anonymous]

My favorite fallen flag companies are BN, AT&SF and MP, I wi***hat they still existed, but I'm thankful that they still have the Union Pacific railroad.

QUOTE: Originally posted by passengerfan

None of those listed my favorite fallen flag was the GN followed closely by the AT&SF.

[emmar]

You might want to add a few western railroads to the list. My favorite fallen flag railroad is the Kettle Valley Railroad in Southern B.C.. Actually you can count that for two votes because it is my Dad's favorite fallen flag railroad also.

[gwight]

Fallen Flags-It's got to be the Rock Island

[Anonymous]

Southern, because they had such interesting boxcars ("Southern gives a green light to innovation") and because they did a good job of freshening up and operating the CRESCENT in the several years between Amtrak's birth and its taking away the remaining independent passenger services by D&RGW, CRI&P, and Southern.

[Anonymous]

My dad baought me a TYCO B&O Combine Passenger car when I was 9. 46 years later, I'm still collect B&O, but I've learned a lot of history also. Never set eyes on a B&O train, living West of the Mississippi, but can imagine how immigrants, families, and businessmen from all over would ride the B&O to St Louis or Chicago, then hop aboard the Empire Builder, The Super Chief, or City of Portland to see this great land. B&O brought America to the edge of the rest of the country. Hated to see them go.

[Anonymous]

1. Frisco
2. Rock Island
3. KO&G

(All of those ran through my home county.)

4. Santa Fe
5. Katy
6. T&P
7. MP

Too many others to name.

[squeeze]

Beefsteak & Onions is my favorite, with PRR a real close second.

[Anonymous]

The lack of Clinchfield poses as a problem [:)] And other button, perhaps? Of the choices, I'd have to vote C&O or B&O, or any of the Chessie System for that matter.

[Anonymous]

MoPac!, Eagle Blue and Gold has to be the best color combination ever! Modern power, profits, and pioneering spirit makes the MoPac much better than the UP 4 me.

1. MoPac
2. Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe
3. Southern
4. Louisville & Nashville
5. Denver, RIo Grande, & Western
6. Milwaukee Road

[Anonymous]

Gee, the Monon ran right past my back yard when I was growing up in NW In. It has to be the Monon.

[alstom]

Okay, I voted for C&O, because CSX is my favorite railroad and the C&O's predecessor was CSX. By the way, I'm not being picky or anything, but what about NYC? [%-)]

[LehighValleyman]

Why do soo many people think CONRAIL is soo great!?! it sucks! the LV rocks! i hate conrail i hate it's guts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![}:)][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!]!!!

[LehighValleyman]

GOD! the heck,! How many times do i have to say it, Conrail sucks!!!! So does CSX, that the poorest RR out there, they can't even hold on to a court claim! just like the Feb.2 accident in New York state! and the reason why, con rial sucks, is because they destroyed the LEHIGH VALLEY, the greatest BLACK DIAMOND of that time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!]

[Kevin C. Smith]

Sentimentally, I miss my hometown (branch)line, the C&NW. The Milwaukee road was a little more exotic for me-no mere granger but a transcontinental! The Green Bay & Western was a hometown team (in Green Bay we like our hometown teams). I have a soft spot for the Wabash (passed through my mother's home town-though it was N&W by my time, I enjoyed the occasional freight running through without slowing down).
But if I would have to have just one back, it would have to be the Standard Railroad of the World.