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Rails of the West

  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Sun, Feb 5 2006 10:39 AM
    I love western railroads so much that I started my own forum.
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  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Sun, Feb 5 2006 7:00 PM
    I HEART WESTERN RAILROADS!
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Sun, Feb 5 2006 7:03 PM
    Anyone interested can click on the link in my signature.
  • espeefoamer
    Posted by
    on Wed, Feb 8 2006 3:00 PM
    My favorite railroads are,
    1.SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
    2.SANTA FE.
    Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
  • SSW9389
    Posted by
    on Wed, Feb 8 2006 3:05 PM
    Foamer I like those two plus BN, WP, and Rio Grande.

    I also like Cotton Belt, its not quite out west, but close.
    COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak!
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Thu, Feb 16 2006 10:25 AM
    Foamer SP and SF are among my all-time favorites, but UP will always be my rr of choice.
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Fri, Feb 17 2006 6:29 PM
    Union Pacific and the BNSF.
    Allan.
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Fri, Feb 17 2006 9:37 PM
    My all time most loved is the MKTY (KATY). I like a lot of them but she is the top. ATSF is cool to and the T&P, any one that has Texas in the name.[2c]

    Ride the rails, save gas.
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Sat, Mar 4 2006 9:17 AM
    We have forums at Western Rail devoted specifically to those railraods. Also if you know about or like a western short line or narrow guage line, then you can request it on the appropriate request forums. However, we only take requests from members.
  • CMSTPP
    Posted by
    on Sun, Mar 5 2006 6:52 PM
    There is one railroad you have excluded. The Milwaukee Road. I know, I know! You're going to say "that railroad no longer exsists" but you have to look at it this way. It was a huge western railroad and it made history.

    James
    The Milwaukee Road From Miles City, Montana, to Avery, Idaho. The Mighty Milwaukee's Rocky Mountain Division. Visit: http://www.sd45.com/milwaukeeroad/index.htm
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Sun, Mar 5 2006 6:59 PM
    James its not a western road..
    that was an expansion.. that is like saying that bn is a western road.
  • CMSTPP
    Posted by
    on Sun, Mar 5 2006 7:53 PM
    Ok I'm sorry. It's just, almost 5000 miles of the railroad was out west and thats where most of the business came from.
    So I do consider that a part of western railroad.
    The Milwaukee Road From Miles City, Montana, to Avery, Idaho. The Mighty Milwaukee's Rocky Mountain Division. Visit: http://www.sd45.com/milwaukeeroad/index.htm
  • Anonymous
    Posted by Anonymous
    on Sun, Mar 5 2006 9:56 PM
    right...
  • railman
    Posted by
    on Sun, Mar 5 2006 10:56 PM
    Is the Milwaukee Road a western road? The "extension" was built in the 1910's and ran for over fifty years. I would say that establishes the Milwaukee Road to as much claim as a western railroad as any corporation.
  • trainboyH16-44
    Posted by
    on Sun, Mar 5 2006 11:09 PM
    QUOTE: Originally posted by willard1346

    that is like saying that bn is a western road.

    But..BN IS a western road! You can't get much more western than that!

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