Stupid Railroad names

[Anonymous]

CSX should have just been CHESSIE-SEABOARD
CONRAIL is the worst (and i grew up waching that boaring blue)
i like the ESQUALMUT & NANAIMO RR (if thats the way to spell it)
its on Vancouver Island

[daveklepper]

If you don't like Burlington Fe, how about Sante Burlington? Dave

[Anonymous]

BNSF = Great Northern Pacific.........
Genesee & Wyoming's policy of "two-wording" every RR they buy.......stupid
should've left the C&IM the way it was......including the paint!!! I'm not a big fan of green, but it's a helluva lot better than the "pumpkins" they've got all over the place!

[espeefoamer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by daveklepper

If you don't like Burlington Fe, how about Sante Burlington? Dave

How about Chicago,Santa Fe,& Quincy?[:)]

[Anonymous]

I saw a older post here by espeefoamer, and well...

It needs some work on the font though

[Anonymous]

ok i have one that looks like UP's logo font, but im having trouble uploading the picture to my site. Ill post the link ASAP.

[daveklepper]

Again: Sante Burlington!

[Anonymous]

Why not simply call BNSF Santa Fe Northern? This was mentioned in an old Trains article (sorry, I don't remember which issue). It also said the SFN name wouldn't work because it made sense. At least it would have been easier to say than the mouthfull that Burlington Northern Santa Fe is.

[Anonymous]

The only odd name I can think of is the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. ITS not funny in its name but that the railroad ran a train called the SOUTH WIND between CHICAGO and FLORIDA and over the 1000 miles route I dont believe the train went through PENNSYLVANIA.

[Anonymous]

Instead of keeping railroads under one name each part should have its own identity. Example CN should still keep the illionois Central name in the south.

[kog1027]

BNSF & CN had a good name picked out - North American Railways. CN even had rights to those reporting marks as they had absorbed the original holder, the Northern Alberta Railway.

But I think the all time bad name was the one that never happened - Southern Pacific & Santa Fe. That name alone was enough to make the ICC kill the merger. It was obvious, the railroad should have been called - Santa Fe Pacific. With none of those oversized speed letter initials, fully spelled out . And the AT&SF already held title to that name, it was used by one of their predicessors that built on those FRISCO land grants out to California.

Sadly it was only after selling the SP to Anschultz that the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation changed it's name to - Santa Fe Pacific Corp.

Mark
In the Northeast Corner of Nowhere.

[Anonymous]

From the OFF THE WALL DEPT: What say that CN, UP and CSX were to merge into the Canadian Union and Alphabet Mixup Pacific Railroad (CUAMPR). It made no since when my 11 year old nephew told me either. But I do have to admit it would be a real stupid name for a railroad or any company for that matter[swg]

[emmar]

What's wrong with BNSF? The actual name is a bit long, but the acronym sounds fine. However their new name BNSF Railway is a stupid name. What kind of a name is that for a respected freight railroad.[V]

[Murphy Siding]

piouslion , how did you post this tommorrow. June 11 already?

[Anonymous]

BNSF=Buy Norfolk Southern First
CSX=Chicken S**t eXpress
SCL=Still Coast Line, or S**t Comes Later
UP=Uncle Pete
CN=Conrail North
SCL shoulda been Atlantic Seaboard System
Pennsylvania + New York Central shoulda been PaNyc

Maybe I'll think of more . . .

- Old Timer

[locomutt]

Old Timer,
I think you hit the nail on the head with PaNyc; and I believe a few of their
stockholders would have said the same thing there after.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cim_spike

Genesee & Wyoming's policy of "two-wording" every RR they buy.......stupid
should've left the C&IM the way it was......including the paint!!! I'm not a big fan of green, but it's a helluva lot better than the "pumpkins" they've got all over the place!

I'm not keen on the orange either, it's not the most photogenic of liveries.

Some daft names from the UK:

"one" Anglia - just reading the name, it could be anything from a local pressure group to a government quango..

Northern Spirit - a stopgap measure between British Rail and full nationalisation, but it still sounds like a brand of paint stripper to me..

[nanaimo73]

The other thread wants to put Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern together with Iowa, Chicago and Eastern, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. Dakota, Iowa, Canadian and Kansas would have to put *** on all of their equipment.

Murphy Siding, I caused the time warp.

[Junctionfan]

CN should now be CI- Canadian International.

[eolafan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999

QUOTE: Originally posted by Hugh Jampton

UP could easily become: Pacific Omaha Overland
A good slogan would be: Furthering America's Railroad Transportation System

Of course this would be too much to paint on the side of a locomotive, so they'd have to use acronyms.

Hugh,
Those acronyms would really stink.[;)] Dave

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It took me a while on that one, before I could figure out why nobody would want "POO" on the sides of all their locomotives.

[:D][:D][:D]

Furthering America's Railroad Transportation System or "F.A.R.T.S".
"We ride through the night like the breaking wind" would make a nice slogan. [8D]Dave

Now THAT really is a good one...tip of hte proverbial hat on that one!

[Junctionfan]

How about a merger of the Board of Railways Association International Network or B.R.A.I.N for short? Then you get B.R.A.I.N.F.A.R.T.S

[Anonymous]

The most aptly named railroad I have ever had the pleasure of photographing was the Texas Mexican Railway...that is now gone as it is a sub-sid of Kanas City Southern now! Strange to note the that rail line connects Laredo and Corpus Christi, Texas and has trackage rights only to about Houston.

[Tharmeni]

When I was an officer with the BN, I went to a series of meetings discussing a possible merger with the UP. At one of them, they distributed note pads reading "Burlington Northern Union Pacific Railroad". I 've kept mine and I always regret there was no "BNUPRR". I just like the sound of that when you pronounce it.

[Anonymous]

Santa Fe sold off the connection to Santa Fe years ago, but the name is catchy.

Burlington was not the biggest city on the BN, but that was catchy at the time.

BNSF is based out of Fort Worth and the most of the railroad is NorthWest of Fort Worth.

Fort Worth & NorthWestern is a possible name.

Yes, it is similar to other railroads, but the big railroad usually has more say in the name choice.

Andrew Falconer

[Anonymous]

A unit rack train service could be called CARGO.

[gradyo54]

I think I remember reading in TRAINS before the merger that the AT&SF no longer ran to any of it's namesake cities. I may be wrong.

[waltersrails]

csx back to the chessie system

[Anonymous]

The Pacific Great Eastern was a name that made sense to those living in Vancouver.

To the rest of North America it sounded and still sounds strange.

That strange sounding combination of words was clearly what prompted them to change to the stronger and more appropriate British Columbia Railway.

British Columbia Railway is a much better choice than Pacific Great Eastern for helping sell your Province and services.

Andrew Falconer

[greyhounds]

Well, I hate to see historic names like "Santa Fe'' and "Burlington Route" go byby - but one has to change with the times.

Since the airline has been merged away, a far better name than 'BNSF' (yetch, ick, awful!) would be "America West".

[Lord Atmo]

i've heard some lame accronyms in my time. who here wants some Fresh Air Ram Technology? not i... maybe some Pre Owned Office Products?

i second the idea for UP to be renamed the Pacific Omaha Overland. Furthering America's Railroad Transportation Systems. we cut through the night like the breaking wind!

boy i wonder how many ES44DCs and SD70ACEs it'll take to clean THAT mess up...

then again, check my signature out[;)]